Banking in the UK Forum

[CanuckAbroad]

Due to an increasing amount of posts from people trying to navigate the UK banking world, we've started up a sub-forum dealing with banking specifically!

And who better to moderate this than a bank in the UK? Lloyds TSB has signed up to moderate this forum and will be happy to answer any UK banking related questions and topics.

So there we go... Now hopefully setting up an account in the UK won't be so difficult!

Enjoy!

[heymikey]

Lloyds TSB has signed up to moderate this forum and will be happy to answer any UK banking related questions and topics.

Hi CanuckAbroad,

Does LloydsTSB, the moderator, ever visit this forum?

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If Lloyds are reading this, just wanted to say THANK YOU for making my banking process so easy. Nat West and Barclays gave me such a hard time, I should have gone to you in the first place!

My advice to Canadians setting up an account in England... go to Lloyds!!

[WICKED]

when i tried to open a basic account with lloyds they asked me alot of annoying questions like what i do for a living, how much money i make, how long ive been in the country, how i;ll be making deposits, where my money is coming from, what im using the account for, etc. seemed they asked me less countries entering the country. i hate being asked questions, and am not used to it at all. basically, i believe all i should do is give my address and birthday. thats it. i really hate this whole proof of address thing they do in this country, and what is more annoying is that they require multiple proofs of address if youre using a bank statement. lloyds turned me down because i only had 1 statement. they said they required 3. sometimes i wonder if they want proof of address, or proof of my life story. or are they just looking for excuses to turn people away. ive lived in a few countries, and none have more difficult banking regulations. with that said, i have learned in my experience that there are a few banks who will open your account through the mail, which i prefer because, no questions. you just fill out the form, with copies of your proof of address and id. those banks are halifax, and barclays.

[Sarah1983]

i have been trying to reach someone at the above email and phone number for the last week and have not had any luck.

[heymikey]

Sarah, send your email directly to Luke Stuart:

Luke.Stuart@lloydstsb-offshore.com

[CanuckAbroad]

Yeah they're just waiting to confirm a few things before they're able to fully come on the board an answer questions - hopefully they'll be able to do that soon

[Sarah1983]

this had been a hassle. i dont know if i would recommend lloyds to anyone. they didnt return my call for over a week, charlotte no longer works there, i asked for luke but they told me doug was th e only person who could help me and he was in meetings for 10 days. now i'm leaving in 5 days and shipping my documents myself to the UK and paying $100.