Advantages: Manage all your financial transactions online Disadvantages: can't deposit!
have been a customer of the Halifax Bank for over 30 years now. When they first introduced on line banking I immediately signed up to this and what a boon it has been! Signing up is an easy process and you are required to choose a user name and password and to provide answers to several security questions.
Once you have received your logging in details from the Halifax signing in is simple. You just have to log in with your user name, password and the answer to a security question. On gaining access to your acount your account information will be displayed.
It is possible to have most of your accounts included in the online service including current accounts, mortgages, loans, credit cards etc
Once you have registered you are able to conduct most of your banking transactions online including setting up standing orders and direct ...
Advantages: Handy to keep an eye on your account Disadvantages: none so far
After having problems with my previous bank, I decided to open an account with halifax, this was about five years ago.
The reason I chose Halifax
Well they were always advertised on tv and I needed a new account for my wages to be paid into, so I went in made an appointment and opened my current account, which did`nt take long and the staff were friendly and helpful.
Other services available at Halifax
Credit cards
Mortgages
Personnel loans
Savings and Investments
Insurance
Share Dealing
However I basically use my account as a savings account and dont have any Shares or Credit cards through Halifax.
Five years later
Five years on and I cant say anything bad about the services provided by Halifax, Eighteen months ago was when I first started to use onlinebanking, I found their web address at the back of my ...
Advantages: Saves lots of time Disadvantages: Very few
I have had a current account with the HSBC for many years and have not had any problems or hassles that I can think of, I know that many of you will have had bad experiences for one reason or another but I have not. My main moan however is that over the last couple of years it has become increasingly difficult to contact my branch or to see someone in person as most branches only open a few hours a day and now even the two main branches where I live are no longer staffed on Saturdays. As I both work full time Monday to Fridays and I also have my own business I was finding it ever more difficult to get to a branch and so when I was told about their onlinebanking facility I decided to give it a go.
Of course I had the usual concerns about security but a friend had recommended the onlinebanking to me and I was assured that in the event ...
