How Do You Open A UK Bank Account?
If you are new to the UK, whether you are working or studying, one of your first courses of action will be to open a bank account. This is fortunately very easy, and you need to try and look past all those superficial benefits you will be offered and carefully select the account that will be best for you in the long term. Firstly you need to be aware of your own financial needs. Do you want an overdraft? Do you want a credit card? If so, which account offers the best interest rates. How big of an overdraft will they allow? Go to all the banks in the high street asking these questions. Sometimes it is best to just pick up the leaflets and read the information at home, bypassing all the sales spiel that you get from the account managers. Make a decision of which bank is for you, and ask them what they will need to open an account. Banks in the UK require basically the same information to open an account, though some do differ slightly. Go to the student section of the bank equipped with
