You can open an account at any one of our branches without the need to make an appointment. Simply take your initial investment to your local branch, we'll even complete the application form for you.

Alternatively you can open an account by post. Send a completed application form along with a cheque made payable to yourself for your initial investment to our Head Office.

In order to comply with money laundering regulations and to protect our customers from fraud, we are required by law to confirm the identity and address of every applicant.

We are able to access credit reference agency databases to check that the details you have supplied us with are correct. This will show as a search of the database but not as a credit score, so will not affect your credit rating.

In the majority of cases this will enable us to open your account without the need for any paper-based identification. We will advise you if we require further proof of identification, these requirements will depend upon how and where you are opening your account.

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