First Direct

Newest Review: ... through hoops by some companies until the obvious struck me and I checked out First Direct. As I said earlier I am a customer, which did make it easier, but all I had to do was log into my account and request loan information. They immediately told me, without asking me any further questions, how much they would be prepared to lend me! All I had to do was to say how long I wanted to take to repay the loan and I was then notified how much I would need to pay each month. I looked at the details of their loans on the website (http://www.firstdirect.com/loans/) to see if there was any small print that I should know about and I also needed t... more

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First Direct are first again! (584 words)
by - written on 04/12/08 (Very useful, 292 readings)
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I have been a customer of First Direct bank ever since they started and I honestly cannot fault them. Incidentally they came top in the survey done by Watchdog so I'm obviously not the only one who thinks so! When we decided to buy our cottage last year we thought that we would be able to sell our house quite easily. Sadly this wasn't the case and because of the credit crunch we still own both properties although we have got tenants in the house now which does help a bit with the finances. When we came to pay the deposit on the cottage we had to raise the 15% deposit that we needed without having the income from the sale of the house that we had ... Read the complete review

The First Nearly Perfect Bank?? (1141 words)
by - written on 07/10/04 (Very useful, 1177 readings)
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I decided to transfer my current account about 18 months ago as I had decided enough was enough with the service I was receiving from Barclays. My biggest problem had to be 1 of two things I thought, firstly which bank? Secondly, would it go smoothly? After looking up all of the usual High Street banks including the likes of Halifax, Lloyds TSB etc etc, I still had not made up my mind. That is when someone suggested to be have I ever heard of First Direct. I had seen some of their adverts on TV but to be honest never paid much attention. As I had got no where with the other banks, it had to be worth a look at least. Knowing that they were an ... Read the complete review

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