{"id":57264,"date":"2017-06-08T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-was-badly-let-down-by-bank-of-scotlands-bereavement-service\/"},"modified":"2017-06-08T13:09:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T06:09:30","slug":"i-was-badly-let-down-by-bank-of-scotlands-bereavement-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-was-badly-let-down-by-bank-of-scotlands-bereavement-service\/","title":{"rendered":"I was badly let down by Bank of Scotland\u2019s bereavement service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe bank took my name off our joint current account instead of my late partner\u2019s, then gave me the runaroundMy partner died in January and I went into a local Bank of Scotland branch with all relevant documents to close his accounts and transfer our joint Ultimate Reward current account into my sole name. This account includes benefits such as travel insurance and AA cover. A few months later, I contacted the AA to ask about upgrading the policy and was told I couldn\u2019t as my name had been removed from the details they were holding and everything had been transferred to my late partner\u2019s name.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/jun\/08\/bank-of-scotland-bereavement-service\" target=\"_blank\">I was badly let down by Bank of Scotland\u2019s bereavement service<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The bank took my name off our joint current account instead of my late partner\u2019s,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-eTC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26798,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/brexit-provides-an-obvious-solution-to-the-royal-bank-of-scotlands-williams-glyn-headache\/","url_meta":{"origin":57264,"position":0},"title":"Brexit provides an obvious solution to the Royal Bank of Scotland&#039;s Williams &amp; Glyn headache","date":"September 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Brexit provides an obvious solution to the Royal Bank of Scotland's Williams & Glyn headache","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51572,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/natwest-banking-chief-executive-les-matheson-post-your-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":57264,"position":1},"title":"NatWest banking chief executive Les Matheson \u2013 post your questions","date":"April 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ever wanted to grill a banking boss? 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