Credit card after making a payment full statement balance still taken

  • Ness2020's Avatar
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    Credit card after making a additional payment to keep balance under credit card limit the full statement balance is still taken on the monthly DD rather than the statement balance minus the additional payment any ideas why this is happening? There is usually at least a few days in between the payment date and the DD being taken. Thanks
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    CarolineD's Avatar
    Employee
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    Hey @Ness2020, thanks for getting in touch 🙂

    Your direct debit has a 5 working day assessment period before the collection date where it's already in progress. If you make the payment manually during this period, then we won't be able to stop the payment from being collected by direct debit.

    The quickest way to get the funds collected by direct debit returned to you is to request a direct debit indemnity with your own bank if you're able to get in touch with them. They should be able to refund the funds on the same working day.

    Alternatively, we can arrange to send you back the manual payment. If you wish to do this, please call our team on 0345 300 4278 (Mon - Fri: 8am to 9pm, Sat - Sun: 8am - 6pm) one of my colleagues will be happy to help you further.