Child & Co RBS Branch to close

gary1312

gary1312 said:

PloughmansLunch said:

Is this a normal submission screen? I haven’t previously had any RBS/NatWest accounts and could do with setting up another regular saver, plus I’m a bit of a ponce so attempted the fancy Child&Co card option. However, it’s been more than 24 hours and I’ve not heard a sausage either via email or text.

I'm an existing RBS Reward account customer and applied for a Child a/c (I'm also a bit of a ponce) on Sunday evening. Got the same screen and have heard nothing since. I know from past experience that it can take three or four days to set a new RBS/Natwest account up though - the last time I opened a new Natwest account it took three working days to open.

Update - for some reason, despite being an existing RBS a/c holder, I was asked to submit proof of ID. A slight delay, caused by me only renewing my passport last week and awaiting it's arrival, ensued but I submitted it today and have received confirmation that the account has been opened. Now to wait and see if the card and docs are Child-branded or standard RBS.

WillPS

gary1312 said:

gary1312 said:

PloughmansLunch said:

Is this a normal submission screen? I haven’t previously had any RBS/NatWest accounts and could do with setting up another regular saver, plus I’m a bit of a ponce so attempted the fancy Child&Co card option. However, it’s been more than 24 hours and I’ve not heard a sausage either via email or text.

I'm an existing RBS Reward account customer and applied for a Child a/c (I'm also a bit of a ponce) on Sunday evening. Got the same screen and have heard nothing since. I know from past experience that it can take three or four days to set a new RBS/Natwest account up though - the last time I opened a new Natwest account it took three working days to open.

Update - for some reason, despite being an existing RBS a/c holder, I was asked to submit proof of ID. A slight delay, caused by me only renewing my passport last week and awaiting it's arrival, ensued but I submitted it today and have received confirmation that the account has been opened. Now to wait and see if the card and docs are Child-branded or standard RBS.

If you see the account in your RBS app already, then you should be able to get a preview by going to Manage Card, ignore the picture on there which will be a beach hut regardless, but add the card to Google or Apple Pay and it should reflect the actual design of your physical card. 

PloughmansLunch

gary1312 said:

gary1312 said:

PloughmansLunch said:

Is this a normal submission screen? I haven’t previously had any RBS/NatWest accounts and could do with setting up another regular saver, plus I’m a bit of a ponce so attempted the fancy Child&Co card option. However, it’s been more than 24 hours and I’ve not heard a sausage either via email or text.

I'm an existing RBS Reward account customer and applied for a Child a/c (I'm also a bit of a ponce) on Sunday evening. Got the same screen and have heard nothing since. I know from past experience that it can take three or four days to set a new RBS/Natwest account up though - the last time I opened a new Natwest account it took three working days to open.

Update - for some reason, despite being an existing RBS a/c holder, I was asked to submit proof of ID. A slight delay, caused by me only renewing my passport last week and awaiting it's arrival, ensued but I submitted it today and have received confirmation that the account has been opened. Now to wait and see if the card and docs are Child-branded or standard RBS.

Mine arrived on a Child & Co letterhead towards the end of last week - I've ordered a chequebook now to get the full set, but I'm probably very unlikely to write one out for the weekly shop in Aldi

gary1312

WillPS said:

If you see the account in your RBS app already, then you should be able to get a preview by going to Manage Card, ignore the picture on there which will be a beach hut regardless, but add the card to Google or Apple Pay and it should reflect the actual design of your physical card. 

Ah, thank you. No sign yet, but the comms did state 24 hours.


PloughmansLunch said:

gary1312 said:

gary1312 said:

PloughmansLunch said:

Is this a normal submission screen? I haven’t previously had any RBS/NatWest accounts and could do with setting up another regular saver, plus I’m a bit of a ponce so attempted the fancy Child&Co card option. However, it’s been more than 24 hours and I’ve not heard a sausage either via email or text.

I'm an existing RBS Reward account customer and applied for a Child a/c (I'm also a bit of a ponce) on Sunday evening. Got the same screen and have heard nothing since. I know from past experience that it can take three or four days to set a new RBS/Natwest account up though - the last time I opened a new Natwest account it took three working days to open.

Update - for some reason, despite being an existing RBS a/c holder, I was asked to submit proof of ID. A slight delay, caused by me only renewing my passport last week and awaiting it's arrival, ensued but I submitted it today and have received confirmation that the account has been opened. Now to wait and see if the card and docs are Child-branded or standard RBS.

Mine arrived on a Child & Co letterhead towards the end of last week - I've ordered a chequebook now to get the full set, but I'm probably very unlikely to write one out for the weekly shop in Aldi

Thanks for the update. I do like a chequebook for my day-to-day account so will be ordering one. 

I may as well move all my day to day banking to RBS if this card hack works, I already run a Reward account for the cashback, so Reward for the bills account and Child Select for the spending with a poncey card will work well.

WillPS

gary1312 said:

WillPS said:

If you see the account in your RBS app already, then you should be able to get a preview by going to Manage Card, ignore the picture on there which will be a beach hut regardless, but add the card to Google or Apple Pay and it should reflect the actual design of your physical card. 

Ah, thank you. No sign yet, but the comms did state 24 hours.

It'll probably be another working day on top before your debit card will have fully generated (and can be added to Google/Apple Pay).

gary1312 said:

I may as well move all my day to day banking to RBS if this card hack works, I already run a Reward account for the cashback, so Reward for the bills account and Child Select for the spending with a poncey card will work well.

I was similar, except I switched away my existing RBS Reward account and converted my Select in to a Reward. Then I opened another select (just via the app, no peculiar old form needed now as my default sort code was now 15-80-00 rather than the Greenock one I had before), added my fiancée to that and then turned that in to a Reward too. Finally my fiancée opened a Reward account in her own name (again just via the normal app route). Easy net £9/month between us.

gary1312

WillPS said:

I was similar, except I switched away my existing RBS Reward account and converted my Select in to a Reward. Then I opened another select (just via the app, no peculiar old form needed now as my default sort code was now 15-80-00 rather than the Greenock one I had before), added my fiancée to that and then turned that in to a Reward too. Finally my fiancée opened a Reward account in her own name (again just via the normal app route). Easy net £9/month between us.

Good tip, which I may well follow. I live in Liverpool so haven't even had a local branch for a few months. So I have a Reward account at Liverpool and (hopefully) a Child account - would my assigned sort code (not sure if that's even a term) automatically default to the Child one upon closure of the Reward?

WillPS

gary1312 said:

WillPS said:

I was similar, except I switched away my existing RBS Reward account and converted my Select in to a Reward. Then I opened another select (just via the app, no peculiar old form needed now as my default sort code was now 15-80-00 rather than the Greenock one I had before), added my fiancée to that and then turned that in to a Reward too. Finally my fiancée opened a Reward account in her own name (again just via the normal app route). Easy net £9/month between us.

Good tip, which I may well follow. I live in Liverpool so haven't even had a local branch for a few months. So I have a Reward account at Liverpool and (hopefully) a Child account - would my assigned sort code (not sure if that's even a term) automatically default to the Child one upon closure of the Reward?

It'll probably already do that, it defaults to the last opened account. Open a savings account and see which sort code they give you if you're not sure (after your new Select account is open).

Actually when my fiancée opened her account she was asked if she'd prefer her current branch (which was misformatted as "Child & Co, , , SW1A") or choose another - I've never seen that option before or since tho, perhaps a peculiarity of her only Current Account being a joint she was added to.

gary1312

WillPS said:

gary1312 said:

WillPS said:

I was similar, except I switched away my existing RBS Reward account and converted my Select in to a Reward. Then I opened another select (just via the app, no peculiar old form needed now as my default sort code was now 15-80-00 rather than the Greenock one I had before), added my fiancée to that and then turned that in to a Reward too. Finally my fiancée opened a Reward account in her own name (again just via the normal app route). Easy net £9/month between us.

Good tip, which I may well follow. I live in Liverpool so haven't even had a local branch for a few months. So I have a Reward account at Liverpool and (hopefully) a Child account - would my assigned sort code (not sure if that's even a term) automatically default to the Child one upon closure of the Reward?

It'll probably already do that, it defaults to the last opened account. Open a savings account and see which sort code they give you if you're not sure (after your new Select account is open).

Actually when my fiancée opened her account she was asked if she'd prefer her current branch (which was misformatted as "Child & Co, , , SW1A") or choose another - I've never seen that option before or since tho, perhaps a peculiarity of her only Current Account being a joint she was added to.

And were all your cards/chequebooks for your subsequent accounts Child branded, despite not using the odd form?

PloughmansLunch

Oh BTW, I opened an RBS regular saver at the weekend and that too has the Child & Co sort code, so I guess that's my permanent home sort code.

gary1312

PloughmansLunch said:

Oh BTW, I opened an RBS regular saver at the weekend and that too has the Child & Co sort code, so I guess that's my permanent home sort code.

You don't fancy a Drummonds too?