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Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

BIZARRE: Big jump in number of customers switching current accounts figures - You Need To See This

Customers using the Current Account Switch Service automatically have their payments moved to their new account (Dominic Lipinski/PA Archive) - (PA Archive)

The number of current account switches jumped by 55% in the third quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier, according to a service which aims to take the hassle out of moving bank or building society.

Some 411,384 completed switches were recorded by the Current Account Switch Service (Cass) between July and September, up from 265,083 in the same period a year earlier.

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