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Joint Bank Account

Notalone2024
Notalone2024 Posts: 1 Newbie
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I have a current account in my name but wish my wife to have her name on it also, but she is housebound due to mobilityand dizzieness problems, I have already spokenm to the baank and they said that she will have to go to the bank but she cant go,  how do I go about this .

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  • Isthisforreal99
    Isthisforreal99 Posts: 433 Forumite
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    Apply for a new separate joint account online?
  • p00hsticks
    p00hsticks Posts: 14,635 Forumite
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    If she is likely to be permanently housebound it may be worth looking into getting Power of Attorney for her so that you can act on her behalf.
  • MyRealNameToo
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    Notalone2024 said:
    I have a current account in my name but wish my wife to have her name on it also, but she is housebound due to mobilityand dizzieness problems, I have already spokenm to the baank and they said that she will have to go to the bank but she cant go,  how do I go about this .
    Move to a bank that is all online?
  • Nasqueron
    Nasqueron Posts: 11,073 Forumite
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    We have a Starling joint account, it's very easy to setup online and link the two sole ones

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

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