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Halifax online savers
 

Has anyone tried to close a Halifax account online but get a message saying that you need to contact the bank?

I had too many i think, wonder if i'm on some naughty list

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Never had that, and I've opened and closed many over the years. (though none recently)

How many did you open and close and in what time frame?

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How many have you opened and closed in the last 3 months?

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I would put it down to you've opened/closed too many accounts at once. It may also be because you've got too many accounts opened at once (all types of accounts, including current etc.).

Always a good idea to spread out the opening and closing of accounts. It also helps if you use other banks.

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I haven't tried to open an account for a long time until the other day, last time I tried it was the same, I have 8 or 9 accounts

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I do try to stick to no more than 4 accounts with any one bank

Its possible its a glitch, or maybe you have hit some sort of invincible limit. Give Halifax a ring and find out :)

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Doubt it's a glitch, had it for a long time.

Lol, no thanks

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I dont see the harm in giving them a ring. If the account is flagged its flagged. Ringing isnt going to make it worse

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YOu are getting this message because you have some interest (over £1) that needs to be credited to your account. YOu'll get this interest automaticaly after a year of opening the account or on it's anniversary. If you try to close the account before then you get a message saying you need to go to the bank to close it. It is nothing to do with a glitch or you've opened too many accounts. I have 15 Halifax online savers, some ghosts for limited paypal and ebay accounts. :)

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You have 15 savers accounts?! Wow that is a lot

Great explanation though I did not know that :) Thanks!

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Great! thanks

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I tried closing my savers accounts also, cannot close any of them! Had some of the accounts for years

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Do you get account access straight away?

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I presume you meant, do you get access to accounts opened right away?

Yes you do, however don't add it to PayPal right away, give it a few days as otherwise it can often throw up error messages.

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24 hours is sufficient