Banks and accounts: United Kingdom

Two separate questions: where the entity that holds your account is based, and who accepts residents of this country. A group’s head office is not the country of all its accounts.

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Accounts held in {country}

The entity that opens and holds the account is established and licensed in United Kingdom.

Chase UK
Banks with their own licence
J.P. Morgan Europe Limited — PRA / FCA
Kroo
Banks with their own licence
Kroo Bank Ltd — PRA / FCA
Lloyds International
Banks with their own licence
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc — PRA / FCA
Monzo
Banks with their own licence
Monzo Bank Limited — PRA / FCA
Payoneer
Payment or e-money institutions
Entité britannique de Payoneer (dénomination non relevée) — FCA
Santander International
Banks with their own licence
Santander Financial Services plc — PRA / FCA
Starling Bank
Banks with their own licence
Starling Bank Limited — PRA / FCA
Wise
Payment or e-money institutions
Wise Payments Limited — FCA ; Wise Assets Limited — FCA

Opening an account as a resident of {country}

Providers whose published terms accept residents of United Kingdom, or accept them under conditions. An undocumented provider is neither accepted nor refused: check with them.

Entity	Status	Conditions
Dukascopy BankSwitzerland	Accepted	Opening "worldwide" except for residents of the countries and regions listed; regions also excluded: Abkhazia, Crimea, the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk republics, South Ossetia, Transnistria.
KrooUnited Kingdom	Accepted	Residence required; legal age required.
MonzoUnited Kingdom	Accepted	Business account: company based in the United Kingdom and tax resident only in the United Kingdom; sole traders and limited companies with share capital only.
RevolutLithuania	Accepted	—
Santander InternationalUnited Kingdom · Isle of Man · Jersey	Accepted	UK residents served, with no international minimum balance fee.
Bank OneMauritius	Conditions apply	Elite Banking Offshore: clients based in sub-Saharan Africa, minimum entry criteria not published, discretionary refusal possible.
bunqNetherlands	Conditions apply	—
EleBankHong Kong	Conditions apply	Visitors accepted if they are physically present in Hong Kong when they apply; documents and accepted nationalities not specified.
MercuryUnited States	Conditions apply	Non-US founders accepted, unless they live in a country or region that Mercury does not serve (separate list not read).
NatWest InternationalJersey · Guernsey · Isle of Man · Gibraltar	Conditions apply	Foreign nationals moving to the United Kingdom: possible eligibility, at the bank's discretion.
OCBCSingapore	Conditions apply	Digital opening before arrival: biometric passport from Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia or mainland China, minimum age, identity document.
Starling BankUnited Kingdom	Conditions apply	Photo ID and video required; UK residency expressly required for savings, not specified for the current account.
Vivid MoneyGermany · Netherlands	Conditions apply	Permanent residence in Germany or another European Union member state.

A country missing from this table is neither accepted nor refused: the information is not published.

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