Transfer money using #Santander

  • process: make the transfer online, transfer gets blocked, my online account gets blocked, 5 phone calls, having to go to branch showing my ID, more phone calls, my accounts finally get unblocked; total: 3h
  • result: transfer not done, 3h wasted ❌

Transfer money using #Wise

  • process: make the transfer online
  • result: transfer done ✅

#ByeByeSantander

I have to say, so far the best bank I’ve had is #Wise which is an online bank, never had problems with them, you can open accounts in different currencies in one click (euro, dollars, canadian dollars etc.) and with just 1 card it will pay in the appropriate currency.

It doesn’t complain when you’re doing payments yourself, but detects and blocks fraudulent uses of your card.
You can convert money between your accounts at the current exchange rate with a much smaller fee than other banks (as far as I know).

Also it’s the only bank that spontaneously gave me money (just to cover some of their fees, but still)!

The only issue you might have is because it’s an online-only bank, some companies will not accept payment from them, but that has happened less and less recently.

If anyone’s interested: https://wise.com/ (and if you’re serious about it, I might be able to “invite” you)

#OnlineBanking #OnlineBank #Banking #ByeByeSantander

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Definitely do NOT recommend #Santander for banking. I spent 2h having to go to a branch and phoning several people (the two things I hate the most) just to unblock my account which had been blocked by… Santander because of a “suspicious payment” that I made. The whole thing felt like bullying. #ByeByeSantander

From: @elduvelle
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El Duvelle (@[email protected])

Hi UK people, would you recommend a good bank for current accounts and mortgages? One that does not support #FossilFuels? Specifically in #Scotland if that matters… 🙏 (I am currently with #Santander which works well when there is no problem at all but also stole some money from my account and are not contactable by email anymore) #UKBanking #Banks #Banking

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