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Closing bank account - what information is required

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  • jonesMUFCforever
    jonesMUFCforever Posts: 28,898 Forumite
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    PlainLazyX wrote: »
    There is single digit amount of money left on it and it's been laying on that account for couple years now. I will however include such information, as they will probably want to give me back my couple pounds, no matter how much was it.

    Thanks for that reminder though!

    Personally then I would just forget about it.
  • pochisoldi
    pochisoldi Posts: 368 Forumite
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    PlainLazyX wrote: »
    There is single digit amount of money left on it and it's been laying on that account for couple years now. I will however include such information, as they will probably want to give me back my couple pounds, no matter how much was it.

    Thanks for that reminder though!

    Find out the balance, write a cheque for that amount made out to a UK charity, and post it to them.
    Once the cheque clears, close the account with a nil balance.

    Closing an account with a non-nil balance adds the complication of "what to do with the money?". Sort that out beforehand, and everyone's life (you and them) is easier.

    PochiSoldi
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