A pet project of mine as discussed with - to create a record of all current accounts available in the UK. I’m sure there are people on here who can contribute a lot to this.
Mainstream Banks
- Barclays
- Chase UK
- HSBC Group
- First Direct (Shared Licence with HSBC)
- HSBC UK (Shared Licence; Primary holder)
- Lloyds Banking Group
- Bank of Scotland (Shared Licence; Primary holder)
- Halifax (Shared Licence with Bank of Scotland)
- Lloyds
- Metro Bank
- Monzo
- NatWest Group
- Coutts
- Holt & Co (Shared Licence with RBS)
- NatWest (Shared Licence; Primary holder)
- Royal Bank of Scotland (Shared Licence; Primary holder)
- Ulster Bank (Shared Licence with NatWest)
- Nationwide Building Society
- Virgin Money UK (Separate Licence from Nationwidey as of now)
- Santander UK
- Cater Allen
- Santander
- Starling Bank
- The Co-operative Bank (Separate Licence from Coventry Building Society as of now)
- Co-operative Bank (Primary holder)
- Smile (Shared Licence with Co-operative Bank)
- TSB
- Virgin Money UK
Niche and Smaller Banks
- Allied Irish Bank UK (Shared Licence; Primary holder)
- AIB GB
- AIB NI
- Al Rayan Bank (High initial deposit requirement)
- Alpha Bank UK (High initial deposit requirement)
- Arbuthnot Latham (High initial deposit requirement)
- Bank of Baroda UK
- Bank of Ceylon UK
- Bank of China UK
- Bank of East Asia UK
- Bank of Ireland UK
- Bank Saderat
- C. Hoare & Co (High initial deposit requirement)
- Cumberland Building Society (Local residents only)
- Cynergy Bank (Possibly NLA)
- Danske Bank (Local residents only - NI)
- FCMB Bank UK (High initial deposit requirement)
- Ghana International Bank
- Habib Bank Zurich
- Handelsbanken
- HBL Bank
- ICICI Bank UK
- Investec (High initial deposit requirement)
- Kroo Bank
- Kuwait Finance House (High initial deposit requirement)
- LHV UK
- London Mutual Credit Union
- National Bank of Egypt UK (High initial deposit requirement)
- National Bank of Kuwait UK (High initial deposit requirement)
- Punjab National Bank
- QIB UK (High initial deposit requirement)
- State Bank of India UK
- Triodos Bank
- Turkish Bank UK
- Union Bank of India
- United Bank Limited (UBL) UK
- Weatherbys (High initial deposit requirement)
- Zopa Bank (Beta)
- iFast Global Bank
E-Money Providers
(Each provider typically holds its own EMI licence; no shared licences identified.)
- Algbra
- CardOneMoney
- HyperJar
- Monese
- Plutus
- Pockit
- Revolut
- Suits Me
- Think Money
- Wise
- Zero
Crown Dependencies
- Barclays
- Barclays CIIOM (Local residents only)
- Barclays International (High initial deposit requirement)
- Butterfield Bank (High initial deposit requirement or local resident)
- HSBC Group
- HSBC CIIOM (Local residents only)
- HSBC Expat (High initial deposit requirement)
- Lloyds International
- Island Banking (Local residents only - CIIOM)
- Offshore Banking (High initial deposit requirement)
- Royal Bank of Scotland International (Shared Licence; Primary holder)
- Coutts Crown Dependencies (Shared Licence with RBSI, local residents, high initial deposit requirement or Coutts UK clients only)
- Isle of Man Bank (Shared Licence with RBSI, local residents only)
- NatWest International (Shared Licence with RBSI, Local residents or high initial deposit requirement)
- Santander International
- Island Banking (Local residents only - CIIOM)
- Offshore Banking (High initial deposit requirement)
- SG Hambros Channel Islands (High initial deposit requirement)
- Standard Bank (High initial deposit requirement)
- Standard Chartered Jersey (High initial deposit requirement)
Overseas Accounts (Available to UK residents)
- Australia
- HSBC (Requires Valid Reason)
- Bahrain
- HSBC (Requires Branch Visit)
- China
- HSBC (Requires Branch Visit)
- Cyprus
- Bank of Cyprus (Monthly Fee)
- Estonia
- LHV
- France
- BoursoBank
- CA Britline
- Hong Kong
- HSBC
- Ireland
- AIB (Monthly Fee)
- Bank of Ireland (Monthly Fee)
- India
- HSBC (Requires Valid Reason)
- Indonesia
- HSBC (Requires Branch Visit)
- Italy
- Fineco (Requires Branch Visit)
- Lithuania
- Bankera (EMI)
- Macau
- HSBC (Requires Branch Visit)
- Malaysia
- HSBC (Requires Branch Visit)
- Malta
- HSBC (Requires Valid Reason)
- Panama
- Banesco (Monthly Fee)
- Banistmo (Monthly Fee)
- Mercantil (Monthly Fee)
- Multibank (Monthly Fee)
- Philippines
- HSBC (Requires Branch Visit)
- Portugal
- Millennium BCP (Monthly Fee)
- Qatar
- HSBC (Requires Branch Visit)
- Singapore
- Citibank (High initial deposit requirement)
- HSBC (Requires HSBC Premier)
- South Africa
- First National Bank
- Spain
- Banco Sabadell (Requires Branch Visit)
- Bankinter
- BBVA (Requires Branch Visit)
- CaixaBank
- Santander
- Sri Lanka
- HSBC (Requires Branch Visit)
- Switzerland
- Swissquote (Brokerage Account)
- Uruguay
- HSBC (Monthly Fee)
- United Arab Emirates
- HSBC (Requires Valid Reason)
- United States
- Bank of America (Requires Branch Visit)
- Charles Schwab International (Brokerage Account)
- Chase (Requires Branch Visit)
- Citibank (Requires Branch Visit)
- HSBC (Requires HSBC Premier)
- Wells Fargo (Requires Branch Visit)
This is just a start, please help me add to it!
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