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Offers Banks Barclays vs Santander

Barclays vs Santander switch offer

Barclays pays £150 for switching to the Barclays Bank Account; Santander pays £240 for the Santander Everyday Current Account. They differ on Direct Debits, what you pay in, what else you must do, when it’s paid and who can get it.

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From each bank’s own terms. What differs comes first; what’s the same is folded below.

What Barclays Santander
Reward Pocketly counts differs£150£240
The bank’s total differsUp to £300, the rest month by month£240
Direct Debits differs32, 2 household bills
Pay in differsNothing£1,500 + £200 into a linked saver
Card, salary or app differs£2,000 salary, 10 card paymentsNothing
When it’s paid differsPaid about 28 working days after you meet the conditionsPaid 60–90 days after you ask to switch
Who can get it differsNo open Barclays account when you apply. No Barclays switching reward everNo Santander switching reward ever
Can’t share a plan with differsBarclays PremierAny of these
Same for all (1)
What Barclays Santander
Monthly feeNoneNone

Can I get both?

Pocketly can plan both, one after the other, if your accounts and cash allow it; it works out the order and when each pay-in is needed.

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Each bank’s page: Barclays · Santander. Planning tool, not financial advice; each bank’s live terms are final.