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Wherever your mobile has signal, you can bank. Check your balance, move money, Get Cash, and pay friends whenever and wherever you want. Mobile App available on iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android and Windows.
We don't charge you for managing your money - You get a Visa debit card and cheque book, standing order and Direct Debit facilities, 24-hour phone, online and mobile banking, emergency cash, fraud alerts, overdraft facility - the list goes on.
Extra breathing space for your finances - Increase or decrease your credit limit and only pay interest on what you borrow. Over 18s only. Subject to eligibility.
Online bankingQuick, easy and secure - Relax and do more with your money from work or home. Paperless statements, online support 24/7, and our online security promise means your money's in safe hands.
Get cash without your card - Don't miss out if you lose your card. As long as you've at least £25 available in your account, we'll give you an emergency code to withdraw up to £300 of your money if you're an online or telephone banking customer and up to £60 if you're not, until your new card arrives.
Control the cost of unarranged borrowing - Overdraft Control is an optional free service only available on our Select Account. It is designed to help you avoid unarranged overdrafts on your account by, where possible, rejecting payments that would take your account into an unarranged overdraft. You will not be charged Returned Item Fees for payments that we reject, however daily Unarranged Overdraft Fees may apply if we are unable to reject a payment that takes your account into an unarranged overdraft of greater than £25.
We're on the case, just in case - If there's any unusual or suspicious acitvity on your account, we'll always call, email or text you to check it out. It's all part of the service.
We mean what we say - We know our customers have a choice who they bank with. So our Customer Charter isn't lip service. When we promise to be more helpful, listen more closely and make banking easier, that's what we intend to do.
We provide you with the option to talk to real people (not an automated service) at our UK-based call centres, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Moving to us is easy. Our dedicated switching team will make the switch for you.
Information about, overdrafts, interest, charges and other services.
It's easy to apply for a Select account. There are three ways to apply:
Apply online for a Platinum Credit Card
Call us on 0800 148 8323. Customers with hearing and speech impairments can contact us by Minicom number 0800 917 0526.
Lines are open: Monday to Friday 8am-8pm, except public holidays, and Saturdays 9am-6pm. Calls may be recorded.
If you're looking for a straightforward everyday bank account with no monthly account fee, a Select Account could be just right for you.
Our dedicated team will support you all the way.
If you're over 18 with a NatWest Select account, an overdraft can give you flexibility and access to some extra money (subject to eligibility).
We have apps for iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and Android...
See your last six transactions for all your accounts that you manage using online banking including:
Move money between your accounts. Transfers are processed immediately and your balances are updated.
Pay your friends, family, credit card, or utility bills - just set up and make your first payment to each new payee in Online Banking beforehand.
You can now pay any NatWest Mobile Banking app user - all you need to know is their mobile number. Select 'Pay your contacts' from within your app to use this fantastic service. Want to pay someone else by mobile number? We're working on it...
Get Cash enables you to withdraw money without using your bank card. It is a great option for those times, such as popping out during your lunch hour, when you need small amounts of cash but don't have your wallet on you. Get Cash provides you with another method by which you can get access to your money quickly by simply using the mobile app.
With Get Cash you can quickly choose an amount of cash that you would like to withdraw from within the app. We will then provide you with a secure cash code that will be valid for 3 hours and can be used at any NatWest, RBS or Tesco cash machine to withdraw your cash. You can use this cash code yourself or text it to someone else. You can use this service up to twice a day, but can only have one cash code at any one time.
Get Cash is available on Android, iPhone and BlackBerry.
Get Cash is available for NatWest customers whose accounts are held in England or Wales.
Locate NatWest cash branches and cash machines.
To use mobile banking you must:
NatWest will not charge you for any mobile banking services, however, your mobile network provider may charge depending on your tariff.
Standard data download charges may apply. Please contact your network operator for details.
We’re the 2012 Your Money Best Online Banking Provider.
Our online banking service helps you:
To sign up for online banking you need to have a NatWest account and be aged 16 or over.
Please note that system updates will mean that online banking is unavailable for short periods in the early hours of the morning.
If you bank online you can choose to go paperless and receive online statements.
Sometimes, you need a paper statement - perhaps to prove your identity or your income. Good news - it's free to order up to three months of duplicate paper statements. And you can do this twice in any 12-month period.
Call us and we'll give you a code to withdraw up to £300 of your money from any NatWest, RBS or Ulster Bank cash machine in the UK or Ireland.
Alerts to keep you safe, and up to date
NatWest will not charge you for any mobile phone banking services, received via text or by accessing the application. However, your mobile phone network operator may charge for certain services and there may be additional charges if you are overseas. Please check with your network provider.
We want to become Britain's most helpful bank and our Customer Charter is key to achieving that goal. It continues to be our long-standing commitment to you, our customers, as we provide the services you want and need. Everything in it is based on the things that you have told us are important and we are committed to acting on them.
We’re here to help. All our staff are committed to doing just that. And we want to make sure you’re satisfied at all times with the help and guidance we give you.
1) Your satisfaction with the quality of our service will be an essential part of how we reward our staff.
2) Our branch staff will be accredited by the Chartered Bankers’ Institute to ensure they have the right knowledge to help you.
3) If we make a mistake we will apologise and fix it, quickly and fairly.
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Life's full of surprises and they’re not always pleasant ones. We're here to help you as quickly as possible when things go wrong
4) We will refund money lost from your account if you have been a victim of banking fraud, in keeping with our obligations.
5) We will provide you with a free emergency cash service if your debit card is lost or stolen, and send you a new card the next day.
6) We will be proactive in doing what we can to help customers who may be facing financial difficulty.
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Whether you want to talk to us in person, on the phone, or choose to do your banking online we aim to make sure your banking experience is as efficient and helpful as possible.
7) We will serve 90% of customers in five minutes or less in our branches.
8) We will answer at least 90% of customer calls in less than a minute, from our UK-based telephone centres, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
9) We will continue to offer new and innovative mobile banking services that make banking faster and more convenient, wherever you are.
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Communities are important, when they thrive we all benefit. That’s why we remain committed to supporting communities across the country.
10) We pledge to maintain banking services wherever we are the last bank in town, that is where the nearest alternative bank is more than 1 mile away.
11) We will provide every secondary school pupil with access to MoneySense, our financial education programme.
12) We will continue to offer all our staff a day of paid leave to help projects in their local community.
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See how well we're doing at natwest.com/ourcharter
Our UK based telephone banking call centres are always open - so you can talk to us any time, day or night. You only pay for the cost of the call.
24 hour service - use it whenever you need
Use one of our many cash machines across the UK to top-up your pre-pay mobile phone without the need to visit a shop, buy a voucher, or make a long phone call:
Topping up at a cash machine only takes around 40 seconds, here's a demonstration to show you how it works:
All major UK mobile networks are covered. So if you have an O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Virgin Mobile or Tesco Mobile pre-pay phone, you'll be able to top-up using this new service.
If you have a NatWest account with a Cashcard or Servicecard, you'll be able to use the service. E-top up cards are not required.
You can top-up your phone at NatWest, The Royal Bank of Scotland or Tesco Personal Finance cash machines. Use our Branch Locator to find your nearest NatWest branch.
The maximum in any one transaction is £50. However, you can use the top-up service more than once in a day, as long as you stay within your daily cash withdrawal limit and have enough money in your bank account.
Some mobile network operators may also apply a limit to the number/value of top-ups you can undertake. For details please contact your mobile network operator.
Whenever you use the cash machine top-up service your bank account will be debited with the top-up amount requested and your daily cash withdrawal limit will be reduced accordingly. If, for any reason, the top-up amount is not credited to your phone, please contact the Customer Services Department of your mobile network operator.
Your Visa debit card is the easy way to pay - whether you're popping down to the shops, dashing off abroad, making online purchases or just need some cash.
Charges apply for using your debit card abroad and for certain transactions in the UK. Full details of debit card charges.
You can choose to use our specialist switching team. They are dedicated to making your switch as simple and smooth as possible. They'll make most of the arrangements for you such as setting up Standing Orders and Direct Debits. They'll keep you informed on the progress of your switch and will be at hand to answer your questions.
We'll do everything we can to make the process go as smoothly as possible. In the unlikely event that you incur charges from your old bank because of an error or unnecessary delay on our part, we promise to refund these charges in full.
Account switching is also available to applications opened in branch or by the telephone. Simply tell the Customer Advisor that you wish to use the New Account Switching Service when opening your account.
From 12 July 2013 we are making some changes to overdraft charges.
Find out more about these changes
This is a summary of the rates and charges that apply to NatWest current accounts.
For full information, download:
Latest information on unarranged overdraft charges.
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Throughout this page, you'll see various terms being used. Here's what they mean:
Interest due on arranged overdrafts.
If you have arranged an overdraft facility with us in advance and you use this facility within the thresholds shown below, you will not pay any interest.
If the amount you overdraw under an arranged overdraft facility exceeds these thresholds, you will pay interest at the rates shown in the tables below on the overdrawn balance - even the part of the balance which is within any interest free threshold that applies to your account. However, we will not charge interest on any part of the overdrawn balance which is an unarranged overdraft or represents fees, charges or costs of the kind described in section 7 of our leaflet: NatWest Personal & Private Current Account Terms; Personal & Private Current Account Fees & Interest Rates; Helping you get the most from your Personal & Private NatWest Current Account (PDF) ( PDF, 674KB).
If you have arranged an overdraft facility with us in advance under which you pay interest at a rate other than the rates shown in the tables below, the interest free thresholds shown below will not apply to your account.
Your overdraft may be subject to an arrangement fee. Our unarranged borrowing fees will apply if you borrow over your arranged limit. Please see the 'Unarranged overdraft and Returned Items - Charges' section for details.
| Type of current account | Interest free threshold |
|---|---|
| Select Account | £100 |
The following rates are effective from 04 July 2011.
| Type of current account | Nominal monthly rate % | Nominal annual rate % | EAR % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Select amounts | 1.52 | 18.28 | 19.89 |
Overdraft limit: £1,200
Arrangement Fee: £0
Interest Rates 19.89% p.a. (variable)
Interest on arranged overdrafts is calculated on a daily basis and charged monthly.
The interest we charge in each charging period will be debited from your account 21 days after the end of that charging period (or on the next business day if this is a Saturday, Sunday or Bank Holiday). The charging period normally ends on the date that we issue your statement to you. If we are going to debit interest from your account, we will give you not less than 14 days' notice of how much we are going to debit and when.
Interest on arranged overdrafts is calculated on a daily basis and charged monthly.
The interest we charge in each charging period will be debited from your account 21 days after the end of that charging period (or on the next business day if this is a Saturday, Sunday or Bank Holiday). The charging period normally ends on the date that we issue your statement to you. If we are going to debit interest from your account, we will give you not less than 14 days' notice of how much we are going to debit and when.
We do not charge interest on unarranged overdrafts. Nor do we charge interest on any part of an arranged overdraft which represents a Returned Item Fee or Unarranged Overdraft Fee (see section 7 of our leaflet 'Personal and Private Banking - A Guide to Fees and Interest for details of these charges).
Unarranged Overdrafts and Returned Items
| Select Account, Select Silver Account and Advantage Gold Account | Fee payable |
|---|---|
| Arranged overdrafts of £7,500 or less | Free |
| Arranged overdrafts of more than £7,500 | 2% of the new limit (minimum £30) |
Overdraft limit: £1,200
Arrangement Fee: £0
Interest Rates 19.89% p.a. (variable)
Unarranged overdrafts and returned items - charges
Our Act Now Alerts can help you stay in control and minimise or even avoid fees for unarranged overdrafts and returned items. They specify the time by which you should credit your account with cleared funds to cover all payments and/or to bring your account back into credit or within any arranged overdraft limit. Find out more about Act Now Alerts.
If we are going to charge you an Unarranged Overdraft Fee and/or a Returned Item Fee, we will give you not less than 14 days' notice of how much we are going to charge you and when.
An Unarranged Overdraft Fee will be charged for each day on which there is an unarranged overdraft of greater than £6 on your account at close of business on that day. Please note: we will only charge an Unarranged Overdraft Fee for a non-business day (i.e. a Saturday, Sunday or Bank Holiday) if there is an unarranged overdraft of greater than £6 owing on your account at close of business on the first following business day.
21 days after the end of the charging period (or the next business day if this is a Saturday, Sunday or Bank Holiday). The charging period normally ends on the date that we issue your statement to you.
£6 for each day for which an Unarranged Overdraft Fee is payable.
A Returned Item Fee will be charged if:
21 days after the end of the charging period in which we decide not to make the payment (or the next business day if this is a Saturday, Sunday or Bank Holiday). The charging period normally ends on the date that we issue your statement to you.
£6 for each returned item (subject to a maximum of £60 in any charging period).
Making an informal request for an unarranged overdraft means you will normally have to pay a Returned Item Fee and/or an Unarranged Overdraft Fee. Please note that it is possible to incur both a Returned Item Fee and an Unarranged Overdraft Fee on your account on the same day or as a result of a single transaction (for example, where we take a Returned Item Fee from your account and this creates an unarranged overdraft of greater than £6 on your account).
For examples showing how our charges work, please see the section headed Unarranged Overdrafts and Returned Items in our leaflet NatWest Personal & Private Current Account Terms; Personal & Private Current Account Fees & Interest Rates; Helping you get the most from your Personal & Private NatWest Current Account (PDF) ( PDF, 674KB)
| Stopping payment instructions | |
|---|---|
| Stopping a cheque(unless it has been lost or stolen) | £10 |
| Payments | |
|---|---|
| Obtaining a banker's draft | £12 |
| Obtain a special cheque clearance | £15 |
| CHAPS payments | £23 - between banks £21 - between our branches |
| Obtaining copies of statements | £5 per request |
| Emergency Cash Service | You can access up to £300 of your money from your account if you are an online or telephone banking customer and if you aren't, we'll still give you up to £60 to tide you over - these amounts are providing you have the money available in your account. As a minimum you must have £25 available in your account to use this service. |
| Safe Custody | |
|---|---|
| Annual Holding Charges (payable annually in arrears) | |
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| Initial and subsequent re-deposit(s) | £10 |
Annual Holding Charges are applied in arrears so any withdrawal made prior to the anniversary of the deposit will incur a pro-rated amount of the annual charge. In addition, a £10 fee will be charged for initial deposits and any re-deposits following item inspection or temporary release. The charges set out above are inclusive of VAT.
Please note that we only accept new items into Safe Custody for our Private Banking customers. Items already held by us in safe custody will continue to be held.
If the service you are looking for is not shown in the table above, please ask at any branch or call the number on your statement summary sheet.
Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Your eligible deposits with National Westminster Bank Plc are protected up to a total of £85,000 by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, the UK’s deposit protection scheme.
Any deposits you hold above the £85,000 limit are not covered.
View further information (PDF, 515KB) or visit www.fscs.org.uk
Credit facilities: Over 18s only. Calls may be recorded. Details correct at the time of publication. Security may be required.
Full copies of the fees and interest rates, and terms and conditions that apply to our personal accounts can be downloaded from our terms and conditions page.
Mobile phone top-up facility available at all NatWest cash machines and those displaying the top-up logo, including those operated by Royal Bank of Scotland and Tesco Personal Finance. Top-up amounts are subject to your debit card daily withdrawal limit and the availability of sufficient funds. Network operator top-up limits may also apply.
You have to repay any overdraft upon our request. Overdraft and interest rates may change.
Sometimes we have to update our systems so our 24-hour telephone and Online Banking services may not be available for short periods in the early hours of the morning.
Please also read our website terms and conditions which cover your use of this website.
With over 1500 NatWest branches in the UK, we make it easy to stay close to your finances.
Our Customer Charter is helping us to improve the service you get at all of our branches.
During 2011 more than 650 branches will be open on Saturdays, while our 160 busiest branches will continue to open either early in the morning, or late in the evening. We will regularly review customer demand for longer opening hours.
This year we will serve 80% of customers within 5 minutes in our busiest branches.
We are aiming for 9 out of 10 customers to rate our service as friendly and helpful.
In line with customer feedback, all of our branch literature, standard letters and key web pages will be rewritten to make them simpler and easier to understand.
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