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How much do I have to pay in?

10 of the 11 offers ask for money paid in, from £200 to £15,000. 3 of them need it to be a salary, not your own money moved across. 1 of them needs it to stay until you’re paid. 1 offer asks for none.

Money paid in 10

• B

  Barclays Barclays Bank Account, £150

  Have a salary of at least £2,000 paid in within 30 days of opening the account. Moving your own money in doesn’t count.

  In the terms: £150 CASS Bonus: salary of at least £2,000 within 30 days of opening

• B

  Barclays Premier Barclays Premier Current Account, £450

  Have a salary of at least £5,000 paid in within 30 days of opening the account. Moving your own money in doesn’t count.

  In the terms: Offer page: pay in a minimum £5,000 salary within 30 days

• fd

  first direct first direct 1st Account, £210

  Pay in £1,000 within 45 days of opening the account.

  In the terms: Switch criteria: pay in at least £1,000 within 45 days

• H

  HSBC UK HSBC UK Bank Account, £220

  Pay in £2,000 within 60 days of opening the account. It doesn’t need to stay.

  In the terms: What counts as a deposit: £2,000; doesn’t need to stay in the account

• H

  HSBC Premier HSBC UK Premier Bank Account, £500

  Have a salary of at least £5,100 paid in within 90 days of opening the account. Moving your own money in doesn’t count.

  In the terms: How do I qualify: an individual annual salary of £100,000+, at least one £5,100 monthly deposit

• N

  Nationwide Building Society Nationwide FlexDirect, £175

  Pay in £1,000 within 31 days of opening the account. The balance your switch moves counts. Doesn’t count: other Nationwide accounts, Visa credits.

  In the terms: 2. Pay in £1,000 within 31 days

• NW

  NatWest Premier NatWest Premier Select Account, £500

  Pay in £15,000, in as many payments as you like, within 90 days of the switch completing. The balance your switch moves counts.

  In the terms: Step 5: pay in at least £15,000 within 90 calendar days of the switch completing (multiple payments count)

• NW

  NatWest NatWest Select Account, £200

  Pay in £1,250 within 60 days of the switch completing. The balance your switch moves counts.

  In the terms: Step 4: pay in £1,250 within 60 days of the switch completing

• RBS

  RBS RBS Select Account, £200

  Pay in £1,250 within 60 days of the switch completing. The balance your switch moves counts.

  In the terms: Step 4: pay in £1,250 within 60 days of the switch completing; funds stay 24 hours

• S

  Santander Santander Everyday Current Account, £240

  Pay in £1,500 within 60 days of asking for the switch. Pay in £200 into its linked savings account within 60 days of asking for the switch. It stays there until you’re paid.

  In the terms: Within 60 days of the switch request: pay in at least £1,500

Nothing to pay in 1

• L

  Lloyds Club Lloyds Account, £200

  No pay-in.

Pocketly plans each pay-in around your cash, so the money is never needed in two places at once: a quick check shows which offers your cash covers.

From each bank’s own terms, as Pocketly read them; each bank’s live terms are final. How Pocketly checks offers.