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Barclays Bank Codes Changing 11/12 Nov 2017

littlerock · 2017-11-09 16:42:53

My Barclays bank account branch codes are changing this weekend 11/12 November as part of the official separation of private and corporate banking. I have various letters about this saying I will not have to do anything. To date I have not been told the new account numbers, nor issued with any new credit and debit cards or…

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13 November 2017 at 4:17PM

Chino wrote: »

What is your source for this claim? Do you / did you work for Barclays?

Luhn validation is industry practice.

The only grey area is the newer banks/ building societies that only use a few sort codes and sometimes issue account numbers sequentially.

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