I applied for Natwest bank account last week. I received two debit cards from Natwest today. How come two cards huh?

one debit card one credit card?

One from the main account debit card & the other reserve account debit card?

My Barclay Young Person Account is going to expire next March 2009. Albeit that it is still about 8 months away, I'm deciding to change to a bank account which gives a better interest rate when I come back. Any free advice? I don't have much of an experience in choosing a bank account.

Yes... I saw the word 'reserve' on the other debit card. What does it mean?

---

Added on June 21, 2008, 4:29 pmBoth debit cards.


This post has been edited by onemilimeter: Jun 21 2008, 04:29 PM

how many accounts do u have?

i have two natwest accounts: current and savings, and two debit cards, one for each.

If you are just looking for a savings account with no offline withdrawal facility, try Egg.com. I am quite pleased with their interest rate on savings account and friendly/speedy customer service.

If I'm not mistaken, I have savings account only. And, this morning I received another letter from Natwest. There is a book like 'cheque book' and the title of each page is 'bank giro credit'. What is it for?

---

Added on June 21, 2008, 5:00 pmBy the way, is the 'customer number' mentioned in the Natwest referred to the 'account number'?

This post has been edited by onemilimeter: Jun 21 2008, 05:00 PM

Interesting. I never come to hear of such bank called Egg. I'll look into it. Are their branches abundant in London?

one is debit card from the main current account and another from the saving account, me think.

the book is for use of banking in money. quite useless though, cause you can always fill in the form in the bank unless you are asking someone else to banking the money for you.


it is an internet bank.

Egg has been known to be evil for randomly cancelling credit cards that are not bringing in profits for them. A-V-O-I-D.

Anyone here can access IEEJ (IEE of Japan) Transactions on Industry Applications? I wish to have few papers from the journals. Thanks.

This post has been edited by onemilimeter: Jun 22 2008, 05:17 PM

I see. Thx a lot. When youngkies mentioned that it is an internet bank, I have doubts about it.

I'll be heading over to Sheffield this September. Currently, I'm surveying the accommodation over there and I would greatly appreciate any information regarding places to live there.Cheapest rent I could find is at the Broad Lane Court, 70++ pounds. Thanks.

This post has been edited by cherub: Jun 27 2008, 09:27 PM

why the hell is everyone going to sheffield? its like mini malaysia there im getting a sense of dejavu as i've been to broadlane ....but a longggggggggg time ago.

coz i'm there. u know how attractive i can be...


cherub, 70++ what? per week? tell us more about urself. are u married? are u looking forward to cook or eat outside? what's ur budget? are u sponsored?

This post has been edited by azarimy: Jun 27 2008, 11:14 PM

WillHung, I'm heading to Sheffield because my college (SEGi) is currently affiliated to Sheffield. Have posted before asking for opinions on Leicester as well. Honestly, I'm still not sure which is better, but deadline for accepting an offer from UCAS has ended so, I guess I'm pretty much stuck with Sheffield.

Azarimy, 70++ for the rent alone. And it's the cheapest I can find from the booklet Sheffield sent me. I'm heading there alone, doing Mechanical Engineering and sponsored by my parents. Won't say that I'm so tight on budget until have to makan rumput, but it is best for me to save as much as possible (estimated RM250k for 2 yeas of study there) to lighten the financial burden on my parents.

i think rent is quite cheap in sheffield, you can look on the internet for rooms for £50/week quite easily.

normally the booklets sent by the university are intended for local students who tend to have more money.

try gumtree.com

here's an example £42/week.
http://www.homesforstudents.co.uk/housedet...eld+University|

£48/week
http://www.accommodationforstudents.com/no...e.asp?id=419879
£35/week
http://sheffield.gumtree.com/sheffield/91/25325891.html

if you contact malaysians in sheffield (azarimy for example) they can point you in the right direction.

This post has been edited by WillHung: Jun 28 2008, 01:54 AM

lets rename this thread to 'studying in Sheffield - azarimy's tips'

This post has been edited by youngkies: Jun 28 2008, 02:44 AM

i wanna ask some stupid ques
wat is postgraduate and undergraduate?
n also wat is sandwich year?