e-Savings - how to open an account
To open an e-Savings account you need to have a Nationwide Current Account (a FlexAccount). Click the link below that best describes you:
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It's easy to open a savings account with Nationwide if you're already an Internet Banking user:
- Log on to the Internet Bank and go to your FlexAccount online statement
- Click the 'Activate e-Savings' button on the left, tell us how much you'd like to transfer and confirm you're a UK resident
- Then just click the 'ACTIVATE' button
- The account may take up to 5 days to show on the Internet Banking system, although your savings will start to earn interest from the day of the deposit
Sign on & activate -
- To be able to activate an e-Savings account, first you need to register for our Internet Banking service
- Complete the online registration form
- When your registration details arrive, sign in and activate your e-Savings account as detailed in the section above
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- You need to open a Nationwide FlexAccount current account before you can open an e-Savings
IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE:
Opening your FlexAccount and registering for Internet Banking DOES NOT automatically open an e-Savings account. To open an e-Savings account you must follow the steps detailed in the section ‘I have a Nationwide Current Account and I am an Internet Banking user’ above.
The e-Savings account will be in the same names (joint or sole) as the FlexAccount.
This account is operated via the internet bank only. Branches cannot administer it for you.
Opening your FlexAccount and registering for Internet Banking DOES NOT automatically open an e-Savings account. To open an e-Savings account you must follow the steps detailed in the section ‘I have a Nationwide Current Account and I am an Internet Banking user’ above.
The e-Savings account will be in the same names (joint or sole) as the FlexAccount.
This account is operated via the internet bank only. Branches cannot administer it for you.
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