Our personal payment accounts are:

  • CBS Offset – payment account version not available to new customers.

Please note, we don’t currently have any payment accounts on sale.

How and when you can contact us to ask about the following things:

 

  24 hour help? Telephone Internet banking** Mobile banking***
Contact details   0345 744 6622*    
Checking the balance and accessing a transaction history No

9am - 5pm: Mon to Fri
9am - 1pm: Sat

Closed Sunday and Bank and Public Holidays

Not possible† Not possible
Sending money within the UK, including setting up a standing order No

9am - 5pm: Mon to Fri
9am - 1pm: Sat

Closed Sunday and Bank and Public Holidays

Not possible† Not possible
Paying in a cheque No

9am - 5pm: Mon to Fri
9am - 1pm: Sat

Closed Sunday and Bank and Public Holidays

Not possible† Not possible
Cancelling a cheque No

9am - 5pm: Mon to Fri
9am - 1pm: Sat

Closed Sunday and Bank and Public Holidays

Not possible† Not possible
Cash withdrawal in a foreign currency outside the UK No

9am - 5pm: Mon to Fri
9am - 1pm: Sat

Closed Sunday and Bank and Public Holidays

Not possible† Not possible
A lack of funds: including unarranged overdrafts, payments we allow despite lack of funds and payments we refuse due to lack of funds No

9am - 5pm: Mon to Fri
9am - 1pm: Sat

Closed Sunday and Bank and Public Holidays

Not possible† Not possible
Third party access to an account, for example under a power of attorney No

9am - 5pm: Mon to Fri
9am - 1pm: Sat

Closed Sunday and Bank and Public Holidays

Not possible† Not possible
Problems using internet banking or mobile banking No

9am - 5pm: Mon to Fri
9am - 1pm: Sat

Closed Sunday and Bank and Public Holidays

Not possible† Not possible
Reporting a suspected fraudulent incident or transaction No

9am - 5pm: Mon to Fri
9am - 1pm: Sat

Closed Sunday and Bank and Public Holidays

Not possible† Not possible
Progress following an account suspension or card cancellation e.g following a fraud incident No

9am - 5pm: Mon to Fri
9am - 1pm: Sat

Closed Sunday and Bank and Public Holidays

Not possible† Not possible
Account Opening: including eligibility for an arranged overdraft, what is required to open an account and an indication of what arranged overdraft may be available No

9am - 5pm: Mon to Fri
9am - 1pm: Sat

Closed Sunday and Bank and Public Holidays

Not possible† Not possible
Note: this is a list of common queries. It does not represent the full list of queries you can raise in relation to your account.

How and when you can use your personal payment account to do the following things:

Telephone banking Internet banking** Mobile banking***
Checking the balance 0345 744 6622*
24 hours
23 hours†† 23 hours††
Accessing a transaction history 0345 744 6622*
24 hours
23 hours†† 23 hours††
Sending money within the UK Not possible 23 hours†† 23 hours††
Setting up a standing order Not possible 23 hours†† 23 hours††
Paying in a cheque Not possible Not possible Not possible
Cancelling a cheque Not possible Not possible Not possible
Note: this is a list of common actions. It does not represent the full list of actions you can take in relation to your account.
 

* Calls to 03 numbers are charged at the same standard network rate as 01 or 02 landline numbers, even when calling from a mobile.

** To use internet or mobile view banking channels you’ll need to be registered for online access. If you’re not already registered for online access and would like to be, please register here.

*** We don’t currently offer banking via an app. However, some of our online services are available in mobile view.

† This means using a function such as 'live chat' to speak to us immediately and this is not possible with our Online Services. If you are registered to use our Online Services then you can log in to send us a secure message.

†† Routine maintenance is performed daily between 03:00 – 04:00 which means this service will be unavailable during this time.

Information about operational and security incidents

We are obliged to notify the Financial Conduct Authority if we become aware of a major operational or security incident which prevents our customers from using our payment services.

In the 3 months between 1 July 2025 and 30 September 2025 In the 12 months between 1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025
Total number of incidents reported 0 2
Incidents affecting telephone banking 0 0
Incidents affecting mobile banking 0 1
Incidents affecting internet banking 0 1

Complaints data

Financial Conduct Authority rules require us to provide them with a report of our complaints data every six months.

In certain circumstances, we are also required to publish a summary of our complaints data.

 

The most recent summary is available here by selecting 'Our complaints publication report'.

 

The Financial Ombudsman Service publishes its complaints data every six months.

You can see their complaints data about us at http://www.ombudsman-complaints-data.org.uk/

What is the interest rate being charged on our products?

Product Annual interest rates payable for arranged overdrafts on 30 September 2025 Annual Interest rates payable for unarranged overdrafts on 30 September 2025 Refused payment fee on 30 September 2025
All Products 0% 0% £0
We do not offer current accounts.

Information about overdraft pricing in the period between 1 July 2025 and 30 September 2025

Product Advertised APR(s) during the period
All Products 0%
We do not offer overdrafts. ​ ​

Quarterly statistics on availability and performance

  Availability Statistics Performance statistics
Internet banking API
Day Internet Banking Uptime (%) API Uptime (%) Internet Banking Downtime (%) API Downtime (%) Average Response Time (millisecs) Average PISP response Time (millisecs) Average AISP response Time (millisecs) Average CBPII response Time (millisecs) Error response rate (%)
01 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 273 942 2536 NA 0.32%
02 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 272 961 2477 NA 0.33%
03 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 245 872 2548 NA 0.00%
04 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 254 1010 2682 NA 0.16%
05 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 266 890 2615 NA 0.00%
06 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 271 1027 2635 NA 0.31%
07 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 245 857 2402 NA 0.48%
08 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 270 888 2423 NA 0.15%
09 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 292 822 2480 NA 0.00%
10 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 249 857 2363 NA 0.17%
11 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 295 881 2649 NA 0.00%
12 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 291 984 2445 NA 1.89%
13 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 290 932 2575 NA 4.95%
14 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 254 882 2759 NA 0.31%
15 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 270 876 2549 NA 0.16%
16 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 278 877 2361 NA 0.33%
17 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 265 801 2534 NA 0.33%
18 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 272 796 2576 NA 0.00%
19 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 242 957 2561 NA 0.00%
20 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 241 875 2651 NA 0.31%
21 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 310 863 2406 NA 0.13%
22 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 264 797 2393 NA 0.23%
23 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 253 850 2315 NA 0.12%
24 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 286 807 2448 NA 0.12%
25 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 260 914 2444 NA 0.00%
26 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 272 887 2344 NA 0.12%
27 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 262 887 2496 NA 0.12%
28 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 253 958 2383 NA 0.00%
29 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 256 832 2346 NA 0.23%
30 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 279 903 2266 NA 0.12%
31 July 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 301 920 2233 NA 0.00%
01 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 270 875 2404 NA 0.00%
02 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 223 870 2477 NA 0.00%
03 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 265 887 2294 NA 0.46%
04 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 304 941 2309 NA 0.00%
05 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 239 931 2311 NA 0.00%
06 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 270 811 2275 NA 0.00%
07 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 273 827 2280 NA 0.00%
08 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 289 869 2307 NA 0.69%
09 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 314 863 2313 NA 0.00%
10 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 340 917 2323 NA 0.12%
11 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 289 882 2321 NA 0.11%
12 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 290 877 2264 NA 0.11%
13 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 285 991 2206 NA 0.00%
14 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 282 940 2230 NA 0.24%
15 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 299 785 2368 NA 0.24%
16 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 293 878 2264 NA 0.09%
17 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 239 1022 2247 NA 0.00%
18 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 260 820 2253 NA 0.00%
19 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 254 1916 1992 NA 0.00%
20 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 249 862 2029 NA 0.00%
21 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 259 863 1947 NA 0.47%
22 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 286 1045 2059 NA 0.00%
23 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 298 893 2178 NA 0.00%
24 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 408 820 2438 NA 0.82%
25 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 273 863 1997 NA 0.00%
26 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 281 948 1990 NA 0.00%
27 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 255 727 1938 NA 0.00%
28 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 259 883 1928 NA 0.46%
29 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 270 904 2201 NA 0.42%
30 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 276 895 1989 NA 0.00%
31 August 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 255 918 1954 NA 0.00%
01 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 270 270 2096 NA 0.00%
02 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 223 223 2036 NA 0.00%
03 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 265 265 2285 NA 0.00%
04 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 304 304 1975 NA 0.00%
05 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 239 3417 1982 NA 0.43%
06 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 270 3196 2029 NA 0.00%
07 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 273 3341 1992 NA 1.25%
08 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 289 3223 2007 NA 0.00%
09 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 314 3369 1945 NA 0.00%
10 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 340 3272 1893 NA 0.00%
11 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 289 3954 1905 NA 0.48%
12 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 290 4387 2056 NA 0.00%
13 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 285 3231 2047 NA 0.40%
14 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 282 3266 1949 NA 0.00%
15 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 299 3144 2029 NA 1.17%
16 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 293 3755 2052 NA 0.40%
17 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 239 3316 1942 NA 0.47%
18 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 260 3543 2012 NA 0.00%
19 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 254 3290 2026 NA 0.41%
20 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 249 3410 2073 NA 0.00%
21 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 259 3212 2023 NA 0.35%
22 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 286 3471 2024 NA 0.00%
23 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 298 3268 2358 NA 0.43%
24 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 408 3296 2025 NA 0.00%
25 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 273 3436 1910 NA 0.00%
26 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 281 3387 2104 NA 0.00%
27 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 255 3393 2086 NA 0.00%
28 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 259 3227 2039 NA 0.79%
29 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 270 3291 2112 NA 0.00%
30 September 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 276 3342 2052 NA 0.00%