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Can I open a current account?

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  • grumbler
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    Most likely you can make online transfers from your savings account.
  • badger09
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    grumbler wrote: »
    Most likely you can make online transfers from your savings account.

    My experience has been that you can make online transfers from a savings account to either

    a) another account in your name with the same institution
    or
    b) an account in your name, with another institution, which you have previously linked to that savings account

    Do you know of any savings accounts which allow online payments to other people? (Sounds suspiciously like a current account to me :p)
  • grumbler
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    edited 20 March 2015 at 5:11PM
    badger09 wrote: »
    Do you know of any savings accounts which allow online payments to other people?
    Tesco Internet Saver (e.g.)
    (Sounds suspiciously like a current account to me :p)
    Courrent account comes with a card, allows DDs and SOs.
    That said, I used to have A&L savings account with a cash card.
  • colsten
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    badger09 wrote: »
    Do you know of any savings accounts which allow online payments to other people?

    Yes I know of some. Tesco's ones to start with.
  • badger09
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    grumbler wrote: »
    Tesco Internet Saver (e.g.)
    Courrent account comes with a card, allows DDs and SOs.
    That said, I used to have A&L savings account with a cash card.
    colsten wrote: »
    Yes I know of some. Tesco's ones to start with.

    I stand corrected :o - thanks.

    I have a brace of Tesco savings accounts but never tried to set up payments to accounts not in my own name. A choice of 20+ current accounts seems enough :p
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