Tesco Bank changes your name when you write to it with proof. Each product has its own address, and the bank is precise about which versions of your documents it accepts.
Banks change their processes from time to time, so if anything differs when you get in touch, follow Tesco Bank’s instructions. Every source is linked.
Write to Tesco Bank with your account or card number, confirmation that you want to change your name, your new and old signatures, and an original or certified copy of your proof. A deed poll can be the original or a certified copy. A marriage certificate must be the original issued on the day or a certified copy from the registrar, and a decree absolute must be the original. Tesco Bank says it can take up to 10 working days to process your request and return your documents.
Tesco Bank says that to update the name on your accounts, you need to send your request in writing. Your letter should include:
So Tesco Bank can find your accounts.
Say clearly that you want to change your name, and what to.
Sign in both names.
An original document or certified copy, depending on the document. See the table below.
| Product | Where to send it |
|---|---|
| Credit cards | Tesco Bank, PO Box 343, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 2GE |
| Loans | Tesco Bank, PO Box 27014, Glasgow, G2 9FE |
| Savings | Tesco Bank, PO Box 27017, Glasgow, G2 9FH |
If you have more than one Tesco Bank product, Tesco Bank says you only need to put the address for one of them on the envelope. Tesco Bank: general information FAQs
| Document | What Tesco Bank accepts |
|---|---|
| Marriage certificate | The original issued by the registrar on the day of your marriage, or a certified copy issued by the registrar |
| Deed poll | The original or a certified copy |
| Decree absolute | The original only |
| Going back to your maiden name | Your decree absolute plus evidence of your maiden name, such as your birth certificate, because the decree absolute doesn’t usually confirm it |
Tesco Bank says it can take up to 10 working days to process your request and return your documents to you.
A deed poll is the most flexible document on Tesco Bank’s list, because it accepts the original or a certified copy. Its help page doesn’t say the deed poll has to be enrolled.
If you send the original, Tesco Bank returns it, but that can take up to 10 working days. If you need your deed poll elsewhere in the meantime, send a certified copy or use an extra signed original. Our guide to originals, certified copies and photocopies explains the difference.
Check the deed poll is complete first: signed in your old and new names, dated, and signed by a witness.
It can take up to 10 working days to come back. Extra signed originals of your deed poll keep everything else moving in the meantime.
Tesco Bank is now part of the Barclays Group, but it says it won’t automatically share your new name with Barclays. If you bank with both, tell each of them.
Barclays changes the name on its accounts, bank cards and statements in a branch, with your original documents. See our guide to changing your name with Barclays.
Your account number and sort code stay the same, so your salary, Direct Debits and standing orders keep running. What does need a nudge is anyone who pays you. Banks check the name you’re paid under through Confirmation of Payee, and Pay.UK says a personal account has to match the exact registered name. Once Tesco Bank has your new name, someone paying you under the old one may be told it doesn’t match, so give your employer, landlord and regular payers the new name too. Pay.UK: Confirmation of Payee
Your credit file catches up as lenders report your new name. Our guide to name changes and your credit report explains how the old and new names stay linked, and the name change checklist keeps track of everyone else.
Tesco Bank says you need to send your request in writing, with your account or card number, your new and old signatures and proof of the change.
Yes. Tesco Bank accepts a deed poll as the original or a certified copy.
No. Tesco Bank needs the original issued by the registrar on the day of your marriage, or a certified copy issued by the registrar.
It says it can take up to 10 working days to process your request and return your documents.
No. Tesco Bank says that although it’s part of the Barclays Group, it won’t automatically share your new name with Barclays.
Use the relevant organisation’s instructions when submitting your documents.
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