Banking

  • Find out about how to open a bank account.

  • Credit unions are organisations of people that save together and lend to each other at fair rates of interest.

  • Before you open an account in a financial institution, you must show certain evidence of identity.

  • The Dormant Accounts Acts aim to reunite account holders or their next of kin with dormant bank accounts. Find out more.

  • Money laundering is used to disguise the illegal source of the proceeds of crime. This page explains the laws against money laundering.

  • Basic bank accounts are simple bank accounts with no fees or charges for normal services. Find out how to get a basic bank account.

  • A bill paid by cash can be rounded up or down. This page explains how rounding works.

  • Find out how to switch your bank account to a different bank.

  • An overdraft agreement allows you to spend more money than you have in your current account. Interest is charged on the amount you spend.
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