Yes, use the application form @N26throwaway linked to and you will get to choose a branch as usual. At the choose a branch part, though, you must make sure to choose the relevant sort code!
I believe this works even as an existing customer, it will just appear as a new account on your online banking after a couple of days.
You could previously apply through online banking as an existing customer but I don’t think this reliably lets you pick the sort code any more, I think it just allocates the same one as your existing accounts automatically. It used to ask you.
All of the accounts being referenced always were, and still are, under the RBS “umbrella”.
The change in group name has not affected that, in fact it has affected very little in terms of day to day branding.
Both Child & Co and Holt’s Military Banking ultimately arrived under RBS ownership via Glyn, Mills & Co (later Williams & Glyn’s Bank) - see the history here.
Drummonds was directly purchased by RBS in the 1920s to give it a better foothold in London.
Yes!
Frankly, if you find it uninteresting you’ve ended up in the wrong thread (I don’t mean to be rude, but there we are).
Edit: I’m not going to remove the bit just above, as everybody’s already seen it anyway, but on reflection I do think it was a poor choice of words so please accept my apologies if you or anyone else thought I was being rude. I did not intend to be rude and was instead trying to gently make the point, in jest, that even though I recognise this is a strange topic it is one of interest to me and some others
Indeed, and all of these brands are under the RBS license.
Actually I find it somewhat interesting, though maybe the thread title is wrong if it’s only about this one account code.
Anyway, I do remember selecting the sort code a while back (though no more), I may have to try this firm (no harm in a second account).
Interesting one I did notice is that it uses the same sort code for all accounts by default. I had closed my rbs account a while ago and reopened it not that long ago (couple of years) and it picked up my old sort code by default. Still a main branch
Is the physical card similar in build to the Normal rbs and NatWest ones?
Child & Co probably attracted the most attention because it’s the only one that seems to come with a unique card. Especially now we have a clear way to sign up for one.
As @seb mentioned earlier, although there’s certainly enough discussion to warrant its own thread, hiding it within a more generalised thread will help mitigate the risk of the open secret becoming too open and prompting RBS to close it.
On the topic of this though, now that Holts has it’s own branded card, I wonder if it’ll be possible to get one of those too?
I think it probably is, but I have decided against it myself.
I just don’t think it’s right to “exploit” something that is supposed to be for military personnel.
Also, if you look at the actual Holt’s website, their application includes things like rank and posting, so it would probably be picked up if you tried to apply unofficially.
I’m mostly here for the Apple Pay design. If the RBS app winds up being as decent as it looks, they may end up playing a larger role in my financial life too. We have branches here, which is handy, so could be a good traditional account to hold as a backup plan.
It’s never changed as far as I know but last I checked if you don’t provide active service details plus a photo of your Army ID number then you will get booted to a select account
