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As of 2016, Lloyds bank offered a "Welcome to the UK" current account that you could open without proof of address.
by ForHackernews 8y ago
As of 2016, Lloyds bank offered a "Welcome to the UK" current account that you could open without proof of address.
- mrtksn 8y agoBanks were surprisingly hostile, tried that with few branches but they first did not acknowledge the existence of the account and later they found a way to say that I do not qualify. I had to make my agency write the employment letter multiple times because the banks always found something wrong. Finally, it was a week before Christmas and I had to beg the HSBC employee to accept the letter and open my account because I was running out of cash on Christmas.
- pjc50 8y agoA combination of the "hostile environment" and AML has probably ended this by now.