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• A Guide to Cash Flow Management

Moving Banks

Bank of Scotland is easy to join

Switching business accounts used to be complex and time consuming. All those suppliers to notify, Direct Debits to move over, payments to set up.

Not any more. Moving to Bank of Scotland is simple, thanks to our dedicated 'Easy to Join' service.

Bank of Scotland is leading the way in providing such a comprehensive service for business customers.

Transfer process

When you join us we carry out the entire transfer process for you. This includes moving:

• Direct Debits
• Standing orders
• Salary payments
• BACS payments
• Credit cards
• Merchant services

All you need to do is sign a form allowing us to do the work on your behalf.

To keep in touch with what is happening, you can call a named co-ordinator who will give you an update on the transfer.

And, while the switch is taking place, we'll make sure you can continue running your business by providing you with the banking facilities you need.

Our performance

We have exceeded targets set by the Office of Fair Trading related to managing the process of switching accounts for our customers:

Further information

To find out more, call us on 0845 603 2408 †

For more information on switching in general click here.

Pension fund payments

Please note that for your protection there are strict laws governing the financial management of pension funds. This means that we are unable to instruct any pension provider to begin collecting payments from a different account. You will therefore need to contact your pension provider directly to give them details of your new Bank of Scotland account. They can update their system to collect the relevant payments from your new account.

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