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Bank transfer limits and charges.

Anyone know of any banks with good transfer limits and charges on current accounts?

I've just had a very big sum paid into my current account with a major high street bank and want to spread it out across lots of savings accounts to keep under the £50,000 limit for FSCS compensation.

My bank now tells me I can only do this at £10,000 per day, else I have to pay £23 a time for CHAPS transfers. This will cost me several hundred pounds just to get my hands on my own money and put it into a dozen different savings accounts! I can't even send cheques, because lots of the highest interest accounts available are internet only.

I know that some banks will alllow a higher limit, providing that they can do telephone identity checks. Who are they? (hint: it's not NatWest or HSBC)

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