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Posted: 09:26 - 17 Jan 2020 Post subject: Banking and banking charges. A LOOOOONG rant. |
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Is anyone here in the banking industry and can explain overdraft charges?
I got a letter from my bank stating new terms and conditions which would usually get a cursory glance and the binned however something caught my eye with this. This was Nationwide.
It was overdraft charges and stated that if you use your arranged overdraft you would be liable to a yearly interest rate of 39% on the amount you are 'borrowing' Ok, a bit steep but it seems to have become pretty normal across the board looking at other banks.
Now I have a large arranged overdraft that has carried over from when I was at sea and still use it as it's easier than bothering with credit cards at times. At 39% from the off that habit will have to change.
Reading the blurb however if you go overdrawn with an unauthorised overdraft you don't incur charges. WTF?
I've looked at other banks and this is the same so I suppose it's new laws or guidelines or whatever.
So what is to stop me removing the arranged overdraft and then, if I go overdrawn I don't get charged. The only thing I can think of is that the bank just won't let you, bouncing anything that will take you overdrawn.
It seems they have lost that revenue stream and are charging conscientious bank users to make up for it.
And while I'm on a banking moan, Santander are reducing their current account interest rate to 1% in May. That's down from 3% when I opened the account. At that rate I'll hardly cover the £5 a month account fee, robbing b@stards.
Time to try and find another account.
Suggestions for a non robbing bank that will pay at least a bit of interest for instant access accounts would be well appreciated. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Two things:
1) If you don't go overdrawn, you won't incur any overdraft fees.
2) Why the hell are you paying for a bank account? What do they give you over an above normal banking services to justify that £5 charge?
What it comes down to is they changed the regs for "charges" for unarranged overdrafts because people could go overdrawn by a couple of pounds and immediately incur £100 in fees. They were doing this every month getting into a debt spiral. When you calculate the APR of that transaction it's huge. So the banks are making up for the loss in fees revenue by bumping the interest rate. If you go into an unauthorised overdraft, you don't get charged but the interest rate is punative.
What confuses me is why we have an unarranged overdraft thing anyway. If there is no money in my bank, I shouldn't be able to take any out. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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1st off the rant should be at the FCA who told banks that they can no longer charge a daily fee for o/d (despite agreeing to this in the 1st place as it was cheaper for customers)
FCA don't know their arse from their elbow at times.
As to charges on arranged o/d. It appears that some banks are going to stop payments that take you over your limit. Thus you may incur charges from a provider rather than the bank. Others are limiting charges on unauthorised o/d .Hsbc is £20.
A overdraft is about the most expensive of borrowing money. As well as a bank can request it is immediately repaid at any time.
Best bet now if living in a O/D is to pay it off (loan will be cheaper) and get rid.
JackButler. If you live in your money, then charges are not a issue. Borrow money that is not yours. Then expect to pay for it......
You don't like banks, then stick it under the bed....
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Posted: 16:10 - 25 Jan 2020 Post subject: Re: Banking and banking charges. A LOOOOONG rant. |
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Polarbear wrote: | Is anyone here in the banking industry and can explain overdraft charges?
It was overdraft charges and stated that if you use your arranged overdraft you would be liable to a yearly interest rate of 39% on the amount you are 'borrowing' Ok, a bit steep but it seems to have become pretty normal across the board looking at other banks.
Now I have a large arranged overdraft that has carried over from when I was at sea and still use it as it's easier than bothering with credit cards at times. At 39% from the off that habit will have to change.
Reading the blurb however if you go overdrawn with an unauthorised overdraft you don't incur charges. WTF?
So what is to stop me removing the arranged overdraft and then, if I go overdrawn I don't get charged. The only thing I can think of is that the bank just won't let you, bouncing anything that will take you overdrawn.
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No charges for an unarranged overdraft doesn't mean no 39%. It means no additional charge of £50 for writing to tell you that have gone overdrawn or beyond your previously arranged limit. That was then added to the 13p you had already gone overdrawn by. Meaning that instead of being overdrawn by 13p , you are now overdrawn by £50.13, all at 39% interest.
Beacause they aren't allowed to charge for the letters any more the interest rate has gone up instead.
Lloyds have made theirs ' simpler' in that they charge you 1p per day for every £6.00 you are overdrawn . Yeah that is simple isnt it, an idiot could understand that, and it's nothing is it a penny?
Except that if you were overdrawn £6.00 for a year, then the interest would be, a penny a day..365 days... £3.65. What! On £6.00,...... but hang on, I hear you say, thats over 50% interest . Yes , so it is, it's 60.83 fucking percent actually. Not so trivial if you owe a grand or two...... ____________________ All the above is my personal opinion, you can see my lips move, but I'm talking out of my arse.
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