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If a bank or building society in the UK goes bust, savers’ deposits can typically expect to be protected up to a maximum of £120,000 per bank by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). There are, however, instances when this will not be the case.

If you hold funds with an offshore bank, these will be protected by the local compensation scheme. Banks that are based outside the UK that accept deposits from UK customers must set up a subsidiary that is authorised by the UK regulators.

It is also important to remember that compensation under the FSCS is limited to £120,000 per banking licence, rather than per account. A number of bank and building society brands are actually owned by the same banking group and operate under the same UK banking licence, with compensation levels being affected accordingly.

The table below reveals which banks and savings account providers operate under which banking license, helping savers work out to what degree their savings are protected by the FSCS.

A

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
AA The Automobile Association Limited National Westminster Bank plc UK NatWest, NatWest Boxed, Saga, Ulster Bank
Afin Bank WAICA Reinsurance Corp plc (Sierra Leone) Afin Bank Limited UK  
AIB (NI) Allied Irish Bank (Ireland) AIB Group (UK) plc UK Allied Irish Bank (GB)
Aldermore First Rand Group (South Africa) Aldermore Bank plc UK  
Allica Bank N/A Allica Bank Ltd UK  
Allied Irish Bank (GB) Allied Irish Banks (Ireland) AIB Group (UK) plc UK AIB (NI)
Alpha Bank Alpha Bank AE (Greece) Alpha Bank London Limited UK  
AlRayan Bank Masraf Al Rayan Group (Qatar) AlRayan Bank Limited UK  
Arbuthnot Direct Arbuthnot Banking Group plc Arbuthnot Latham & Co Limited UK Arbuthnot Latham
Arbuthnot Latham Arbuthnot Banking Group plc Arbuthnot Latham & Co Limited UK Arbuthnot Direct
Atom Bank N/A Atom Bank plc UK  

B

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of

Banking Licence (where your money is held)

Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
BACB N/A British Arab Commercial Bank plc UK  
Bank of Ceylon (UK) Bank of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Bank of Ceylon (UK) Ltd UK  
Bank of Ireland UK Bank of Ireland Group (Ireland) Bank of Ireland (UK) plc UK Post Office Money®
Bank of London N/A The Bank of London Group Limited UK  
Bank of London and The Middle East Boubyan Bank (Kuwait) Bank of London and The Middle East plc UK  
Bank of Scotland Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland plc UK Halifax
Barclays Bank Barclays Bank plc Barclays Bank UK plc UK Tesco Bank
Barclays Bank (Offshore Banking) Barclays Bank plc Barclays Bank plc Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey  
Bath Building Society N/A Bath Investment and Building Society UK  
Beverley Building Society N/A Beverley Building Society UK  
Birmingham Bank Better Birmingham Bank Ltd UK  
BNF Bank BNF Banking Group BNF Bank plc UK  
BPI Europe PLC Bank of the Philippine Islands (Philippines)  Bank of the Philippine Islands (Europe) UK  
Brown Shipley Quintet Private Bank (Luxembourg) Brown Shipley & Co Limited UK  
Buckinghamshire Building Society N/A Buckinghamshire Building Society UK  

C

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
CAF Bank Charities Aid Foundation CAF Bank Limited UK  
cahoot Santander Group  Santander UK plc UK Santander
Cambridge and Counties Bank 50% Cambs Local Govt Pension Fund 50% Trinity Hall College Cambridge Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited UK  
Cambridge Building Society N/A Cambridge Building Society UK  
Capital on Tap N/A ClearBank UK

Chip, ClearBank, LemFi, Revolut, Tide, Wealthify - an Aviva company

Castle Community Bank N/A North Edinburgh and Castle Credit Union Limited UK  
Castle Trust Bank Castle Trust Capital plc Castle Trust Capital plc UK  
Cater Allen Private Bank Santander Group (Spain) Cater Allen Ltd UK  
Charity Bank N/A The Charity Bank Ltd UK  
Charter Savings Bank OneSavings Bank plc Charter Court Financial Services Ltd UK  
Chase JP Morgan Chase (USA) JP Morgan Europe Limited UK  
Chetwood Bank N/A Chetwood Financial Limited UK  
Chip N/A ClearBank UK Capital on Tap, ClearBank, LemFi, Revolut, Tide, Wealthify - an Aviva company
Chorley Building Society N/A Chorley & District Building Society UK  
ClearBank N/A ClearBank UK Capital on Tap, Chip, LemFi, Revolut, Tide, Wealthify - an Aviva company
Close Brothers Savings Close Brothers Group plc Close Brothers Limited UK  
CMC Invest CMC Markets plc Various UK Please refer to provider to confirm where your money will be deposited.
Conister Bank Manx Financial Group PLC Conister Bank Ltd UK  
Coventry Building Society N/A Coventry Building Society UK  
Cumberland Building Society N/A Cumberland Building Society UK  
Cynergy Bank Cynergy Capital Limited Cynergy Bank plc UK  

D

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Danske Bank Danske Bank Group (Denmark) Northern Bank Limited UK  
Darlington Building Society N/A Darlington Building Society UK  
DF Capital Distribution Finance Capital Holdings plc DF Capital Bank Ltd UK  
Dudley Building Society N/A Dudley Building Society UK  

E

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Earl Shilton Building Society N/A Earl Shilton Building Society UK  
Ecology Building Society N/A Ecology Building Society UK  
Emirates NBD Emirates NBD Group (UAE) Emirates NBD Bank PJSC UK  
Emma Emma Technologies Ltd Various UK Please refer to provider to confirm where your money will be deposited.

F

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Family Building Society National Counties Building Society National Counties Building Society UK National Counties Building Society
FCMB Bank UK First City Monument Bank Ltd (Nigeria) FCMB Bank UK Ltd UK Rova
first direct HSBC Bank plc HSBC UK Bank plc UK HSBC, M&S Bank
FirstSave First Bank of Nigeria Ltd FirstBank UK Ltd UK  
Ford Money  Ford Motor Group (USA) FCE Bank plc UK  
Furness Building Society N/A Furness Building Society UK  

G

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Gatehouse Bank N/A Gatehouse Bank plc UK  
GB Bank N/A GB Bank Limited UK Quilter Invest
Griffin Bank N/A Griffin Bank Ltd UK  

H

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Habib Bank Zurich plc Habib Bank AG Zurich (Switzerland) Habib Bank Zurich plc UK  
Halifax Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland plc UK Bank of Scotland
Hampshire Trust Bank Alchemy Special Opportunities LLP Hampshire Trust Bank plc UK  
Handelsbanken Svenska Handelsbanken AB (Sweden) Handelsbanken plc UK  
Hanley Economic Building Society N/A Hanley Economic Building Society UK  
Hargreaves Lansdown N/A Various UK Please refer to provider to confirm where your money will be deposited.
Harpenden Building Society N/A Harpenden Building Society UK  
HBL Bank UK Habib Bank Limited (Pakistan) HBL Bank UK Limited UK  
Hinckley & Rugby Building Society N/A Hinckley & Rugby Building Society UK  
Hodge Bank Julian Hodge Bank Group Julian Hodge Bank Ltd UK  
HSBC HSBC Group HSBC UK Bank plc UK first direct, M&S Bank
HSBC Expat HSBC Group HSBC Bank plc Jersey  

I

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
ICICI Bank UK ICICI Bank Limited (India) ICICI Bank UK plc UK  
iFAST Global Bank iFAST Group (Singapore) iFAST Global Bank Limited UK  
Ikano Bank  Ingka Group (Netherlands) Ikano Bank AB (publ) UK  
Investec Bank plc Investec plc Investec Bank plc UK Investec Save
Investec Save Investec plc Investec Bank plc UK Investec Bank plc
Isbank Turkiye Is Bankasi Turkiye Is Bankasi As UK  
Isle of Man Bank NatWest Group Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited Isle of Man NatWest International

K

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Kent Reliance OneSavings Bank plc OneSavings Bank plc UK  
Kroo Bank N/A Kroo Bank Limited UK  
Kuwait Finance House Kuwait Finance House (Kuwait) Kuwait Finance House plc UK  

L

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Leeds Building Society N/A Leeds Building Society UK  
Leek Building Society N/A Leek United Building Society UK  
LemFi N/A ClearBank UK

Capital on Tap, Chip, ClearBank,  Revolut, Tide, Wealthify - an Aviva company

LHV Bank

AS LHV Group (Estonia) LHV Bank Limited UK  
Lloyds Bank Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank plc UK MBNA
Lloyds Bank International Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey  
Loughborough Building Society N/A Loughborough Building Society UK  

M

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
M&S Bank HSBC Bank plc HSBC UK Bank Plc UK first direct, HSBC
Manchester Building Society N/A Newcastle Building Society UK Newcastle Building Society
Mansfield Building Society N/A Mansfield Building Society UK  
Marcus by Goldman Sachs® Goldman Sachs Group Goldman Sachs International Bank UK  
Market Harborough Building Society N/A Market Harborough Building Society UK  
Marsden Building Society N/A Marsden Building Society UK  
MBNA Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank plc UK Lloyds Bank
Melton Building Society N/A Melton Mowbray Building Society UK  
Metro Bank N/A Metro Bank PLC UK RateSetter
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (Israel) Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Limited UK  
Moneybox N/A Various UK Please refer to provider to confirm where your money will be deposited.
Moneycorp Bank Regent Acquisitions (Holdings) Ltd (Jersey) Moneycorp Bank Ltd Gibraltar  
Monmouthshire Building Society N/A Monmouthshire Building Society UK  
Monument Bank N/A Monument Bank Ltd UK  
Monzo Bank N/A Monzo Bank Limited UK  

N

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
National Bank of Egypt (UK) Limited National Bank of Egypt (UK) Limited National Bank of Egypt (UK) Limited UK  
National Bank of Kuwait (International) plc N/A National Bank of Kuwait (International) plc UK  
National Counties Building Society N/A National Counties Building Society UK Family Building Society
National Savings & Investments An executive agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer N/A N/A 100% backed by HM Treasury
Nationwide Building Society N/A Nationwide Building Society UK Virgin Money
NatWest NatWest Group National Westminster Bank plc UK AA, NatWest Boxed, Saga, Ulster Bank
NatWest Boxed NatWest Group National Westminster Bank plc UK AA, NatWest, Saga, Ulster Bank
NatWest International NatWest Group Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey Isle of Man Bank
Newbury Building Society N/A Newbury Building Society UK  
Newcastle Building Society N/A Newcastle Building Society UK Manchester Building Society
Nottingham Building Society N/A Nottingham Building Society UK  

O

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
OakNorth Bank N/A OakNorth Bank Limited UK  
Oxbury Bank N/A Oxbury Bank plc UK  

P

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Paragon Bank Paragon Group Paragon Bank plc UK Spring
Penrith Building Society N/A Penrith Building Society UK  
Perenna Perenna Group Ltd Perenna Bank plc UK  
Plum N/A Various UK Please refer to provider to confirm where your money will be deposited.
Post Office Money® UK Government Investments Bank of Ireland (UK) plc UK Bank of Ireland (UK)
Principality Building Society N/A Principality Building Society UK  
Progressive Building Society N/A Progressive Building Society UK  
Punjab National Bank Punjab National Bank (India) Punjab National Bank (International) Limited UK  

Q

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
QIB (UK) Qatar Islamic Bank (Qatar) QIB (UK) Plc UK  
Quilter Invest Quilter plc GB Bank Limited UK GB Bank

R

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
RateSetter Metro Bank Metro Bank plc UK Metro Bank
RCI Bank UK Renault Group (France) RCI Bank UK Ltd UK  
Recognise Bank City of London Group plc Recognise Bank Ltd UK  
Redwood Bank Redwood Financial Partners Limited Redwood Bank Ltd UK  
Reliance Bank The Salvation Army Reliance Bank Ltd UK  
Revolut N/A ClearBank UK Capital on Tap, Chip, ClearBank, LemFi,  Tide, Wealthify - an Aviva company
Rova First City Monument Bank FCMB Bank (UK) Limited UK FCMB Bank (UK)
Royal Bank of Scotland NatWest Group Royal Bank of Scotland UK  

S

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Saffron Building Society N/A Saffron Building Society UK  
Saga Saga Personal Finance Ltd National Westminster Bank plc UK AA, NatWest, NatWest Boxed, Ulster Bank 
Santander Santander Group (Spain) Santander UK plc UK cahoot
Santander International Santander Group (Spain) Santander Financial Services plc Isle of Man, Jersey  
Scottish Building Society N/A Scottish Building Society UK  
Secure Trust Bank Secure Trust Bank Group Secure Trust Bank plc UK  
Sensible Savings The Access Bank UK (Nigeria) The Access Bank UK Limited UK  
Shawbrook Bank Shawbrook Group plc Shawbrook Bank Limited UK Whiteaway Laidlaw
Shoal N/A Standard Chartered Bank UK Standard Chartered Bank
Sidekick N/A Various UK Please refer to provider to confirm where your money will be deposited.
Skipton Building Society N/A Skipton Building Society UK  
Skipton International Ltd Skipton Building Society Skipton International Limited Guernsey  
smile Coventry Building Society The Co-operative Bank plc UK The Co-operative Bank
Snoop Vanquis Banking Group Vanquis Bank Ltd UK Vanquis Bank

Spring

Paragon Group Paragon Bank plc UK Paragon Bank
Standard Bank Standard Bank Group Ltd (South Africa) Standard Bank Isle of Man Ltd, Standard Bank Jersey Ltd Isle of Man, Jersey  
Standard Chartered Bank N/A Standard Chartered Bank UK Shoal
Starling Bank N/A Starling Bank Limited UK  
State Bank of India  State Bank of India (India) State Bank of India (UK) Ltd UK  

Streambank

N/A Streambank plc UK  
Suffolk Building Society N/A Suffolk Building Society UK  
Suits Me N/A Various UK Please refer to provider to confirm where your money will be deposited.
Swansea Building Society N/A Swansea Building Society UK  

T

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Tandem Bank N/A Tandem Bank Ltd UK  
Teachers Building Society N/A Teachers Building Society UK  
Tembo Money N/A Various UK Please refer to provider to confirm where your money will be deposited.
Tesco Bank Barclays Bank PLC Barclays Bank plc UK Barclays Bank
The Co-operative Bank Coventry Building Society The Co-operative Bank plc UK Smile
The Stafford Building Society N/A Stafford Railway Building Society UK  
Think Money Limited N/A Various UK Please refer to provider to confirm where your money will be deposited.
thisbank Step One Money UK Limited This Bank Limited UK  
Tide N/A ClearBank UK Capital on Tap, Chip, ClearBank, LemFi, Revolut, Wealthify - an Aviva company
Tipton & Coseley Building Society N/A Tipton & Coseley Building Society UK  
Trading 212 N/A Various UK Please refer to provider to confirm where your money will be deposited.
Triodos Bank UK Triodos Bank NV (Netherlands) Triodos Bank UK Limited UK  
TSB Santander UK TSB Bank plc UK  

U

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
UBL UK Bestway Group United National Bank Limited UK  
Ulster Bank NatWest Group National Westminster Bank plc UK AA, NatWest, NatWest Boxed, Saga
Union Bank of India (UK) Ltd Union Bank of India (India) Union Bank of India (UK) Ltd UK  
United Trust Bank United Trust Bank Limited United Trust Bank Limited UK  
Unity Trust Bank N/A Unity Trust Bank plc UK  

V

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Vanquis Bank Provident Financial Group Vanquis Bank Ltd UK Snoop
Vernon Building Society N/A Vernon Building Society UK  
Vida Savings N/A Vida Bank Limited UK  
Virgin Money Nationwide Building Society Nationwide Building Society UK Nationwide BS

W

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Wealthify, an Aviva company Aviva ClearBank UK Capital on Tap, Chip, ClearBank, LemFi, Revolut, Tide
West Brom Building Society N/A West Bromwich Building Society UK  
Whiteaway Laidlaw Shawbrook Group plc Shawbrook Bank Ltd UK Shawbrook Bank
Wombat Invest N/A N/A N/A This provider is not a bank and does not offer its own savings accounts. It offers accounts that are provided by other protected banks.

Y

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Yorkshire Building Society N/A Yorkshire Building Society UK  

Z

Provider Name Owned by / Subsidiary of Banking Licence (where your money is held) Country of Banking Licence & Compensation Scheme Other brands sharing the same compensation limit
Zempler Bank N/A Zempler Bank Limited UK  
Ziraat Bank T C Ziraat Bankasi AS (Turkey) T C Ziraat Bankasi AS UK  
Zopa N/A Zopa Bank Limited UK  

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