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 April 2025 and 30 June 2025 In the 12 months between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025
Total number of incidents reported 0 4
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 June 2025 Annual Interest rates payable for unarranged overdrafts on 30 June 2025 Refused payment fee on 30 June 2025
All Products 0% 0% £0
We do not offer current accounts.

Information about overdraft pricing in the period between 1 April 2025 and 30 June 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 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2584 4872 1028 NA 0.23%
02 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 3007 3446 1050 NA 0.29%
03 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2633 3394 1020 NA 0.13%
04 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2625 4094 1032 NA 0.16%
05 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2943 3878 1005 NA 0.12%
06 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2338 3941 985 NA 0.14%
07 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 3052 3737 1008 NA 0.53%
08 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 3216 3777 1047 NA 0.34%
09 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2602 2689 1019 NA 0.00%
10 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2711 3420 1013 NA 0.07%
11 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2847 5900 976 NA 0.24%
12 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2396 2662 997 NA 0.08%
13 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 3414 3645 969 NA 0.08%
14 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2503 3306 971 NA 0.24%
15 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2581 2656 937 NA 0.28%
16 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2642 4375 950 NA 0.54%
17 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2860 3988 972 NA 0.33%
18 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2406 4410 923 NA 0.08%
19 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2797 3751 930 NA 0.24%
20 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2475 4993 970 NA 0.20%
21 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2644 2780 945 NA 0.16%
22 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2649 4179 914 NA 0.28%
23 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2807 3051 908 NA 0.33%
24 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2564 4469 960 NA 0.13%
25 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2601 2810 960 NA 1.07%
26 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2945 2433 1028 NA 0.20%
27 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 3488 4815 1217 NA 0.34%
28 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2655 3589 1183 NA 0.08%
29 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2770 3496 1117 NA 0.12%
30 April 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2590 3852 1074 NA 0.27%
01 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 253 4440 1412 NA 0.40%
02 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 296 4214 1384 NA 0.15%
03 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 245 3193 1417 NA 0.27%
04 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 233 3645 1431 NA 0.19%
05 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 318 4397 1365 NA 0.11%
06 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 236 3343 NA NA 0.23%
07 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 260 3894 NA NA 0.08%
08 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 299 3194 1190 NA 0.13%
09 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 264 3158 2501 NA 0.46%
10 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 235 3515 1272 NA 0.23%
11 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 269 3464 1006 NA 0.08%
12 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 290 2361 1095 NA 0.23%
13 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 250 2293 1104 NA 0.19%
14 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 267 3279 1132 NA 0.39%
15 May 2025 91.92% 100.00% 8.08% 0.00% 259 2061 1241 NA 0.13%
16 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 262 4334 1148 NA 0.12%
17 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 256 2865 1598 NA 0.32%
18 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 299 2656 1103 NA 0.09%
19 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 239 3405 1541 NA 0.16%
20 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 266 3323 1070 NA 0.32%
21 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 265 2464 1048 NA 0.00%
22 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 244 2660 1068 NA 0.00%
23 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 267 3140 1111 NA 0.62%
24 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 241 2357 1105 NA 0.32%
25 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 276 2312 1111 NA 0.15%
26 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 261 2291 1063 NA 0.00%
27 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 247 3126 1376 NA 0.16%
28 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 235 2808 1088 NA 0.32%
29 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 257 3052 953 NA 0.00%
30 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 294 3513 923 NA 0.48%
31 May 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 246 3511 934 NA 0.47%
01 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 223 2280 948 NA 0.00%
02 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 236 2975 968 NA 0.00%
03 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 232 3644 997 NA 0.49%
04 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 235 2785 986 NA 0.33%
05 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 219 2368 968 NA 0.00%
06 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 249 2065 1126 NA 0.16%
07 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 272 3061 1216 NA 0.00%
08 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 214 3018 972 NA 0.47%
09 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 265 2731 967 NA 0.31%
10 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 243 2212 1015 NA 0.15%
11 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 277 2838 965 NA 0.00%
12 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 254 2334 1014 NA 0.17%
13 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 273 2218 992 NA 0.47%
14 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 259 2277 956 NA 0.00%
15 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 296 2273 987 NA 0.63%
16 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 243 2151 956 NA 0.16%
17 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 278 2259 1002 NA 0.00%
18 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 242 2154 1025 NA 0.00%
19 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 244 2235 936 NA 0.17%
20 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 249 2209 923 NA 0.15%
21 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 300 2086 918 NA 0.00%
22 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 272 2049 1002 NA 0.15%
23 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 258 2095 923 NA 0.16%
24 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 338 1972 1006 NA 0.61%
25 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 281 2070 932 NA 0.00%
26 June 2025 91.30% 100.00% 8.70% 0.00% 267 2102 978 NA 0.00%
27 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 314 2076 1072 NA 0.00%
28 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 245 1990 962 NA 0.00%
29 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 233 2028 921 NA 0.33%
30 June 2025 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 270 2064 979 NA 0.15%