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Tried to open second current account and oh my...

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  • Olipro
    Olipro Posts: 717 Forumite
    adamc260 wrote: »
    I'm hardly gunna lie to the bank when they can easily check!

    who says it's a lie? you were planning to do it but your life changed, you couldn't because of reason x.

    seriously, when they say "are you going to pay in your salary" there is only one correct answer, and that answer is "yes"
  • KingL
    KingL Posts: 1,713 Forumite
    Lots of banks do this.

    Banks are businesses which make their money out of investing the capital that you have in your account. If you only have a small balance in it, they have all the costs of running the account (postage, customer services, transaction processing, etc.) but none of the revenue. You would likely be a loss-making customer. What business wants to take on loss-making customers ?
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