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Adding someone onto an existing bank account

Hi

My partner and I are looking to have a joint bank account. He has an existing account with HSBC and is very happy with them whereas I am with Barclays and am unhappy (to put it mildly!)

Can my OH add me on to his bank account and transfer my wages/dd's etc over or would we have to start a brand new account?

Sorry if someone has already asked about this, I searched but couldn't find any threads that covered this.

Thanks

x

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  • Debt_Free_Chick
    Debt_Free_Chick Posts: 13,276 Forumite
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    Pretty sure you would need to open a new joint account and it may just be simpler to do so.

    Why don't you each keep your own account and then have a joint account for the shared bills/expenses?
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  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    We just added a name to one of our Barclays accounts to make it a joint one.
  • Ok thanks, I think we are going to go to speak to OH's guy at the bank. He's apparently really helpful so will speak to him about it and have a talk with OH and see what he thinks is best.

    xx
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