Please don’t send any money until we’ve confirmed that your account is open, as we won’t be able to allocate it to your account and it may be returned.
If you've got an Easy Access account you need to make the first payment into your account within 45 days of opening it. After that, you can pay in at any time.
If you've got a Fixed Rate account you need to pay money in within 30 days of opening it. After making this initial deposit, you've got a further 14 days where you can put more money into your account and still benefit from the same interest rate. After this, you won't be able to make any further payments into your account.
All intitial deposits need to be made by 2pm on the last banking day of the timescale given above. If you don't pay money in within the timescale given, your account will be closed.