Closing bank account

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Camelot101
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Closing bank account

Post by Camelot101 »

Hi does anyone know if you can close a bank account over the telephone?
Many thanks
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bookbabe
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Re: Closing bank account

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You will more than likely have to go to the bank in person. After all you cannot close a bank account in the UK over the telephone. Security matter. Just suppose someone rang your bank purporting to be you and closed your bank account. No evidence that the person closing it is the account holder.
mixerman
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Re: Closing bank account

Post by mixerman »

when I closed one of my acc's here a while ago I was told by the bank withdraw all the money and after three months of inactivity they would close it .
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