Bank Caps on deposits to betting sites....

[stribling]

Tried to deposit, declined! Phoned the bank and they have told me I have exceeded the amount deposited onto betting sites. Firstly, this has been my best couple of months in a while not depositing for quite some time, i've definately deposited more in other months, Secondly, are banks allowed to cap your money on how you spend it? This is the Halifax who I have had no end of trouble.

Any other tales of this?

[Raman]

Debit card or Credit card?

[stribling]

Debit

[Raman]

Don't see how or why they can restrict your deposits to gambling sites then.  Its your money, I'd be on the phone and kicking up a stink.

A friend of mine has a friend who works in customer relations at HBOS and we were told recently of a customer who had over £3,000 in compensation in the last 12 months by constantly complaining about everything including the queues he faced when going to the bank at peak times.

Fabricate a story about this causing you the expense of a large losing bet and go for compensation.

[stribling]

I got on the phone and the guy told me yu have exceeded the amount you are allowed to spend on betting sites, I wasn't having any of it and said thats basically b0lloxs! I hung up, tried again a bit later, boom, deposited.

I was getting saints to score touchdown next drive. They scored that touchdown. Fuming!

[redarmi]

Have heard in the past of banks looking unfavourably and/or closing accounts of customers who bet a lot and have lots of transactions but if you have an account I don't see how they can refuse a transaction on that basis.  If they don't want you as a customer then that is a different matter I guess but actually telling you you can't bet more seems wrong to me.

[stribling]

Yeah, had a good rant about it being my money and you cant restrict how I spend it.

All good now. Need to change bank ASAP!

[Marky147]

Have heard in the past of banks looking unfavourably and/or closing accounts of customers who bet a lot and have lots of transactions but if you have an account I don't see how they can refuse a transaction on that basis.  If they don't want you as a customer then that is a different matter I guess but actually telling you you can't bet more seems wrong to me.

Oh fk I hope not, my last months bank statement was 5 pages long

[FUN4FRASER]

Tell them to put their account where the sun dont shine

Banks  = Fascist Bully Boys 

[doubleup]

Was it maybe a bad explanation of their security arrangements?  I randomly get a refusal followed by an automated phone call.

[Rod]

Yes some do do this, a friends of mine had the issue. They have a cap as part of some security feature a lot, you should be able to call and get the cap removed after agreeing to it.