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FSCS bank and savings protection checker

Check if your money in multiple bank, building society and credit union accounts is protected by FSCS. The protection limit is £120,000 per person per firm. This includes money in current, saving and fixed-term deposit accounts.

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Your Protection Results

Based on your protection check, here's how your deposits are protected by FSCS

Shared banking license detected

Some of the banks you've selected share the same banking license and are part of the same banking group. This means they share protection limits across all the accounts within the banks in that group, not separate limits for each bank. 
Next steps: Consider moving the unprotected amount to a bank, building society or credit union that doesn't share a licence with the protected amount. See more about shared banking licences.
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£0 Confirmed protected
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Protection Status by Firm

Multiple bank strategy

For amounts of more than £120,000, place across accounts with serparate FRNs. Example £300,000 to protect.
  • £120,000 in Barclays Bank plc (FRN 122072) - fully protected.
  • £120,000 in Nationwide Bulding Society (FRN 106078) - fully protected.
  • £60,000 in Lloyds Bank plc (FRN 119728) - fully protected.
Result - £300,000 protected across three separate institutions.
Key point: You can protect more than £120,000 as long as it's spread among deposit takers with different FRNs, and each holds no more than £120,000.

FSCS does not protect this firm

FSCS does NOT protect this firm because one or all of the following apply: 

  • The firm is not an FCA registered deposit taker. 
  • The firm is an electronic money institution or authorised payment institution. 
  • The firm is a payment service directory. These are databases or platforms that list, verify, or enable communication between payment service providers and banks, and financial systems. 
  • The firm is a savings marketplace, cash platform or a savings service. These firms (also known as a deposits aggregators) spread your money across multiple accounts with different banks. However, if an aggregator deposited your money with a regulated bank that then fails, it's likely that FSCS will protect it.
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FSCS Protected
The ‘FSCS Protected’ badge is displayed by UK-authorised banks, building societies, credit unions, Northern Ireland credit unions and certain overseas firms with branches in the UK. The badge is displayed in branches, online and in mobile apps. It indicates that eligible deposits are protected by FSCS under the deposit guarantee scheme up to £120,000 per person. Look out for the ‘FSCS Protected’ badge next time you are looking for a deposit product. 

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