Confirmation Of Barclays Bank Overdraft Settlement
This morning I received through the post a very welcome letter from Barclays Bank, or more accurately Central Debt Collection Services, on behalf of Barclays Bank.
The letter was very brief, and here is what it said:
Thank you for your payment.
Your debt is now considered to be satisfied and we can confirm that no further action will be taken against you.
Any Standing Orders or Direct Debits you have set up in favour of this Account should now be cancelled with your bankers.
This was in refernce to a personal bank account that I had a £2200 overdraft owing on, which went into arrears in July 2008 and subsequently defaulted on later in the year. I settled this debt at 25% of the outstanding balance, yet when I speak to Barclays about my other account with them they claim there is no way that they will settle on this account as it is against company policy - not sure if I believe them…