Reserve Account

Multi-Currency Business / Ltd Company Bank Account with Instant Access

The Reserve Account is a business banking current account that is suitable for clients of professional firms who have a bank account requirement.  Such clients could include self-employed professionals such as contractors, consultants, interim managers, freelancers and locums. It would also be available to clients of professional firms who are sole traders, partnerships, charities, pension managers, trustees, associations, clubs and societies.

We understand that your clients' needs drive their banking requirements. Our versatile Reserve Account offers features such as duplicate statements and 24/7 online access to balances and transactions to support you and your client in the preparation of quarterly and year-end tax returns. There is no monthly or annual account fee, provided that the minimum balance of £5,000 is maintained on the account. If the account balance falls below the £5,000 minimum required, a charge of £15 will be applicable in each calendar month that the balance is below the minimum.  Please note this charge does not apply to Euro/Dollar Reserve Accounts.

What's more, the business Reserve Account is a multi-currency account available in sterling, US dollar and/or euros¹; making it ideal for your clients that receive payments in these currencies as it allows them to move money between Reserve Accounts without incurring any currency conversion charges² as long as the accounts are linked to each other under the same business/company name. See today's foreign exchange rates for the transfer rates between accounts. The minimum opening deposit is £5,000 (or the US dollar equivalent) per account³.

The Reserve Account permits up to 30 day-to-day debit transactions⁴ per calendar month without incurring a transaction fee, including transactions on a Access Capitol Bank VISA Deferred-Debit Card⁵ linked to the account. Thereafter a charge of £0.75 per debit transaction is applicable. The following non-standard services/transactions such as CHAPs; TTs/SWIFT payments; Sterling Banker’s Drafts; Foreign Currency Drafts and Currency Cheques are not considered ‘day-to-day’ transactions.

Purchases made on the VISA Deferred-Debit card which is available with the Access Capitol Bank Reserve Account are not debited from the account until the date of the monthly statement. There is no annual fee for the VISA Deferred-Debit card. A maximum of five cash withdrawals can be made per day (when withdrawing via cash machines) when using the Sterling Visa Deferred-Debit Card, with a minimum of £600 per withdrawal.

Please see the Reserve Account Factsheet and Non-Personal Terms and Conditions for more information.

Interest rates are variable and no interest is paid on accounts with balances below £100,000. Please refer to the current available interest rates.

¹ Euro/dollar Reserve Accounts and/or sterling Reserve Accounts that require more than one signature to authorise transactions will have ‘View Only’ access via Access Capitol Bank’s Banking Service.

² Monies will be converted from one currency to another by applying the prevailing exchange rate on that date. Exchange rates are set daily. Please refer to our website www.accesscapitol.com for details of these rates.

³ We will not open the account without the correct value of deposit being received and we’ll write to you to request the correct value of deposit if it is not supplied with your application.

⁴ Day-to-day debit transactions on this account are: cheque withdrawals; cash machine withdrawals; cash withdrawals over-the-counter; card purchases including recurring transactions; Standing Orders, Direct Debits; bill payments and electronic payments.

⁵ For further information about the Visa Deferred-Debit Cards, please refer to the ‘Visa CARD Cardholder’s Guide’ which can be viewed and downloaded at www.accesscapitol.com. Terms and Conditions apply to all cards.