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Remember: the sort code checker is only a guide.  It confirms that the account that you wish to send money to can accept a payment through this service.  If you are making an urgent payment, always ensure that the recipient has checked with their bank that they can receive Faster Payments.

 Top tips before making a Faster Payment:

• check that you are able to send a Faster Payment from your account – your bank will be able to confirm what type of payments – whether all online, phone and standing order payments – you are able to send from your account;
• check that the payment you are making is within the value limit set by your bank – some banks have placed lower value limits on payments that customers can make;
• check that the recipient’s account can receive Faster Payments
• if you want to pay a bill, you should check the timescales on the back of the bill to ensure your payment is made on time; and
• always double check the account number and sort code to ensure that you have the right details, as once you have made a Faster Payment it cannot be cancelled.

If your bank does not offer Faster Payments yet, you can still make your payment online or over the phone using the existing three-day Bacs service.

Below is a list of the banks who are members of the Scheme and are currently sending payments on their customers’ behalf.  Some banks have finished rolling out their service to customers whilst others are not yet operating at full capacity.  In addition, some banks may not be offering Faster Payments to their personal customers, and are concentrating at this stage on their corporate customers.

There are obviously many more banks and building societies in the UK, who are not members of the Scheme but who do offer their customers a service to send Faster Payments.  We are collating the details of those institutions to provide further information to assist customers.

Institutions currently sending Faster Payments include:

• Abbey
• Alliance & Leicester
• Barclays Bank
• Citibank (Egg)
• Clydesdale Bank (incorporating Yorkshire Bank)
• Co-operative Bank
• Bank of Scotland (incorporating Halifax)
• HSBC (including Marks & Spencer Financial Services)
• Lloyds TSB
• Nationwide
• Danske Bank (Northern Bank)
• Northern Rock
• Royal Bank of Scotland Group (incorporating NatWest and Ulster Bank)

(Updated 28/04/09)

In addition to the 13 members of the Faster Payments Service, other banks and building societies may be enabling customers to receive and /or send faster payments. We have compiled a list of other financial institutions whose sort codes support Faster Payments being made to their accounts. You will need to check with your own bank or building society if you want to ensure that you can send a payment from your account at one of these institutions.

Some of the 13 members have separate commercial, private banking or offshore (Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man) establishments. These are not included in this list.

AHLI United Bank (UK) plc
AMC Bank Limited
Arbuthnot Latham and Co Ltd
Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG
Bank Leumi (UK) PLC
Bank of Cyprus UK
Bank of Ireland
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd
Birmingham Midshires Building Society
Bank of London and Middle East PLC
Bank of East Asia Ltd
BNP Paribas
CIMB Bank Berhad
Commerzbank AG
Coutts & Co
Coventry Building Society
Unicredito Italiano SPA
Cumberland Building Society
DBS Bank Ltd
Deutsche Bank AG
Dexia Private Bank Jersey Ltd
DNB NOR Bank ASA
Duncan Lawrie Ltd
EFG Private Bank Ltd
Egg Banking
Erste Group Bank AG
Fairbairn Private Bank Ltd
Fairbairn Private Bank (IOM) Ltd
First Commercial Bank
GE Capital Bank Ltd
Godiva Mortgages Ltd
Guaranty Trust Bank (UK) Limited
Handelsbanken
Hanley Economic Building Society
Investec Bank Plc
ICICI Bank UK plc
ING Bank NV
Isle of Man Bank Ltd
Jordan International Bank plc
J P Morgan Chase Bank
Julian Hodge Bank Ltd
Korea Development Bank (London branch)
Korea Exchange Bank
Marsden Building Society
MASHREQ Bank PSC
MBNA Europe Bank Ltd
NEDBANK Ltd
Newcastle Building Society
Nordea Bank Finland plc
Philippine National Bank (Europe) plc
Progressive Building Society
R Raphael & Sons Ltd
Rothschild Bank International Ltd
Shepshed Building Society
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)
Standard Chartered Bank
State Bank of India
Swansea Building Society
T C Ziraat Bankasi AS
Tesco Personal Finance Ltd
Triodos Bank NV
Turkish Bank (UK) Ltd
United National Bank Limited
Universal Building Society
Weatherbys Bank Ltd
Wells Fargo Bank NA
Wesleyan Savings Bank Ltd
Yorkshire Building Society
Zenith Bank (UK) Limited

(updated 29/05/09)

This sort code checker is provided for information purposes only. Whilst every effort is made to provide an accurate indication as to whether a sort code may accept Faster Payments, users acknowledge that AAL accepts no liability whatsoever with respect to its accuracy.