Business Current Account

Simple. Reliable. Fair. That’s what a current account should be. Our Business Current Account makes managing your day to day banking easy.

Account Features

Free everyday banking for the first 6 months (subject to the conditions shown below)
Experienced customer service team
Overdrafts available subject to application
Visa debit Card
Access to counter services at Natwest or RBS
Internet banking

Free banking for the first 6 months

For the first six months of banking with us, you’ll enjoy all the services that come with your current account for free. There are just a few conditions:

you have to keep your account in credit
have an average credit balance of £5,000
have no more than 25 transactions on average per month

If you do not meet the conditions listed above, you will be charged. Please see our Fee Information for further information.

Apply for this account

Free everyday banking for the first 6 months
(subject to the conditions shown below)
Experienced customer service team
Overdrafts available subject to application
Internet banking

We are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). The FSCS can pay compensation to depositors if we as a Bank fail to meet our financial obligations. In general, all retail depositors and businesses are covered by Deposit Guarantee Schemes. Exceptions for certain deposits are stated on the website for the Finanacial Services Compensation Scheme.

Switch in 7 days

If you want to fully switch your existing business current account to Reliance Bank from another UK bank or building society, we’re here to make sure everything happens simply and smoothly. It is guaranteed to take 7 working days and it’s free. It’s all part of the Current Account Switching Service.

Switch an existing account

Features

Everyday banking

A simple and practical current account for managing your businesses day-to-day banking transactions.

Everyday banking made easy

Free banking for the first 6 months

For the first six months of banking with
us, you’ll enjoy all the services that come with your current account
for free. There are just a few conditions:

•   you have to keep your account in credit
•   have an average credit balance of £5,000
•   have no more than 25 transactions on average per month

If you do not meet the conditions listed above, you will be charged. Please see our Fee Information for further information.

Your business current account comes with:

•   A Corporate Visa debit card and chequebook for making payments
•   Dual i-bank authorisations if you need them
•   A paying-in book for making deposits at any branch of Natwest or RBS
•   Access to i-bank (internet banking) so you can view statements and make payments online

Fair fees

There’s no one-size-fits-all here. Our Relationship Manager will work
with you to decide on the account fee or tariff that best reflects the
way you expect to use your account. Please see our

Business Banking Support page for our Business Current Account Fees Information.

Visa Debit card

You can withdraw cash at any cashpoint worldwide that displays the
Visa symbol. You can also view your current balance (excluding any
arranged overdraft facility) and change your PIN.

For any transaction made outside the UK which is not a GBP or Euro
transaction, there will be a flat rate charge of £1.25 per transaction.
This fee will not apply to any GBP or Euro transactions.

You can see the current exchange rates on the Visa website, Click here.
Open Visa’s Currency Conversion Calculator.
Choose the currency you want to convert to.
Enter a ‘Transaction Amount’ (write ‘1’ if you just want to find out the rate).
Leave the ‘0.00%’ as it is, as we don’t take commission on the Visa exchange rate.
And choose Great British Pound (GBP) as your ‘Card Currency’.
Tap ‘Calculate’ to see the current exchange rate!
The rate you see is the one we pass on directly to you.

But remember, we’ll use the exchange rate at the time the
transaction settles (usually a few days after you make it), rather than
the one you see at the time you actually make the transaction.

Our debit card is made of degradable PVC making it recyclable, we are doing our bit for the environment!

Paying in and cash handling

Subject to a transaction volume and cash handling assessment, counter services can be made available through high street Banks such as Natwest or RBS. Information on our fees are shown in the Business Current Account Fee Information document which can be found in the Business Current Account Support pages.

Quarterly statements

We issue your current account statement electronically every 3 months. Going paperless keeps costs down and is better for the environment.

A Corporate Visa debit card and chequebook for making payments
Dual i-bank authorisations if you need them
Access to counter services at Natwest or RBS
Access to i-bank (internet banking) so you can view statements and make payments online

Overdrafts

All being well, you’ll never need to dip into it. But if you’ve ever experienced fluctuating cash flow (which many charities do from time to time), a pre-agreed overdraft facility allows you to bridge the gap and meet your financial commitments without incurring charges.

Unauthorised overdrafts

Borrowing funds without authorisation can become an expensive business. We will always do our best to help you avoid unexpected costs, but the fact is, if you go over your agreed overdraft limit, or if your account becomes overdrawn with no agreement in place, a fee will be charged. If you try to make a payment or if direct debits or standing orders are presented for payment, and you don’t have enough funds in your account, these items may be returned unpaid. Again, you may be charged a fee for each unpaid item. Please read our overdraft terms and conditions carefully so you understand the importance of having the right borrowing arrangements in place. If you have any questions about the suitability of your overdraft, please contact us on 0207 398 5400.

Switch in 7 days

If you already have a charity current account with a UK bank or building society and you want to switch it to Reliance Bank, we’re here to make sure everything happens simply and smoothly. It is guaranteed to take 7 working days and it’s free. It’s all part of the Current Account Switching Service.

To switch your account to us, start by opening a Business Current Account.

Here’s what the Current Account Switching Service guarantees:
You open your new account
You pick a switch date
We take care of closing your old account and moving your balance to your new account
We move all your payments, coming in and going out, from your old to your new account
We will redirect any payments accidentally made to your old account and get the sender to correct your details
We will refund you for any missed payments of fees incurred as a result of your switch

International Payments

Sending Money Outside of the UK

When sending funds to an account outside of the UK it is important that you quote as many of the beneficiary’s (person receiving the funds) details as possible. You will need to quote the following:
•   IBAN – International Bank Account Number
•   SWIFT Code/BIC
•   You may sometimes be provided with a routing/fedwire number in place of a SWIFT Code/BIC
•   Beneficiary’s full name
•   Beneficiary’s address – This is particularly important for any payments being made to Canada where this is required to process the payment
•   Bank’s name
•   You may sometimes be required to supply details of an ‘Intermediary Bank’. The intermediary acts as a middleman between Reliance Bank, as the sending bank, and the receiving bank, to where you will be sending the funds.

You would be expected to provide the SWIFT Code/BIC and bank name of the intermediary bank; you will sometimes need to provide an account number too.

Charges Incurred for International Payments

When making a payment to an account outside of the UK you will be charged dependent on the following:
•   EURO Payments – A payment being processed to an
account in EUROs within the European Economic Area (EEA) will incur no further charge to that of a Faster Payment. Personal customers will incur no charges for Faster Payments/EURO payments whilst Business customers will be charged dependent on agreed rates.
•   European Community Payments – Any payment made to a beneficiary within the European Economic Area (EEA) in a non-EURO currency will be sent on a ‘shared charges’ basis whereby Reliance Bank’s charge of £15 will be passed to you as our customer, and the receiving bank may apply a charge to the beneficiary account. The beneficiary will therefore not necessarily receive the amount sent in full.
•   International Payments – Beneficiary Charges – Our standard charge for any payment sent outside of the EEA is £15. For such payments, the beneficiary may incur further charges on their account and so they will not necessarily receive the full amount that you have sent.
•   International Payments – All Charges – If you wish to incur all the charges from both Reliance Bank and from the receiving bank, to ensure that the beneficiary will receive the full amount that you have sent, then please advise us.

You will incur an initial charge of £22.50 and further charges may be passed on to you at a later date.

Receiving International Payments

If someone is to send funds to your Reliance Bank account from outside of the UK, the following information will need to be supplied by the individual sending the funds:
•   SWIFT Code/BIC – MIDLGB22
•   IBAN – GB70MIDL40053041376543
•   Bank – HSBC
•   Bank Address – 27-32 Poultry, London, EC2P 2BX
•   Beneficiary Account Name – Reliance Bank Ltd
•   Beneficiary Address – Faith House, 23/24 Lovat Lane, London, EC3R 8EB
•   It is vital that the individual sending the funds states ‘For further credit to your account name and account number’. This will ensure that the funds are credited into your account.

Apply

Apply
1)   Read our key documents
2)   Complete the Business Account Opening Form
3)   Refer to What you need to open a business account
4)   We’ll assess your application
5)   We’ll set up your account

Read our key documents
1) Reliance Bank Business Terms and Conditions
2) What you need to open a business account

Complete our Business Account Opening Form and Business Mandate Form
Complete our Business Account Opening Form and refer to What you need to open a business
account. Both our Business Account Opening Form and our Business Mandate Form are paper based forms, so please print them out and complete them and send them to us at:
Reliance Bank, Faith House, 23-24 Lovat Lane, London EC3R 8EB.

We’ll assess your application
• The answers you give in the Business Account Opening Form
will help us to give you an indication of your potential bank charges.
• We assess the organisation’s applying for our
accounts to make sure their practices don’t conflict with our ethos.

We’ll set up your account
If your application is successful, we’ll set up your account and send you a welcome pack.

Business Current Account documents