Need Advise: Can you have more then one Current Account?

RTSFirebat

Hello Everyone.

First post for me here.

Currently I have a current account open which I have no issues with, so in short I don't want to switch my current account.

The problem I'm having is eBay's Paypal is charging me fees each time I get a payment from someone, I'm unable to return my account back to a personal one since I done so before.

A friend of mine suggested I open another current account and create a 2nd PayPal account, which PayPal said is fine for me to do.

However, I'm not sure if I can do this or not?

Is it ok to have more the one current account?

And if so, how do I go about opening a 2nd account, without having to switch? Seems all these online banks like smile and CAHOOT, are asking for my current bank details, for the purpose of switching I guess.

Can anyone explain to me how I can go about getting a 2nd current account?

Thanks in Advance.

- RTS

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Yes, you can have more than one current account. Make sure the new current account you go for doesn't have any conditions like paying in a salary if you don't intend to do so.

I would suggest leaving the 'current bank account details' question blank and see what happens.

seven-day-weekend

You can certainly have more than one current account: I have three joint ones with my husband and one joint one with my son! (The First Direct one is about to go though due to monthly fees being introduced).

I haven't opened any of them online though. I suggest as the other poster says, leave that section blank.