CIFAS and Metro Bank

Hi Guys,

I'm hoping someone from MSE can help me. I used to have a Barclays bank account since a young age and it was closed down near the end of 2014 for fraud (not intentional). Unknown to me, they had placed a CIFAS CAT 6 marker on my file.

One week after the account closure, I applied for a young persons account at HSBC - the account was closed after depositing £20 of cash at the branch (I was told to check my credit score and obviously don't have one as I'm under 18).

Further to this, I decided to open up a Natwest account as I was pretty frustrated that the account with HSBC had been closed for no reason. The Natwest account had been open with no quibbles and I had been using the account roughly for 2-3 weeks until I decided to open up a savings account - after opening the savings account, a day later I realise that I had incorrectly provided Natwest my mothers NI Number instead of mine, realising this I informed customer support who promised to resolve this very quickly although in turn they closed both of my accounts.

Fast forward a couple of days, I decide to open up a Halifax account and a Santander account although I did not use the Santander Account - my primary account was with Halifax. I had been using Halifax for more than a year and had even started trading Bitcoins on my account (big mistake), so I decided to open a separate account with Halifax to separate the bitcoin trades and my personal spending/income. One week after opening the new current account with Halifax, they told me to come into branch with proof of the Bitcoin sales. I went into branch with the proof, they submitted it onto the system and decided to close my account - giving me a cheque of my account balance.

At this stage, I decide to cash my cheque from Halifax into my Santander account. I decide to use my Santander account for primary spending and came to the conclusion that I should not trade Bitcoins with this account. All goes well for more than a year, I get a new job, and decide to open a savings account with Santander, and all of a sudden my account is blocked and is going to be closed within 30 days. Upon opening th savings account, Santander have run some extra checks and informed me that there is a CIFAS entry under my name and that I cannot bank with them until that has been removed (another 3 years).

Thankfully, during the time I was with Santander, I had decided to open up a B account at Yorkshire Bank as I had an interest in the app that they had created. I've currently moved all my expenses and income to this account but I am worried whether they will run additional checks once I turn 18 (2 months) and fine out about the CIFAS marker unless they already know about this.

I also have a Metro Bank Account (after the cifas marker was put on my record) for more than 2 years and am wondering what their stance is on opening accounts with CIFAS Category 6 marker - I'm assuming that they're just more cautious? (For anyone wondering, I have a cash account with them).

Thanks for your time and helping!