Ok, he has sent a screenshot of the payment.
I may have to eat my words and pay him some compensation if it does come through.
If its not there by tommorow, notify your bank, or message me and ill notify mine, just to make sure everything went through ok.
Although, i sent the payment 45 minutes ago, why is it still not showing?
As I said, some banks take longer to clear than others.
HSBC/First Direct usually around 2 hours, Santander anywhere between 2 hours to the next working day.
They are the 3 "worst" for being slow... most others are instant or under 2 hours.
bollocks, im with santander.
Then it will most likely clear overnight.
So there.. mystery solved.
I also have a Santander account, which I rarely use now because they are really rubbish and not very helpful at all.
I personally have had payments delayed until the next working day (somtimes up to 3 days later if I sent on a Friday night and there is a bank holiday Monday)... made me look not very good and also got accused of being a scammer... which is why I got a different bank account and now very rarely use it at all.
Just google "santander payments slow to clear" you will find plenty of complaints.