Quote from: themadhippy on September 24, 2020, 05:12:37 PM
And while  we jump through the eu's hoops there forcing the closure of some uk accounts held by expats

Or, to be more accurate, some banks feel that it will not make sufficient business sense to set up a subsidiary and apply for (and undoubtedly pay for) a banking licence in another country - since that is effectively what the EU will be to UK companies - for the amount of business they do or will do there.

do you not watch their adverts ?

they are dedicated to their customers er profits 

QuoteOr, to be more accurate, some banks feel that it will not make sufficient business sense to set up a subsidiary and apply for (and undoubtedly pay for) a banking licence in another country - since that is effectively what the EU will be to UK companies

Fine if its a uk only bank,but barclays are multinational last time i looked

oh for the days when your pay came in a pay-packet.

nowadays banks have a stranglehold, and never mind how many adverts say they "have their customer's well being at heart"

you can be guaranteed that their only thought is PROFIT and  their customers 

Quote from: class37025 on September 24, 2020, 05:43:38 PM
oh for the days when your pay came in cask in a pay-packet.

I've never been paid in beer.   

Quoteoh for the days when your pay came in cask in a pay-packet.

with the corner cut out so you could count it without opening,and a staple through the cash to stop you rolling a quid out and claiming youve been short paid.Memorys

Quotenowadays banks have a stranglehold,

and if they had there way,along with the goverment,cash wouldnt exist

Quote from: themadhippy on September 24, 2020, 06:04:20 PM
... if they had there way,along with the goverment,cash wouldnt exist

I've not used any cash since March anyway, I know because I've still got the small wad I took out of the ATM when still travelling to the office    Cards for all the purchasing these days, online banking to pay the bills.   Tbh I've been doing it this way for years, only used cash for the chip shop and the window cleaner.

Without wishing to go too far off topic: My Father was a Bank Manager with Lloyds (When it actually WAS Lloyds) and one of my first jobs was with them too. In those days it was a "Service" mentality, we were taught the Customers were doing us huge favours letting us deal with their money and that deference was the order of the day. Branch Managers had the final say on any loans etc and had personal relationships with customers. I saw the beginnings of the change before I moved on, a few years later Bank Managers were all young Graduates only qualified to press a button on a PC that said yes or no. All of them were working with big targets for "Banking Products and services" and the attitude was that the Banks were doing us a huge service and that we should pay them for doing us  the honour of taking our money and investing it to their huge profit.

I got out before they stole my soul, my Father got lucky as one of the Old School Management they wanted shot of and was offered early retirement at 50 with a full Final Salary Pension and a lump sum.

TL;DR I hate banks but my old man loves 'em!