November 2023 by Jamie H
Don't bother if you're a new startup business.Dispite the decentralised face to face, building long-term relationships and partnering rhetoric the reality is they have a top down/ blanket policy not to provide business accounts (or even speak to small business owners) unless they have three years of trading accounts.From their marketing not only is there the suggestion Handelsbanken are different from other banks, there's also no clear mention of this policy compared with other banks.Can only suggest this is a poor policy by Handelsbanken that's evidently not only in direct contrast to the overarching ethos and USP they sell themselves on, but could see why it could have one questioning the accuracy of their other claims.If governments are serious in encouraging entrepreneurism in the UK, these default bank blocking policies without any individual reasoning or justification need to be prevented.
