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Banking experts estimate that up to £5bn may be sitting unclaimed in UK bank accounts that have gone 'dormant'. What does this mean, and could you be entitled to a share in this huge amount of idle money?

Funds Mutual Vanguard A bank account goes dormant when, in the words of the British Bankers' Association, a bank and a customer 'lose touch with each other'. What this usually means in practice is that a customer has either passed away or moved house, and the bank haven't been told and are unable to locate the account holder some time later.

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Funds Mutual Top If there are no transactions on an account over a period of around 12 months, the bank will write to the account holder at the last known address to ask them if they wish to keep the account open. If no reply is received, then the bank will change the status of the account to 'dormant'. This means that from now on, no statements, chequebooks or other correspondance will be sent out to the customer.

You can link your checking or savings account at a U.S. financial institution (“Bank Deposit Account”) to your Card and initiate ACH (Automated Clearing House) transfers to load funds from the Bank Deposit Account to your Card, or to unload funds from your Card to your Bank Deposit Account. When loading or unloading funds, you are responsible for insuring that there are sufficient funds in the source account to cover the transfer and any associated fees. You may also use a credit card or debit card to load funds to your Card.

Funds Market Money The money in the account will still earn interest at whatever the normal rate of that account is, and the bank will still keep track of the account balance and keep a record of the last known address of the holder.

You can initiate and fund a Transaction by using a valid Funding Source. You authorize your Funding Source to be debited in the amount of the Transaction Amount plus Service Fees. Funds will then be credited to and held in one of a series of master pooled accounts for the benefit of Account holders (the "Master Account"). Although funds will be held at Bank prior to receipt by Recipient, the funds may pass through one or more other banks before they are disbursed in the Destination Country.

Funds In Investing Mutual There are two main reasons for an account being made dormant. The first and most obvious one is to save the banks the administration costs of sending out statements and the like when there is no activity on the account from month to month (other than that initiated by the bank itself, such as interest payments).

Fidelity Funds Mutual The more important reason however is to guard against identity fraud. If a bank continues to send statements to an address when the account holder is no longer there to receive them, it is all too easy for these documents to end up in the hands of fraudsters, who could use the sensitive information they contain to begin a campaign of ID theft.

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Funds Load Mutual No Most dormant accounts will have very small balances, but some will inevitably contain a substantial sum, often those belonging to someone who has passed away. If you think you may be entitled to money held in a dormant account, you can make a claim by filling in a form available from the bank in question.

Funds Investment You will need to give your reasons for making a claim, such as that the account belonged to a close relative whose estate was passed to you. You will also need to prove your own identity, and your connection to the original account holder if applicable.

Funds Retirement If the bank don't agree that you're entitled to take over the account, you have the right to pursue an appeal, where your claim is re-examined. If the appeal fails, you can take your claim to the Financial Ombudsman Service, whose decision is final and binding.

Funds Trust About the author: Nicholas Hunt is a contributing writer for Onestop Finance, where you can find more information on bank accounts and unclaimed money.

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