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    Revolut auto top up of joint account

    @murphaph1 Ok I will have to give that a try later this week
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    ‘Sorry you lost the money’: Couple loses thousands of euro of wedding savings in Revolut ‘ordeal’

    @Firefly this is what I mean I guess with the security conscious aspects of owning a phone. There are lots of apps you can use to increase security and they can become like Fort Knox at times. I remember reading a story at one stage that Apple would not unlock a terror suspects device - this...
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    ‘Sorry you lost the money’: Couple loses thousands of euro of wedding savings in Revolut ‘ordeal’

    Lots of discussion on whether Revolut is less safe than a traditional Irish bank. The same applies to all Fintech's [N26, Monese, Bung or whatever] Personally, I believe the Fintech's give you more control on how you can manage your card, whether it being security features via the app [limits...
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    ‘Sorry you lost the money’: Couple loses thousands of euro of wedding savings in Revolut ‘ordeal’

    @Bobby123 Firstly I am delighted you got your money back. At least that is one less thing to worry about here Interesting in your comments they said that Revolut said it was either Apple Pay or Google Pay - sounds like they either didnt know or didnt want to tell. I would have assumed this was...
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    ‘Sorry you lost the money’: Couple loses thousands of euro of wedding savings in Revolut ‘ordeal’

    seriously ? I know some people are not very tech savvy, but writing your ATM PIN beside your bank cards is rather special ! Whatever about Apple Pay or Google Pay or whatever, but bank cards and PIN's have been around for decades at this stage
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    Which broadband provider?

    This is Vodafone TV Play and is similar(ish) to Sky Stream. https://n.vodafone.ie/shop/tv.html https://www.sky.com/ie/tv/stream Vodafone require you to have Vodafone broadband and have a 12 month contract. Sky give you a no commitment option and also allow you to use it with any broadband...
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    ‘Sorry you lost the money’: Couple loses thousands of euro of wedding savings in Revolut ‘ordeal’

    Agree with this completely. What would be more useful (in general) would be to advise people on the available security features of something like Revolut or N26 or whatever, and ensure people know what options they have. Of course everyone makes mistakes, but no different from cash back in the...
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    ‘Sorry you lost the money’: Couple loses thousands of euro of wedding savings in Revolut ‘ordeal’

    what's wrong with the Joe Duffy route :) or maybe now its the Conor Pope one ! But back to the original question, I am sure Revolut can been challenging to deal with when something goes wrong - but I do think their may be bias in the article. Either way, I have no idea who is right or wrong and...
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    Revolut auto top up of joint account

    @murphaph1 I have a joint account with Revolut and it has its own Irish IBAN so there is no reason it cannot be used to pay the mortgage and direct debits. I don't have a card on this account, so I think would be low risk of 'fraud'. To spend money on a card, I move it to my personal Revolut...
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    ‘Sorry you lost the money’: Couple loses thousands of euro of wedding savings in Revolut ‘ordeal’

    Sorry @murphaph1 absolutely. I don't in any way mean that Revolut needs to provide this data to the media - in fact they absolutely should not do so. But they should provide it to the customer on request to support the position they are taking around whether it was fraudulent or not, and where...
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    Home office at rear of garden

    Because I want reclaim the current room I am using in my private residence as my office for the last 4 years [provided free to the company] as the family space it was always intended to be used for - meaning the home working option becomes the kitchen table, or a temp desk under the stairs or in...
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    ‘Sorry you lost the money’: Couple loses thousands of euro of wedding savings in Revolut ‘ordeal’

    If I had 2500 taken from my account and Revolut were saying it was my fault rather than theirs, the least I would expect is for them to prove this. This means a copy of the transaction details including the source of the transaction, type of transaction and how it was authorised. I dont have...
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    ‘Sorry you lost the money’: Couple loses thousands of euro of wedding savings in Revolut ‘ordeal’

    I just reviewed some of my transactions on Revolut. There is no distinction on the transaction list on the app between an online transactions, a POS transactions or Apple Pay transactions. It also does not tell me how the transaction was authorised [PIN, MFA on app etc]. Revolut will obviously...
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    ‘Sorry you lost the money’: Couple loses thousands of euro of wedding savings in Revolut ‘ordeal’

    Like most of you, I am confused by the article. There are two issues here - firstly is how the money was accessed from the Revolut account and secondly how easy or not it is to deal with Revolut once a 'bad' transaction occurs. I am guessing that they are not great to deal with in times like...
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    Home office at rear of garden

    Thanks everyone for your time to respond to this. I had a feeling it was not going to be straight forward. I wonder how this will evolve in the coming years when people decide that working from their bedroom or kitchen table has lost its appeal and more companies have gone more or less fully...
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    Architect plans way over budget

    I do wonder how this ended ! I am/was in a similar boat and I have to say it annoys me beyond belief that architects design extensions that do not match the budget given. In our case the budget given was x. The first quote we got back was 2.4x and the second quote was 2.7k. Factoring in price...
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    Home office at rear of garden

    Please note I have read this thread already but I am none the wiser after it Financing Home Office from Limited Company
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    Home office at rear of garden

    I have gone to my accountant with this question, but I would also like some learned wisdom from the AAM community to feed into the discussion. I am a director of a limited liability company, working in IT (ranging from strategy, due diligence, roadmaps etc). Like many I have been worked...
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    Heading into our 40's Zero Savings

    @Jollyman You have said that short term cashflow is the main issue, esp after Santa and your wife on maternity leave. As suggested by others, the first two things you should do is pay off the car loan and credit card from the 35k savings - both are likely to be high interest and by doing this...
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    Best low cost savings index account for children

    So another 10 years before you will need it at the earliest, assuming you are not paying for private secondary school
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