Bank Info Session 2011

Monday 3rd October 2011, 3-4pm in the Garden Room

The Bank Information Session offers a chance for international students to avoid the queues in the banks in town as we invite four banks into college to open up accounts for students. This year there will be four banks present with staff to answer questions, help you fill in the forms and most likely offer freebies (although we can’t promise anything!).

Which banks are coming?

This year, the banks we have invited are (in no particular order):

  • Barclays
  • HSBC
  • Santander
  • LloydsTSB

What you need to bring

Although this event is open to all, depending where you’re from you need to bring different documents with you to open your account.

EU students need to bring:

  • Their Passport or EU ID card
  • College letter confirming admission

Non-EU international students need to bring:

  • Passport
  • Visa
  • College letter confirming admission

What do the different banks offer?

A brief summary of what each bank offers international students can be found below. This information is not guaranteed to be complete so please make sure you ask the staff at the session if you have any questions or queries before signing up.

Barclays

International Ibank Student Account:

  • £7.50 monthly fee
  • Visa Debit Card
  • Internet banking
  • International payments either in branch or online
  • Exclusive mobile phone tariffs with Three

HSBC

HSBC Passport:

  • Account with HSBC Visa Debit Card for use in UK and abroad
  • Competitive Internation Money Transfers
  • Sim card for your mobile and text banking – £10 pre-loaded credit plus 75 international minutes
  • UK relocation services
  • A savings account
  • Linked to your home address but all correspondence come to college
  • £8 a month fee on a 12 month contract

SANTANDER

International Student Account:

  • VISA debit card for use with purchases and free cash withdrawls
  • Free bank statements
  • No fees when you transfer money from overseas to your Santander Account
  • One free foreign cheque deposit per month
  • Free online banking
  • 3% AER interest on the first £500 in your account
  • £5 a month fee

LloydsTSB

Offers three types of accounts (Classic, Silver and International). All have:

  • Free banking – no charge for everyday transactions when you’re in credit.
  • A Lloyds TSB Visa debit card you can use in over 500,000 places in the UK, 27 million outlets worldwide and online.
  • Manage your money 24 hours a day through Internet Banking, PhoneBank® and Mobile Banking. Free Services.
  • £10 overdraft buffer. No overdraft fees or interest to pay if you go overdrawn (either Planned or Unplanned) by £10 or less.

Silver and Silver Vantage accounts have all of the above services and:

  • AXA European Travel Insurance for you and your partner for up to 22 days per trip.
  • AA Breakdown Cover
  • Mobile Phone Insurance
  • Sentinel® Card Protection
  • £7.95 a month

International Accounts are ideal for customers who are travelling internationally on a regular basis or receive an income in another currency:

  • Visa debit cards in all 3 currencies for easy worldwide access to your money
  • No monthly fee on balances above £2,500/€2,500/US$3,500. Otherwise a monthly fee of £20/€20/US$30 will apply. Only one fee applies for multi-currency accounts.
  • 24/7 Internet Banking and PhoneBank
  • Worldwide family travel insurance*