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I am in the process of starting my IVA I'm with Barclays but some of my debt is with Barclay Card. My first IVA payment comes out on the 13th March so I need a new bank account, I have appt with Santandere on the 9th March to open account. Have I left it to late? I looked at the criteria for Nationwide and they won't give you an account with an IVA. Please help I don't know what to do.

Try Coop basic account, Yorkshire Bank might or some of the paid accounts like Secure Trust.

However you are likely to have left it too late purely based on the time it takes to set up some accounts, get passwords etc.

As suggested, try the Co-op Cashminder Account. Many of us use this one ( including me - I have two), basic, but functional. Indeed I am out of my IVA and still use the cashminder.

I use Secure Trust and although it is fee paying I have no intention of changing when I come out of the IVA - nothing can ever be bounced leading to additional fees.

Hi Lynn you can open a natwestbasic account online and they will do a full switch service in 7 days very simple to do , hope this helps

I have a Natwest one and its brill, not had any problems with it.

Am with Natwest, all set up online and you get a debit card

We got had a coop account, it's perfectly functional and have no plans to move or change it now that we're completed.

Are you sure you need a new account?

One of my Creditors was Barclaycard and I opened a cash-card account with them after the IVA had started!

They accepted me no problem. Maybe your old account will continue to work?