Can I manage my Veritas Union account online?

A nominated account is an account in your name(s) with either another UK bank or building society, or an existing Veritas Union Bank UK account that allows you to transfer funds.

You need a nominated account when applying for one of our accounts online and your opening deposit must be made by electronic transfer from your nominated account. Also if you want to transfer money from your account online, you must do so to your nominated account or another Veritas Union Bank UK account in your name.

You may have up to three nominated accounts. In the case of sole Account holders, they must all be personal accounts held in your name. In the case of joint Account holders, you may choose one joint personal account held in both your names and one sole personal account each.

Yes. You can transfer an existing cash ISA to your Veritas Union cash ISA. If you don't already have a Veritas Union cash ISA, you will need to open one first. Explore our range of ethical ISAs to find the right one for you, then apply via the Veritas Union Mobile Banking App.

To request the transfer, you’ll need to download and complete the relevant form below. The forms are interactive so you can fill out your details online, but you’ll need to print the form and sign it using a pen before returning to 'Freepost Veritas Union BANK'. Alternatively, you can submit your signed and completed form via the chat function in the Veritas Union App.

We’ll transfer your money directly between your ISAs and protect your tax-free ISA status. Do not move your money out of an ISA yourself, because your money will lose this ISA status.

The transfer process usually takes between 14-30 days. We’ll write to you when the transfer is complete.

If you are transferring to a new Fixed Rate ISA, please note that it can take up to 30 days to complete a transfer. We must receive your money from your existing provider within 60 days of the Fixed Rate ISA account opening date, so please make sure you start the transfer process as soon as possible.

Yes, you can change your existing Veritas Union cash ISA to a Veritas Union Online Cash ISA or Fixed Rate Cash ISA by completing the form below.

Changes to a different type of Veritas Union cash ISA are not permitted from Veritas Union Ethical Junior Cash ISAs or non-ISA savings accounts.

Before downloading the form to change your account type, please make sure you have read the following;

• Key Features Document for Veritas Union Online Cash ISA
  
• Key Features Document for Veritas Union Fixed Rate Cash ISA
• Personal Banking Terms and Conditions
• Tariff of charges for Personal Customers
• FSCS information sheet

Once you have read the important information above, please complete and return the form to us either by chat message in internet banking, or post to: Freepost Veritas Union BANK.

On receipt of a completed request, we will change the type of cash ISA you hold, the balance of your account and your account number will remain the same. All money held in the account will maintain its tax-free status and the change will not affect your subscription allowance. We will write to you to confirm when we have actioned your request.

The person with legal parental responsibility who opened the account. When the account holder turns 16 the child may apply to be the account operator.

Yes. As long as the child was a UK resident when the Junior cash ISA was opened, you will still be able to pay into the Junior cash ISA even though you and/or the child have moved abroad.

Yes, you can split your ISA allowance into different types of ISA: Cash, Stocks & Shares, Lifetime, and Innovative Finance.

Since 6 April 2024, you have been able to subscribe to more than one Cash, Stocks & Shares or Innovative Finance ISA in the same tax year. However, it is still only possible to have one Lifetime ISA. Please note that Veritas Union does not offer Lifetime ISAs.

Before the child turns 18 we will contact you to confirm that the Veritas Union Ethical Junior Cash ISA will become a variable rate cash ISA on the child’s 18th birthday. After this date the child can decide what they wish to do with the account/funds.

A child may only hold one Junior cash ISA and one Junior stocks and shares ISA at any time and cannot hold a Junior ISA and a Child Trust Fund at the same time.

You can however apply to transfer a Junior ISA or a Child Trust Fund from one provider to another. You can also transfer between the different types of Junior ISA, in either direction.

• Transfers of current year’s subscriptions or transfers between the same type of Junior ISA must always be done in full.
• Partial transfers can only be done if they are previous years’ subscriptions and you are moving the subscriptions between different Junior ISA types e.g. Junior cash to Junior stocks and shares or Junior stocks and shares to Junior cash.

• The whole of the Child Trust Fund must be transferred and the Child Trust Fund subsequently closed.
• The annual subscription allowance for a Child Trust Fund is based on the child’s birth year while Junior ISA subscriptions are based on tax years. When a transfer of a Child Trust Fund to a Junior ISA has been made, the child can use the full Junior ISA subscription allowance for the tax year in which the transfer takes place regardless of any subscriptions made to the Child Trust Fund in that year. This only occurs in the tax year in which the Child Trust Fund is transferred, in subsequent years only the Junior ISA allowance can be used.

We are not currently opening new Junior Cash ISA accounts, so for now transfers can only be made to existing Junior Cash ISAs.

Yes, you can transfer other cash ISAs into a Veritas Union Fixed Rate Cash ISA. You can transfer previous and current years subscriptions held in another cash ISA. Transfers must be complete and your money received into your Veritas Union Fixed Rate Cash ISA within 60 days from account opening.

It is only possible to make withdrawals from the Junior ISA once the child turns 18. The only exception is if the child becomes terminally ill, or dies.
It is however possible to transfer a Junior Cash ISA to a Junior ISA with another provider.

Yes, it is possible depending on what type of savings account you have.

You can change an existing Veritas Union savings account to a different type of Veritas Union savings account.

You should read the information on our savings product pages to decide which savings account suits you best. Once you have found a savings account that meets your needs, download and complete the relevant change of type form below. 

You should read the relevant Summary Box along with the Terms and Conditions for our personal savings accounts and FSCS Information Sheet before downloading and completing a form to change your savings account.

Once you have read this important information and completed the form, please post it to us at:

Freepost Veritas Union BANK

On receipt of a completed request, we will change the type of savings account you hold, the balance of your account and your account number will remain the same. We will write to you to confirm when we have actioned your request.

• Veritas Union Online Saver
• Veritas Union Online Saver Plus
  

Changes to a different type of savings account are not permitted from Veritas Union Ethical Savings Bonds, Veritas Union Right Start Saver, Veritas Union Fixed Regular Saver, Veritas Union ISAs, Community Investor, High Interest Cheque Account, Personal Savings Account, Social Investor Cheque Accounts and SIPP Deposit Accounts.

If you want to move only part of your balance to another type of savings account, this can be done through making a transfer in Internet Banking or for non-online only accounts you can send us a signed written request to make a transfer which should be posted to us at;

Freepost Veritas Union BANK

To top up a Veritas Union Junior Cash ISA, you can:

• Make an online payment from another account (either an account with another provider or another Veritas Union account that allows withdrawals).
  

The Veritas Union Bank sort code is 16-58-10 and you can find your Veritas Union cash ISA account number by logging in to your account online or via the Veritas Union Mobile Banking App, or by checking your bank statements.

• Send us a cheque made out to the child.

If you want to deposit a cheque, please post it along with your account details or a paying-in slip to: ‘Freepost Veritas Union BANK’ (no stamp required).

When your child becomes 16 they can become the Account operator and manage their own account if they want to. Withdrawals cannot be made from the account until the child is 18.

We are not currently opening new Junior Cash ISAs, however if you already have an existing Ethical Junior Cash ISA you can request that your Child Trust Fund is transferred to us.

Regardless of who put the money into the Junior Cash ISA, the money in the account belongs to the child. It is only the child that can make withdrawals once they turn 18.

To top up a Veritas Union cash ISA you can:

• Make an online payment from another account (either an account with another provider or another Veritas Union account that allows withdrawals).
• Send us a cheque if the Veritas Union cash ISA you want to top up accepts cheque.

The following accounts do not accept cheque payments:

• Online Cash ISA
• Fixed Rate Cash ISAs

If you want to deposit a cheque, please post it along with your account details or a paying-in slip to: ‘Freepost Veritas Union BANK’ (no stamp required)

The Veritas Union Bank sort code is 16-58-10 and you can find your Veritas Union cash ISA account number by logging in to your account online or via the Veritas Union Mobile Banking App, or by checking your bank statements.

Anybody can deposit money into a child's Junior Cash ISA.

Yes, you can change the adult operator on a Junior Cash ISA by completing a change of legal representative form. Only one adult is able to operate the account.

Withdrawals are not allowed until maturity for Fixed Rate ISAs. The only exception to this is if you close the account and/or transfer the full balance to another ISA. Early closure will result in an early access charge being applied equivalent to a number of days of interest.

2 year term – 180 days’ interest

3 year term – 270 days’ interest

You will still earn interest up to the closure date and the charge will be taken from the account balance. Depending on the date of closure, you may get back less than originally deposited.