Troble with ICICI, what's next best?

Griffboy

I've been trying to open a HiSave account and have run into some problems. I have just received a letter from them and a return of my £1 cheque - the reason for the return is because it's a business account.
That's not all, I'll quote the last paragraph from the letter...

"As per FSA regulations, it is a mandatory requirement to establish the identity of the person before opening an account with the bank. We therefore request yopu send us a certified copy of your current passport or a driving license as part of your identity proof, and a utility bill or a bank statement as part of your address proof. These documents should be certified either by your banker or a solicitor."

!!!!!! what a load of nonsense, I could get a £15k loan easier, and I have in the past. I am not going to proceed with this account.

What is the next best account? What I'm looking for is a bank with comparable interest and an online facility.

Cheers all!

Lavendyr

Icesave at 6.3%. Very easy.

steve_IOW

Yes I agree, I found Icesave a lot easier to deal with than ICICI, I had loads of problems with ICICI trying to open a account, but with Icesave it went very smoothly.;)

Griffboy

Do you have a link please?

cheers.

steve_IOW

Here's the link. regards Steve.
http://www.icesave.co.uk/

Griffboy

Cheers for the link. What is it with ICICI, why the grief?

davetrousers

steve_IOW wrote: »

Here's the link. regards Steve.
http://www.icesave.co.uk/

lol, can't help but smile at that.

Griffboy

davetrousers wrote: »

lol, can't help but smile at that.

Why?

That's an ISA, isn't it? I was looking for a normal account.

steve_IOW

Hi griffboy, the link I posted is the Main Icesave page, just click on "range of accounts", you will see the Icesave Internet saver account, they are advertising their ISA on their front page. Steve;)

Griffboy

Cheers. It says that you need a current account for the linked account. I have a Abbey National account that is strictly not a current account but allows Direct Debits, this is the one I'd like to use, will it be OK? I also have a joint Barclays account and a Business Barclays account, if the abbey account was no good would the others be OK?

steve_IOW

Hi Griffboy, my Icesave account is linked to a Nationwide current account, I believe you can link the Icesave account to most current accounts, with sort codes, I have only 1 account linked,but other forum users have spoke about not being able to link multiple accounts, please bear this in mind.
Regards Steve