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Bank accounts for community groups

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We are looking to open a bank account for a community group we are involved in. At the moment it seems only Barclays are accepting applications for new accounts? Does anyone know differently or have any recent experience?

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  • Robin9
    Robin9 Posts: 12,763 Forumite
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    I can see why there is little enthusiasm with the Banks to provide these accounts.

    I am treasurer of a small organisation and actually wrote a cheque this morning , leaving a balance of £50 !  Looking at the stubs I see the first cheque was in 2010 .

    Where's the money in this for the Bank (in my case Lloyds)
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  • Robin9 said:
    I can see why there is little enthusiasm with the Banks to provide these accounts.

    I am treasurer of a small organisation and actually wrote a cheque this morning , leaving a balance of £50 !  Looking at the stubs I see the first cheque was in 2010 .

    Where's the money in this for the Bank (in my case Lloyds)
    Hi - thanks for replying. I agree there's nothing in it financially for the banks but I would have hoped that they'd be wanting to offer such a service as part of their corporate social responsibility. Maybe that's me having wishful thinking!
  • cx6
    cx6 Posts: 1,176 Forumite
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    Download the Starling Bank app and apply for a (free) business account
  • penners324
    penners324 Posts: 3,508 Forumite
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    Why keep suggesting Starling when they don't accept Community groups?
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