Cash withdrawal interest

  • Charlene1's Avatar
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    I have been charged a cash withdrawal interest fee however I do not know why and its not clear on my statement what was a cash transaction/withdrawal (I was unaware I was completing one of these transactions, why is this?) please can you let me know what was the withdrawal. Thanks
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    ChristopherP's Avatar
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    @Charlene1 Hey there, thanks for getting in touch!

    When you make a cash transaction, we charge a fee of 3.99% and interest at your standard cash transaction rate. This is from the date of the transaction until the date this cash balance is paid.

    We consider the following types of payments to be cash transactions: gambling transactions, wire/international money transfers, repaying borrowing, purchasing non-Sterling currency outside of Tesco, payments to prepaid or virtual cards, purchasing gift cards, investments, share trading and spread betting.

    Have you made any of those types of payments? If so, you should see interest charged over three statements. The first statement will show the cash transaction fee and the interest from the date of the transaction until the statement came out.

    The following statements will show interest accounting for the period between the first statement coming out and the balance being paid in full. After this there’d be no more interest applied to this specific transaction.

    I hope this clarifies things for you.


    If you need to ask a question about a Tesco Bank product, you can make a post in Help & Support here


  • Charlene1's Avatar
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    @Charlene1
    Thanks for this reply however I continue to be confused as I haven't made any of these transactions.

    Without realising last month I made a payment on a card machine in a farm shop which may have counted as a cash transaction (without my knowledge which is annoying). However I paid my full credit card balance off so this shouldn't then incur costs this month.
  • ChristopherP's Avatar
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    @Charlene1 In that case, it's best to call the Credit Card team and they'll be able to see which transaction has resulted in the charges being applied. You can reach the Credit Card team on 0345 300 4278 (Mon - Fri: 8am to 9pm, Sat - Sun: 8am - 6pm) and they'll be happy to help.

    To speak to one of my colleagues, please choose option 2 and enter your security details, then press 0. If you don't have any details to hand, just press 0 and you will then be passed through.

    I hope you get it all sorted.

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