Skipton Building Society - Application process etc

XDA

What is everyone’s experience of opening an online account with Skipton? Is it straightforward with online identity checks or do they need paperwork posted to them?

I’m looking at opening and transferring my cash ISA over to them.

lohr500

It may depend on what information you are able to provide online (NI number, passport details, etc).
Why not fill out an application online and find out? It shouldn't take too long.

XDA

lohr500 said:

It may depend on what information you are able to provide online (NI number, passport details, etc).
Why not fill out an application online and find out? It shouldn't take too long.

I can provide all that information but some banks still insist on requiring copies of identification documents. I’d rather not go through the hassle of applying if it’s not straightforward.

Some banks seem to be worse than others.

lohr500

In the time you have taken to ask the question on several posts and reply to answers, you could have filled in an online application and found out if additional documentation was needed !!!

XDA

lohr500 said:

In the time you have taken to ask the question on several posts and reply to answers, you could have filled in an online application and found out if additional documentation was needed !!!

Not really. I’d rather do some research into what I’m signing up to first.

If the general consensus was that the application process isn’t straightforward then I’d have saved myself a lot of hassle. I’d rather not give out my personal information if I wasn’t going to be a customer - I wouldn’t have bothered sending documents through the post.

My post wasn’t purely about the sign up process anyway, it was to hear other people’s experiences of them!

25_Years_On

XDA said:

lohr500 said:

In the time you have taken to ask the question on several posts and reply to answers, you could have filled in an online application and found out if additional documentation was needed !!!

Not really. I’d rather do some research into what I’m signing up to first.

However these days you have to be quick and you're now too late as the online version has been withdrawn.

XDA

25_Years_On said:

XDA said:

lohr500 said:

In the time you have taken to ask the question on several posts and reply to answers, you could have filled in an online application and found out if additional documentation was needed !!!

Not really. I’d rather do some research into what I’m signing up to first.

However these days you have to be quick and you're now too late as the online version has been withdrawn.

Yes I realise that. 🫣

Luckily my existing ISA provider has increased their rates last week (only found this out earlier when logging into the account) and I’m now getting a higher rate than the 2.75% Skipton BS were offering - So I wouldn’t have been transferring anyway.