The Co-op are absolutely fine and very IVA friendly. HSBC and First Direct are the only ones known to close accounts.
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A lot of us recommend the co-op to posters who want an IVA friendly account. The only thing with them appears to be their stance on savings accounts when in an IVA which I personally find strange. x
IVA final payment left the bank on the 26th January 2013...looking forward to a debt free future.
Co-op won't give you a savings account and the only thing you have to worry about is going overdrawn. If you do it three times then they will close the account.
Hopefully that won't happen.
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If you have one then I think you will be ok. It's only if you want to open one in an IVA that it causes problems.
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The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
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you can only get a cashminder account. it is better now it has a visa card instead of a maestro card. there is no overdraft facility and you do get a warning if you become overdrawn. They dont allow savings accounts but i went into the branch and they opened me an isa, only for people with ivas, not bankruptcy. hope this helps.
If Dodgy Keeper already has a savings account with the Co-op prior to IVA then he should be ok to keep it. If it's not the main account then I recommend opening a cashminder as well.
As to the overdrawn rule, it's three strikes and you're out I think.
Sharing from experiences of dealing with debt
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
Bob Marley. http://kallis3.blogs.iva.co.uk
I've got a standard current account with them. Maybe I've got this as I applied before all the IVA stuff happened. I think if you apply whilst you're in the IVA, you'll only get the cashminder!
