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Comment by withinboredom

5 years ago

I do not miss the US banking system... with my bank in the EU, I can block merchants, approve or deny direct debits (ACH equivalent), and I’ve set my debit card with two pins: one draws from my account, and the other from my joint account.

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sofixa  5 years ago

And direct debits and transfers are free ( barring potential currency exchange )

aurbano  5 years ago

Could you share what bank this is?

  • withinboredom  5 years ago

    https://www.bunq.com/benefits

    • antihero  5 years ago

      Couldn't see anything about merchant blocking on there. This would be an excellent feature (I like control). I signed up years ago and never really used Bunq as I didn't see what it added.

      How have you found support? I've found Monzo to be fairly lacklustre as they've grown, so considered making my Starling my primary. However, Starling don't really have any particularly exciting features that would motivate me to switch.

      Edit: Their site no longer accepts UK numbers. Yet again, FUCK BREXIT.

      Edit 2: Managed to reactivate my account, and for obvious reasons they don't seem to support FPS or have an account number either, so not really great for a primary UK account.

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