Current Account Switch

catlover1000

If I have two or more current accounts with the same bank, can I switch one of them away while keeping the others?

For example, if I open an additional current account with Starling/Chase, can I switch one of them away to gain the switching offer of another bank?

pridehappy

Of course! That’s completely possible, and what many of us do regularly. It’s only that one selected current account which is switched.

Rob5342

There's no problem doing that, switches are done 1:1.

ForumUser7

Pretty sure you cannot switch in or out of an additional personal current account with starling

Edit - you can’t (https://help.starlingbank.com/personal/topics/additional-gbp-account/who-can-get-an-additional-personal-current-account/)

catlover1000

ForumUser7 said:

Pretty sure you cannot switch in or out of an additional personal current account with starling

Edit - you can’t (https://help.starlingbank.com/personal/topics/additional-gbp-account/who-can-get-an-additional-personal-current-account/)

Thanks for finding this!

Has anyone tried switching out of one Chase account while keeping the others?

Catplan

catlover1000 said:

ForumUser7 said:

Pretty sure you cannot switch in or out of an additional personal current account with starling

Edit - you can’t (https://help.starlingbank.com/personal/topics/additional-gbp-account/who-can-get-an-additional-personal-current-account/)

Thanks for finding this!

Has anyone tried switching out of one Chase account while keeping the others?

Chase aren’t part of https://www.currentaccountswitch.co.uk/banks-building-societies

ForumUser7

Catplan said:

catlover1000 said:

ForumUser7 said:

Pretty sure you cannot switch in or out of an additional personal current account with starling

Edit - you can’t (https://help.starlingbank.com/personal/topics/additional-gbp-account/who-can-get-an-additional-personal-current-account/)

Thanks for finding this!

Has anyone tried switching out of one Chase account while keeping the others?

Chase aren’t part of https://www.currentaccountswitch.co.uk/banks-building-societies

Chase has recently joined (source incoming)

EDIT - source ~ https://www.chase.co.uk/gb/en/support/switching-to-chase/

ForumUser7

catlover1000 said:

ForumUser7 said:

Pretty sure you cannot switch in or out of an additional personal current account with starling

Edit - you can’t (https://help.starlingbank.com/personal/topics/additional-gbp-account/who-can-get-an-additional-personal-current-account/)

Thanks for finding this!

Has anyone tried switching out of one Chase account while keeping the others?

No worries!

Chase has recently joined (yesterday IIRC) so I doubt anyone has fully completed a CASS switch yet. They also reportedly haven’t fully rolled it out (only rolled out to some users thus far).

Reports indicate you likely can, see ~ https://community.monzo.com/t/chase-bank-uk-chat/112518/6476

Other posts report chase is strict on banning accounts though, so you’ll need to think if it is worth the risk to you.

FrankMT

Any update on this?  As in, has anyone tried it successfully: opening a secondary account linked to the Chase debit card and using CASS to switch that secondary Chase account to, say, First Direct to get the £175 switch incentive... without losing your main Chase account and its benefits (linked Saver and cashback, etc.)?

dealyboy

Just to note I have switched several Santander 'everyday current accounts' and Nationwide 'flex accounts'. You can hold a number of them concurrently ... Santander (no limit) Nationwide (max 4 current accounts).

Tharweb

FrankMT said:

Any update on this?  As in, has anyone tried it successfully: opening a secondary account linked to the Chase debit card and using CASS to switch that secondary Chase account to, say, First Direct to get the £175 switch incentive... without losing your main Chase account and its benefits (linked Saver and cashback, etc.)?

Thinking of doing it myself, it took seconds to open an account, but I was told the main account would close, however, I've seen a couple of post elsewhere where people have alleged to have done this successfully. They just didn't give the debit card number and the say main account stayed open.