banks who offer accounts to people made bankrupt

[sgg1]

can you please tell me of any banks who offer accounts to people who have recently been made bankrupt in the uk.

[MelanieGiles]

His sgg1 and welcome to the forum

I think that the Co-op will give a bank account to an undischarged bankrupt, and there is also Think Banking - which is expensive and I would only recommend as a last resort.

This is not my particular area of expertise, so hopefully someone will be along shortly with more definitive advice.

[chris.g]

Hi, I've got an account with co-operative bank and although we are not officially bankrupt yet-filing tomorrow-we explained to the girl in the bank about our situation and she didn't say it would be a problem and going off the info on the forum they don't seem to have a major problem with bankruptcees. You should go into a branch as you can only do it that way, don't apply online and you need to ask about the cashminder account. It's a basic account with a Visa Electron card, direct debit and no overdraft facility. Just to mention, don't worry if it gets referred, so did our application and they accepted the day after. Good luck.

[Skippy]

As far as I'm aware the only banks who will currently offer accounts to undischarged bankrupts are the Co-op and Barclays.