Just wondered what bank accounts everyone has here.
I bank with the following:-
Monzo (main account)
Starling
Lloyds (wages paid into)
RBS (child and co just opening)
Have had
NatWest
HSBC (when it was Midland bank)
Alliance and Leicester
First Direct
Smile
TSB
Barclays
Barclays
Monzo
RBS
Currently have
Barclays
Starling
Revolut
RBS
Dozens
Have had
Monzo
Lloyds
Halifax
Virgin
Yorkshire Bank
Nationwide
Monese
Glint
Active accounts -
Starling
HSBC
Dozens
Inactive accounts -
Tide
Revolut
Have had -
Monzo
Santander
Barclays
Active:
Lloyd’s - primary
Nationwide (now only for cash ISA)
RBS (Child’s & Drummond’s)
Inactive:
Starling
Have had:
Monzo
Barclays
Metro
Santander
First Direct
“B”
Halifax
TSB
Bunq
Oh yeah - Williams & Glyn’s back in the '70’s
Active:
RBS (salary & joint main bills)
REVOLUT (minor personal bills & joint spending using group bills)
DOZENS (personal spending this month & bonds)
Inactive & Due for the Chop:
MONZO
Closed due to being awful:
SANTANDER
Closed due to no use purpose:
BARCLAYS
HYPERJAR
MONESE
STARLING
Closed Switch Boons:
HALIFAX
LLOYDS
TSB
THINK MONEY
Main savings are with other building societies (YBS, Skipton)
Starling (main account)
First Direct (Salary Paid to)
Nationwide (Bills account)
Also have but inactive
Halifax (chq imaging before Starling)
I’ve had a clearout so I’m down to the bare minimum now current account wise:
Active:
Starling (Main account)
Nationwide (Joint account - household bills)
Have Had:
RBS
Halifax
HSBC
Natwest
Monzo
TSB
Smile
B/Yorkshire Bank
First Direct
I do have a number of different savings accounts dotted about but I won’t bother listing those.
Active (current):
Active (savings):
Dead (current):
That’s a no-nonsense active list. 
Currently
Monzo - main
Nationwide - former legacy. used for movement of large sums
Starling
Halifax - Rewards
Barclays - Rewards
First Direct - former RS
HSBC - former RS
Virgin x4 - for interest
Santander - household bills
HyperJar - for kids’ cards only really
Previous
Tesco Bank
NatWest
Yorkshire Bank - ‘B’
TSB
Monese - refused to pay for them to send me a card
Cahoot
Alliance and Leicester - before Santander take over
How come you have an account just to pay cash in when, assuming they’re current accounts, 5 others that will also take cash?
Current: Starling
Previous: Santander
Active:
Partially active:
Inactive:
Previous:
/shrug I don’t even know where my Halifax card is, Barclays needs a PIN and I’m more forgetful than average
Everything else is a savings account in current account form or doesn’t take cash
Here’s me wanting to cut 4 down to 3 
Only thing stopping me is Monzo being my oldest account by a grand 3 months compared to my Amex
It’s scary when I begin to list them! 
Sterling
Regular use
Triodos Current
Starling Current
Nationwide FlexPlus Joint and FlexDirect
Tymit
AmEx Everyday
Santander All in One Credit
Nationwide Select Visa
MBNA Low Rate
Use less often
AmEx Cashback
HSBC current
Euro
KBC Ireland
N26
Tomorrow
Multicurrency
Wise (Transferwise)
Revolut
Fineco
US Dollar
Wells Fargo checking
BofA x 2 credit cards
Chase x 2 credit cards
Discover card
CitiCard
Once upon a time they all had their uses.
I got an email yesterday telling me HSBC are pulling out of most retail banking in the US.
Article here:
It will keep around two dozen locations, in key cities across the US, from which to service its wealthy clients. The bank promised to keep open customer accounts with balances of more than $75,000, and business accounts with a turnover of $5m or more.
That. Exit strategy has been planned for a while now. If a ‘global’ bank with BAM branches in the US can’t become established after 40 years of trying, did they really try at all?
Maybe something else is behind this. They’re Frexiting™ too, so I don’t believe they would shut up shop in 2 western territories simply because they are losing money. The other territories would easily eat the comparably small losses.