Dave Liquorice wrote:

Cursitor Doom wrote:

Instruct the bank to deny any order except those you set up.

That *should* be the default situation. You shouldn't have to tell them!

Indeed.

You inform the merchant they can take payment by DD and they contact
your bank to set it up. The bank should then write to you giving
details of the new DD and asking if this is OK?

Most companies setting up D/D now get you to agree online, they pass
this to the bank, and the bank accepts that without writing to you.