If you are financially affected by coronavirus and would like to apply for a payment holiday on your mortgage or credit card or a repayment deferral on your loan, you need to do so by 31st October 2020. Find out more.

After this date, there will still be support available which will be tailored to your individual circumstances, but these may impact your credit file.

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Published August 2020

As part of a regulatory requirement, an independent survey was conducted to ask approximately 1,000 customers of each of the 19 largest personal current account providers if they would recommend their provider to friends and family. The results represent the view of customers who took part in the survey.