Nationwide account number too long

marcusjames

Trying to pay some money to my nephew as a surprise and have taken the account number from his Nationwide savings book. It has 1234/123456789 format and the a sort code (07-00-93).

The account number is too long for my bank to recognise. Does anyone know how I shorten this to fit the standard 8 digit requirement? Or is it a case of using a completely different code.

Thanks

catwoman150

marcusjames wrote: »

Trying to pay some money to my nephew as a surprise and have taken the account number from his Nationwide savings book. It has 1234/123456789 format and the a sort code (07-00-93).

The account number is too long for my bank to recognise. Does anyone know how I shorten this to fit the standard 8 digit requirement? Or is it a case of using a completely different code.

Thanks

at the front of his account book, there should be sort code, account number and then a reference number. These should be printed into his book. The long number is his reference number.

benjus

From this page:

http://www.nationwide.co.uk/search/DisplayArticle.aspx?article=1206

it looks like you need to pay into account 33333334 and give the actual account number as the payment reference.

luci

The first 4 digits before the / are the branch number. I never use this when I need my account number and only use the last 8 digits and the sort code.

EarthBoy

luci wrote: »

The first 4 digits before the / are the branch number. I never use this when I need my account number and only use the last 8 digits and the sort code.

That's what you need to do for FlexAccounts, but with savings accounts you need to use a separate account no. as explained above.