On that note - are there any other similar peculiarities at other banking brands?
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There are some branch names which retain elements of their provenance - for example Nottingham and Lincoln both have a branch of Natwest named ‘Smiths Bank’, which is a remnant of their original purpose as branches of Samuel Smith & Co.
Just a cute name tho, totally standard Natwest otherwise.
There was a historic Barclays branch on Fleet Street too, Goslings, but the branch closed in 2017 and as far as I remember despite the cool signage it was just a branch of Barclays, with Barclays branded stationary etc.
Never advisable to lie on a bank account application tho (not that you’re suggesting that, just warning anyone who might be reading that and thinking they’ll just mis-state their income).
Question: Don’t you have to satisfy the income criteria come what may, fee apart?
After all the criteria is set high for a reason.
Maybe I’ve read it wrongly….
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Good point - let’s return to topic (I didn’t think we’d drifted too far anyway 
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My question is about the RBS offering. Does your assertion refer to them?
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Nope - that like HSBC works on the basis of having to have the £ in the first place I believe.
It’s only Barclays that allows you to “upgrade”
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Ah. This thread has drifted more than I thought.
I’ll try to tidy it up.
Meanwhile - RBS it is…… 
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I don’t think we obsessively need to tidy everything 
it’s not strayed too far, and flows logically, so it’s probably best where it is
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I was asked when I upgraded in Oct/Nov.
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Hope I’m not, but the more I look, the less I fancy tidying.
Does anyone have experience of changing standing orders with RBS?
Mine have all got a value of £0.00 having changed the dates to a new payday
I’ve just noticed that my online PDF statements are now Child & Co branded, not RBS branded.
Not sure when that happened. Must be recent as only my most recent statement has changed.
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Interesting! I checked and my Child & Co statement (online) from yesterday is still RBS branded, but then my Drummonds account statement from earlier this month is in fact Drummonds branded. I wonder if it’s a gradual change? Now I have to wait a whole month to find out if mine will change!
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Mine was produced on 17th July - strange that yours is still RBS branded.
Very strange. Both my current and savings accounts are RBS branded still
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Just checked my July statement and it has child and ck branding where as previous month was rbs branded. The below logo I had in my statement.
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My July statement is still the purple RBS branding. It does look like a staged roll-out.