Child & Co RBS Branch to close

FB13

Drummonds is the closest bank to my office. If I select the Drummonds sort code when opening a RBS account online (to get the switching bonus), I won’t get the Drummonds card or cheque book right? I would need to go to the branch in person to open the account? 

Marchitiello

FB13 said:

Drummonds is the closest bank to my office. If I select the Drummonds sort code when opening a RBS account online (to get the switching bonus), I won’t get the Drummonds card or cheque book right? I would need to go to the branch in person to open the account? 

As switching bonus is concerned and all other purposes really, it is just an RBS branch.

people with accounts at this branch always received the Drummonds chequebook and statements (printed), it was the Debit Card that was only offered in Branch, but I suspect they may now start sending it to all their customers as it is only one of the two RBS branches left in the England and both have their own branding anyway.

WillPS

FB13 said:

Drummonds is the closest bank to my office. If I select the Drummonds sort code when opening a RBS account online (to get the switching bonus), I won’t get the Drummonds card or cheque book right? I would need to go to the branch in person to open the account? 

Chequebook - yes

Debit card - probably not (it seems to only be Holt's and Child's where the sort code overrides the standard debit card design, so long as the account gets an offline-enabled card). Feel free to give it a try and report back though.

[Deleted User]

FB13 said:

Drummonds is the closest bank to my office. If I select the Drummonds sort code when opening a RBS account online (to get the switching bonus), I won’t get the Drummonds card or cheque book right? I would need to go to the branch in person to open the account? 

I tried going in person, and they will tell you they don’t open accounts in person anymore and point you to the online form instead. 

You can try the form, but unless you meet premier banking criteria you’re unlikely to get the branded card (from what I’ve seen/heard so far). 

If you want to try, I’d be interested to know how you get on though!

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Marchitiello said:

FB13 said:

Drummonds is the closest bank to my office. If I select the Drummonds sort code when opening a RBS account online (to get the switching bonus), I won’t get the Drummonds card or cheque book right? I would need to go to the branch in person to open the account? 

As switching bonus is concerned and all other purposes really, it is just an RBS branch.

people with accounts at this branch always received the Drummonds chequebook and statements (printed), it was the Debit Card that was only offered in Branch, but I suspect they may now start sending it to all their customers as it is only one of the two RBS branches left in the UK and both have their own branding anyway.

Are there only two Royal Bank of Scotland branches left in the UK? I thought there was a couple of hundred. 

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Deleted_User said:

Marchitiello said:

FB13 said:

Drummonds is the closest bank to my office. If I select the Drummonds sort code when opening a RBS account online (to get the switching bonus), I won’t get the Drummonds card or cheque book right? I would need to go to the branch in person to open the account? 

As switching bonus is concerned and all other purposes really, it is just an RBS branch.

people with accounts at this branch always received the Drummonds chequebook and statements (printed), it was the Debit Card that was only offered in Branch, but I suspect they may now start sending it to all their customers as it is only one of the two RBS branches left in the UK and both have their own branding anyway.

Are there only two Royal Bank of Scotland branches left in the UK? I thought there was a couple of hundred. 

RBS decided to close all branches south of the border (and I believe NatWest are doing the same in Scotland) in an effort to consolidate the brand

The only two branches remaining are Drummonds and Holts but of course they aren’t branded as RBS

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] said:

Deleted_User said:

Marchitiello said:

FB13 said:

Drummonds is the closest bank to my office. If I select the Drummonds sort code when opening a RBS account online (to get the switching bonus), I won’t get the Drummonds card or cheque book right? I would need to go to the branch in person to open the account? 

As switching bonus is concerned and all other purposes really, it is just an RBS branch.

people with accounts at this branch always received the Drummonds chequebook and statements (printed), it was the Debit Card that was only offered in Branch, but I suspect they may now start sending it to all their customers as it is only one of the two RBS branches left in the UK and both have their own branding anyway.

Are there only two Royal Bank of Scotland branches left in the UK? I thought there was a couple of hundred. 

RBS decided to close all branches south of the border (and I believe NatWest are doing the same in Scotland) in an effort to consolidate the brand

The only two branches remaining are Drummonds and Holts but of course they aren’t branded as RBS

So there are more than two in the UK and marchintello is a bit confused 

Marchitiello

Deleted_User said:

[Deleted User] said:

Deleted_User said:

Marchitiello said:

FB13 said:

Drummonds is the closest bank to my office. If I select the Drummonds sort code when opening a RBS account online (to get the switching bonus), I won’t get the Drummonds card or cheque book right? I would need to go to the branch in person to open the account? 

As switching bonus is concerned and all other purposes really, it is just an RBS branch.

people with accounts at this branch always received the Drummonds chequebook and statements (printed), it was the Debit Card that was only offered in Branch, but I suspect they may now start sending it to all their customers as it is only one of the two RBS branches left in the UK and both have their own branding anyway.

Are there only two Royal Bank of Scotland branches left in the UK? I thought there was a couple of hundred. 

RBS decided to close all branches south of the border (and I believe NatWest are doing the same in Scotland) in an effort to consolidate the brand

The only two branches remaining are Drummonds and Holts but of course they aren’t branded as RBS

So there are more than two in the UK and marchintello is a bit confused 

Apologies, edited and corrected 

Marchitiello

As I said above, I very much suspect that now the Branded Debit card will be issued to most accounts held at the branch. As per my previous messages, I know they had issued even in the past the branded card to accounts opened/managed at the branch (where they could select that debit card type when ordering for you) and I have known a waiter working at a local restaurant having one (seen her in branch handling such a card, and I often eat at the restaurant where she works), so not exactly only PB.

[Deleted User]

What do you base this on? 

We all only have anecdotal evidence, but from people whose accounts I read and whom I spoke to, it seems that if you open an account in branch, they can manually assign you the Drummonds card. But from my personal experience, this isn’t an option anymore as you’ll be driven away at the door. 

Otherwise if you apply online and meet Premier criteria you’ll be (automatically/manually, unclear) assigned the Drummonds card. If you don’t qualify, you get the beach hut. 

Until and unless someone gives an account of getting a Drummonds card online without meeting Premier criteria, I think this is the safest assumption.