Faster payments

Where instruction is received Faster Payments can be made from Skipton accounts to a nominated bank account. The nominated account must be a UK bank or building society account in your own name and the receiving bank or building society must be a member of the Faster Payment scheme.

Paying in with Faster Payments

Skipton is part of the Faster Payments network which means payments from most UK banks will be applied to your account within 2 hours of the payment being sent, regardless of the day or time they have arrived.

For Faster Payments sent on a weekend, bank holiday or after the evening cut-off (typically 6:00 pm) we won’t receive the funds until the next working day. This means that, even though the money might show in your Skipton account, it will not start to earn interest until the next working day.

You should check with your provider what their cut-off time is for sending Faster Payments.

Withdrawing with Faster Payments

How to request a Faster Payment

In branch

You can request a Faster Payment in branch by completing a Faster Payment Authorised Bank Details Form and handing the form to us in branch. When you do this, you're able to withdraw up to a maximum of £100,000 to an account held in your name in any of our branches. Requests for any amount higher than £100,000 will be sent to our Head Office for withdrawal by CHAPS.

Over the phone

You can request up to £100,000 to a UK bank or building society account in your name as long as you've set up telephone access. Any withdrawal requests made over the phone after 8pm will be processed the next working day (please note, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays are not working days).

To set up telephone access you'll first need to complete the Faster Payment Authorised Bank Account Details Form. We'll then send further details in the post for you to complete and return to set up telephone access.

Please note if you have not set up telephone access then you will not be able to withdraw funds over the telephone.

By writing to us

You can request up to £100,000 to a UK bank or building society account in your name by completing a Faster Payment Withdrawal Form and send it to us, to:

Faster Payment Withdrawal Form

Alternatively request a CHAPS payment

You can request to send up to £1,000,000 the same working day, subject to restrictions. Find out more on our CHAPS page.