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I have a Nationwide Flex account. Its brilliant for using abroad, as you dont get charged for cash withdrawels or for using it in shops or resturants. I found them to be quite friendly when I upgraded to a flex account from a kids account at age 18. The staff in Winchester and Leeds branches are quite friendly and the queues go down quite quickly. They have been awful for my boyfriend, and wouldnt give him a bank account because he had no credit rating in England. Lloyds on the other hand were very happy to give him a visa debit card. So boo Nationwide for that. On the other hand, I also have an Isa and a rewards isa with them. I am ...

The Nationwide Flex account is a great account to have if you do a lot of travelling abroad. I opened a Nationwide Flex account with one main thing in mind - ie to get a good exchange rate abroad without incuring any fees for withdrawing cash. The Nationwide Flex account debit card is the only debit card that you can use abroad to withdraw cash from ATM's and to pay for goods without paying a 'charge' for it.. (although it does state that some ATM's make a charge which is outside their control, I have never had any charges incurred.) I have used my card now three times whilst travelling abroad. The exchange rate I have been given has always been excellent ...

I never had a problem with Nationwide until about a year or so ago. But I now find it impossible to deal with them. They won't give me a debit card for a joint account, even though I've been with them for 20 years and been a good customer during that time. My husband has no credit problems. They wouldn't allow me an overdraft on the said joint account and then charged us £30 for going £6 overdrawn. And the worst thing is they won't say why they won't give the debit card - except to say that as I have one already, I don't need a second one. They are so arrogant and out of touch now, I can't bear dealing with them ...