We (CEEALAR) are currently looking at switching banks because of some issues we are having with staff access, payment verification, and bank cards not working (Mastercard debit cards are really bad for this it seems, to the point of being unusable for online ordering). Ideally we want a set up such that payments over a certain amount require verification by a second user. This feature doesn’t work with our current bank as a single user can put a payment through on their laptop, and then verify the same payment using their phone, thus totally defeating the point of this security feature!
[Question] What bank accounts are UK charities using?
We found a solution to the bank card issue—using Wise (they offer Visa debit cards).
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Hi Greg, while I haven’t used this for a charity (only for a limited company) it looks like Starling offers a multi-signatory option.
https://www.starlingbank.com/blog/business-account-multiple-people-significant-control/
Thanks Rick. We did try to get a Starling account, but because everything is automated they didn’t have the facility to add us as a CIO with a Company no. starting with CE (and basically said they couldn’t do any editing manually!)