i'll try here too!..best bank accounts where they dont ask for £500 to be paid in every month!

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thats it really!
just a nice simple bank account with no fees and one i dont have to pay wages into

I've been a SAHM for years and I was a bit worried that my lack of a salary would make things hard.

I opened one with HSBC no problems at all. I went into the branch though,not over interenet or phone. I told them I would pay the £500 a month in from my joint account (which is not with HSBC) and they just took my word for it. It was all up and running before I got round to it.

Its the normal current account with cheque book,debit card ,credit card and internet banking.No fees.

ive got one wtih nationwide which is savings that i can do cheques from and put money inot and out whenever i want but it hasnt got direct debits.

ive also got a flexaccount with them.when i opened it i needed £1 i think.i definitely havent agreed to have £500 a month go into it.

I have a building society account with Norwich And Peterborough. It has a fair sized overdraft so was worried when I went parttime and had ds that they would tell me I wasn't 'allowed' the account anymore !
Have had no problems what so ever. I have had the account for over 10 years and I don't think I opened it with any money.
Halifax always seems to want certain amounts going into their accounts, or they only give certain benefits to people paying in certain amounts.

i opened one with first direct as i'm on direct payments scheme with social services so needed a separate bank account to my normal one and i when i needed to do it my normal bank, barclays, siad i had to go in to the brance to sign some forms which i couldn't do as i'm recovering from serious illness (was miffed as had banked with them for 15 years and they were completely hopeless). anyway, first direct have been fab - i even get a text from them every monday morning to tell me what my account balance is - makes me feel all loved!

hattiecat!

thanks girls..seems that the internet shows only one type of account!
we are with barclays and even though we want to change as theyre crap, i may set one up with them for now as they already have all my info and can easilly get to one of 3 branches!

thanks again!