No selfie (sorted)

surreysaver

Think I've only ever opened one account that needed a selfie. So presumably just open any account, and if you're unlucky enough to get that bank, go and open one with someone else 

vacheron

I think of the 6 or 7 current accounts I have opened over the last decade or so, only one (First Direct) required a selfie.

HillStreetBlues

It might be to do with how they operate, I checked a few digital banks and they seem to want photo ID and selfie.

surreysaver

Try a bank that isn't a digital one. There's plenty of them.

danco

One reason not to want a selfie is that some of us find it hard to do. I've more than once spent twenty minutes or so following instructions to move the phone nearer, to move it further, to position my face differently and so on. I decided not to use biometric ID on one account but it wasn't just the Face ID on my phone but needed repeated careful adjustment

boingy

I've taken quite a few selfies and a few videos when opening accounts, most often with app-based banks. One thing they all have in common is that they ask you to remove your glasses. My glasses are for reading and I can't read the screen without them. They haven't really thought that one through...

35har1old

HillStreetBlues said:

Asking on behalf of someone else.
What's the easiest  account to open without the need of a selfie?

Used TSB as no selfie needed.

You were lucky had to take a selfie today for a TSB current account

35har1old

mr_stripey said:

I presume you can open a current account in branch without needing a selfie. For the online applications, all the ones I have used have required some kind of selfie/video verification. Surely this is a good thing? Would be interesting to understand someone's reluctance for not wanting one?

Branch visits are great when you don’t require a sea crossing.

HillStreetBlues

35har1old said:

HillStreetBlues said:

Asking on behalf of someone else.
What's the easiest  account to open without the need of a selfie?

Used TSB as no selfie needed.

You were lucky had to take a selfie today for a TSB current account

Wasn't for me, but after posting I remember that when I applied a few weeks ago didn't as for any id or selfie, I wonder what the criteria is from being exempt.

35har1old

vacheron said:

I think of the 6 or 7 current accounts I have opened over the last decade or so, only one (First Direct) required a selfie.

It's only a recent phenomenon