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Melvin Haskins

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UK banks closed 140,000 business accounts last year

Having banked with HSBC for 16 years they closed our account during lockdown because it was not being used - we were unable to trade during lockdown. We were given no reason and choice, despite the company having £7000 in the account. My wife and I will never do business with HSBC ever again, and we tell everyone we know of their actions.

28 Feb 2024 Reply Read article

Santander files complaint over Nationwide branch jibe advert - Sky

Someone needs to service remote towns and villages in the UK where a branch banking service is needed - contrary to popular belief cash is still widely used outside of major cities. Nationwide has chosen to be the organisation of choice and, as the world's largest mutual 'bank' it can afford to do so. It does not have shareholders demanding ever increasing profits. It is also noteworthy that it has one of the highest coustomer satisfaction ratings.

09 Feb 2024 Reply Read article

Nationwide reports uptick in cash withdrawals

There is no mention of free-to-use ATMs at supermarkets. I have banked with Nationwide for 20 years and make my cash withdrawals at my local Sainsburys. For all of the comments about Nationwide having the largest branch network, they have closed my nearest branch and closed another one that was in a local shopping centre. The nearest Nationwide ATM is several miles from my home, but Sainsburys is less than a mile away.

04 Jan 2024 Reply Read article

OCC's former Chief Fintech Officer had CV full of falsehoods - report

Ketharaman - As someone who has run a headunting and consulting business in the IT field in finance for 35 years I can assure you that any recruitment business seeking to fill a senior role is expected to carry out due dilligence before putting the candidate forward, let alone after the event. I have to admit I have no knowledge of what happens if the organisation advertises and recruits direct but, again from experience, they usually outsource the responses to an ad to a recruitment company to whittle down the list to a manageable number (it is not unusual to get thousands of responses to an ad). As a result, I think that it is highly unlikely that the OCC did not get outside help, but in this latter case they would not check references.

27 Nov 2023 Reply Read article