Opening a student bank account

I have a confirmation letter for a place at uni in London from September.

I'm planning to move to London(from Italy) at the end of July.

I'll have around 4000€ of savings to carry and I'd like to open a bank account as soon as possible.

Do you know which bank have the best student account?and which one has the easiest "burocracy" to open a student bank account?

Basically,I need to change € to £ as soon as possible..

any advice?

Is there any way for an EU student to open an english bank account,online,right now,here in Italy?

i don't think you can get a student bank account in the UK (with a free overdraft etc) but you can get a regular bank account. you have to provide evidence that you'll be in the uk and everything so you probably won't be able to open an account instantly.

you could think about getting an e-saver account or something, then you can put your savings in, still have access to them, and get good interest! i don't know if you're eligible.

This is probably considered the best around at the moment for overdraft
http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/servlet/Satellite/1193206375478,CFSweb/Page/Bank-CurrentAccounts


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Bloody hell, anyone planning on maxing out their overdraft to the tune of £2,000 should probably rely less on their choice of bank account and work at getting a form of income of some kind

I find it mildly amusing that I got rejected for a student account with them even though I bank with them lol


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Metrobank, which is a new bank in the UK started as a venture by some American bloke, gave me a "16+ Cash Account" after they ran a credit check on me :/ Slightly worrying, but luckily I already had a Student Account with NatWest and joined Metrobank just to see what they're like.

What's natwest like


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i was under the impression that you can't get one of those so-called "student accounts" as a non-uk resident (3 yr rule or whatever applies to most banks). i've looked at natwest, lloyds, hsbc and barclays and they all refuse giving out student accounts to non-uk residents via their terms and conditions... or have i missed anything?

i'm an eu student as well and therefore familiarised myself with the idea of just opening a regular current/classic account in england... i'd love to get a free railcard, though. gutted.

The main reason was a lot of international students would max out their overdraft and then disappear home so the banks couldn't reclaim the money back


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I'm in a similar boat to you - I hope to move to London from Ireland and am puzzled regarding bank accounts. I was thinking of opening a student account with Ulster Bank here (when they fix their effing computers!!) and then using Natwest in the UK as it's thier sister bank. Do any of you lot have any advice on Natwest or experience with them? :P