This may be covered already, but I cannot locate any information on it. I'm with Ulster Bank with a STG account that I do use for UK transactions. They know I live in the South, but I have heard nothing from them good or bad regarding BREXIT. I don't see anything on the UB (UK) website either. Is there likely to be problems?
One of my English neighbors here in Spain has been told she may have her Barclay's STG account closed depending on how BREXIT pans out.
Hiya Brendan, I'm in the same bank in Newry. I hope this won't be an issue, It's very handy having an STG account, atho there's always a plan B with Revolut.
Saw this thread and thought I'd add an update. I too have a UK account with the Bank of Ireland in Newry. However it seems alot harder to open a new UK account now. Looking at the Bank of Ireland UK website, it still seems possible. However both AIB NI and Ulsterbank NI won't open accounts for non UK residents since 1 January 2021. Danske and Santander won't do it either. Not sure if there are other high street banks in NI.
Here's an Irish Times article dated December 21 2020 showing how British banks were dealing with their non-resident UK customers with the Brexit transition period ending.
Heres a more recent article dated 1 August 2022. Banks such as Barclays have closed thousands of accounts belonging to British ex-pats living in EU countries such as Spain and France.
Financial institutions in the UK previously used the EU’s passporting system to help provide services to expat clients, but this is no longer possible.