NatWest & RBS PDF Statements

stclair

You can now download print & save 7 years worth of bank statements in a PDF version welcome to the 21st century RBSG.



http://www.rbs.co.uk/personal/online-banking/g1/online-statements/your-statement-explained.ashx

http://www.natwest.com/personal/online-banking/g1/paperless/online-statement-guide.ashx

RoxRoxBling

They also say you can use these as proof of identity etc.. Will this actually be the case, or will some companies be fussy?

EarthBoy

It's not up to RBS or NatWest to say whether the statements can be used as proof of ID or not; it's up to the other companies asking for the ID whether they are prepared to accept them.

They can or may be refused, regardless of what RBS/NatWest say on their website.

JuicyJesus

EarthBoy wrote: »

They can or may be refused, regardless of what RBS/NatWest say on their website.

It's a stupid statement. It'll just lead to more complaints for them ("I went to apply for a mortgage with these documents you said would be fine and they said they weren't acceptable!!!!1") and more complaints for other financial institutions ("NatWest said these would be fine to prove my address, but you won't accept them!!!!1").

Well done, RBS/NatWest. Have a nice feature but advertise it totally wrongly. No bank worth their salt will accept documents printed from the Internet as proof of address. Especially not given that PDFs can be modified and that discrepancies from proper, official statements on the PDFs will also look like the discrepancies from proper, official statements on one of the many "print your own XYZ Bank statement" kits fraudsters love to use.

RoxRoxBling wrote: »

They also say you can use these as proof of identity etc.. Will this actually be the case, or will some companies be fussy?

That's not fussiness. Given what I say above, it's good common sense.

TheEffect

According to NatWest's Twitter account, they're also implementing a new feature of allowing you to update when you're traveling abroad via Internet Banking.

In my opinion, NatWest's Internet Banking is quite old and outdated and lacks small features like being able to order a replacement card, update your address etc. They can also be slow as well, for example, if you apply for an overdraft and it is agreed, it is not added to your account until the next working day.

Most banks add overdrafts instantly these days.

innovate

TheEffect wrote: »

According to NatWest's Twitter account, they're also implementing a new feature of allowing you to update when you're traveling abroad via Internet Banking.

update what?

TheEffect

innovate wrote: »

update what?

Update *them.

innovate

TheEffect wrote: »

Update *them.

Huh? Statements? How do you update a bank statement?

TheEffect

innovate wrote: »

Huh? Statements? How do you update a bank statement?

Maybe I didn't word it correctly.

As this thread mentioned a new feature NatWest have implemented i.e. allowing people to download PDF statements, I added that they're also implementing another new feature, which is to allow customers to tell NatWest when they will be abroad via Internet Banking, so that their cards do not get blocked.

innovate

ah right. Thanks for clarifying.

chambta

JuicyJesus wrote: »

It's a stupid statement. It'll just lead to more complaints for them ("I went to apply for a mortgage with these documents you said would be fine and they said they weren't acceptable!!!!1") and more complaints for other financial institutions ("NatWest said these would be fine to prove my address, but you won't accept them!!!!1").

Well done, RBS/NatWest. Have a nice feature but advertise it totally wrongly. No bank worth their salt will accept documents printed from the Internet as proof of address. Especially not given that PDFs can be modified and that discrepancies from proper, official statements on the PDFs will also look like the discrepancies from proper, official statements on one of the many "print your own XYZ Bank statement" kits fraudsters love to use.



That's not fussiness. Given what I say above, it's good common sense.

To be fair it does say could be.