Policy paper

Basic bank accounts: July 2021 to June 2022

The seventh publication of data on the UK basic bank account market.

• From: HM Treasury
• Published: 24 February 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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Basic bank accounts: July 2021 to June 2022

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Details

A basic bank account is a transactional bank account which is fee-free for standard operations. The nine largest personal current account providers are designated to provide basic bank accounts that comply with the Payment Accounts Regulations 2015 (PARs).

These firms are: Barclays UK, The Co-operative Bank, HSBC UK, Lloyds Banking Group (including Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands), Nationwide Building Society, NatWest Group (including RBS and Ulster brands), Santander UK, TSB and Virgin Money (formerly Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank).

Banks have agreed to report data on basic bank accounts to the Treasury for annual publication. This is the seventh publication.

Published 24 February 2023