I use my Santander for the high interest rate for my savings, barclays was my first account which i dont use and haven’t got round to closing. Natwest to see whether I was able to open another account then decided to try for starling instead. I wanted monzo but got starling for day-to-day use.
I’ve switched my natwest now into my starling as it is not needed. I use different accounts for different things to help me manage money better.
Be careful, opening lots of accounts can cause other issues. At least you’ve got everything out of the way now and can deal with the hit in one go.
Changing which account is your primary one doesn’t make any difference.
It’s the opening and closing of accounts that does.
You should keep them open because they’ll be having a positive impact on your credit rating even if you don’t use them.
Oh great thanks for that info. I’ll keep my old barclays account open then!
Best wishes,
Daniel 