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Electronic Business Tariff transaction charges

As more and more businesses are choosing to use electronic and automated ways of banking, the cost of providing these services is coming down. We want to pass on these cost savings and so have introduced a new lower cost menu of charges in the form of the Electronic Business Tariff.

The Electronic Business Tariff does not pay credit interest. You need to keep a minimum balance of £1 in your account each month. If you go overdrawn at any time then you’ll pay our standard 'Business Extra Tariff' on all transactions you make during that charging cycle. Our charging cycle runs from the 10th of one month to the 9th of the following month.

Please refer to our brochure Electronic Business Tariff, for more details of the tariff. A copy can be obtained from your local branch.

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Account maintenance

Account maintenance fee (charge made for the basic administration costs of running your account): £5.00 a month

Account payments

Transaction type
Charges
Cheque
65p
Direct Debit
Free
Standing Order
Free
Transfer (transfer to another account in your name with the sort code starting 30-xx-xx)
Free
Debit card transaction (excluding ATM)
Free
UK Cash machine withdrawals (We will not charge you for debiting your account but some providers may charge you a fee for using their machines which they will advise you of in advance.  Please refer to our brochure 'Your business account charges' for further information on other card transactions.) 
Free
Other debit
65p
Internet banking
Free
Bulk Payment - per item
Free
Bulk Payment - batch direct debit
Free
PhoneBank
Free
PhoneBank Express
Free

Account receipts

Transaction type
Charges
Automated credit (includes telephone and Internet banking)
Free
Credit paid in at Lloyds TSB branch
65p
Credit paid in at another bank
65p
Credit paid in via nightsafe
£2.00
Transfer (transfer to another account in your name with the sort code starting with 30-xx-xx)
Free
Other credit
65p

The processing cycle

Payments made through your account are processed in different ways. Find out more information about the cheque clearing process for cheques, automated payments and Internet and Telephone banking transactions.

Other services

Transaction type
Charges
Cash paid in
89p per £100
Cash paid out at Lloyds TSB counter
89p per £100
Cash exchanged
£1.65 per £100
Cheque paid in
30p
Cardnet envelope paid in
Free
BACS - batch file submitted
£4.00
BACS - debit or credit item
Free
Telepay - debit or credit item
32p

Unauthorised borrowing

Transaction type
Charges
Unauthorised borrowing fee
£15.00
Unpaid item
£35 for each item not paid

Unauthorised borrowing fee  We charge you this when you first go overdrawn, or go above your agreed overdraft limit by £50 or more. There will be a further charge each time you increase the amount borrowed by £50 or more, unless a higher limit is agreed with us or until the account is within its existing limit or in credit. This fee will apply, for example, if you draw against cheques which have not fully cleared and this takes you overdrawn or over an agreed limit.

Unpaid item  We charge each time we have to return a cheque unpaid, or cannot pay a standing order or direct debit, because there isn’t enough money in your account.

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