Regular Saver ISA Terms and Conditions

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1 Regular Saver ISA Terms and Conditions Effective from 6 April

2 first direct Regular Saver ISA Account These are the Terms and Conditions for your first direct Regular Saver ISA (the Regular Saver ISA Terms ). Your agreement with us consists of these Regular Saver ISA Terms and any Additional Conditions (together the Terms ) that apply to your Account. Your use of Internet Banking (including via our App) and Telephone Banking will be subject to these Terms. Additional Conditions include the following, as applicable to your Account/service: (1) all interest rates that apply to your Account/service; (2) all charges and other information that are covered in the Interest rates and charges information as applicable to your Account/service. You will be given the interest rates and charges information when you take out your Account/service with us and you can also find details of interest rates and charges by telephoning us or looking on our website (3) the Application form, and (4) any other terms that we provide to you. If any Additional Conditions contradict the Regular Saver ISA Terms, then the Additional Conditions will apply. In the Terms: Account means, during the First Year, your first direct Regular Saver Individual Savings Account (your Regular Saver ISA ), which is a cash ISA established in accordance with the Terms, your Application and the Regulations; and, after the First Year, your Cash ISA; Account Manager, we, us, our or ourselves means HSBC Bank plc, a member of the HSBC Group, whose registered office is at 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and registered by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, our firm reference number is first direct is a division of HSBC Bank plc, which is a member of the HSBC Group; Additional Permitted Subscription means an additional subscription which you can apply to make into your Account following the death of your spouse or civil partner. The Additional Permitted Subscription will not count towards your current Tax Year ISA subscription limit; Administrative Office means first direct, 40 Wakefield Road, Leeds LS98 1FD, to which all communications should be addressed, or such other address that we may tell you about from time to time; App means the first direct Banking on the go App; Application means, during the First Year, a properly completed application to open an Account or, after the First Year, the transfer in of an existing ISA to us from another ISA manager, in either event in accordance with the Terms and the Regulations; Associate means any holding company of ours or a subsidiary of any such holding company as such terms are defined in sections 1159 and 1260 of the Companies Act 2006 as amended or replaced from time to time; Authorities includes any judicial, administrative, public or regulatory body, any government, any Tax Authority, court, central bank or law enforcement body, or any of their agents with jurisdiction over any part of the HSBC Group; business weekday means Monday to Friday, except for public holidays; Cash ISA means the first direct Cash ISA product, which is a cash ISA established in accordance with the Regulations; Compliance Obligations means obligations of the HSBC Group to comply with: (a) Laws or international guidance and internal policies or procedures, (b) any demand from Authorities or reporting, disclosure or other obligations under Laws, and (c) Laws requiring us to verify the identity of our customers; Connected Person means any natural person or legal entity (other than you) whose information (including Personal Data or Tax Information) you provide, or which is provided on your behalf, to any member of the HSBC Group or which is otherwise received by any member of the HSBC Group in connection with the provision of the Services. A Connected Person may include any guarantor, recipient of a payment, anyone who has opened or operates an account on your behalf, anyone entitled to the money in an account or any other persons or entities with whom you have a relationship that is relevant to your relationship with the HSBC Group; Customer Information means your Personal Data, confidential information, and/or Tax Information or that of a Connected Person; Customer Representative means a first direct employee who deals with customer queries; Effective Date means, in relation to the Regular Saver ISA, the date upon which we receive and accept both your Application and initial Payment and open your Account; Financial Crime means money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery, corruption, tax evasion, fraud, evasion of economic or trade sanctions, and/or any acts or attempts to circumvent or break any Laws relating to these matters; Financial Crime Risk Management Activity means any action to meet Compliance Obligations relating to the detection, investigation and prevention of Financial Crime. This may include (i) screening, intercepting and investigating any communication, application for Services or any payment, whether sent to or by you or on your behalf, (ii) investigating the source of or intended recipient of money, (iii) combining Customer Information with other related information in the possession of the HSBC Group and/or (iv) making further enquiries as to the status of a relevant person or entity, whether they are subject to a sanctions regime or confirming their identity or status; 2

3 First Year means the period of time up to 12 months from the Effective Date; HSBC branch(es) means (a) branch(es) of HSBC Bank plc in the United Kingdom; HSBC Group and any member of the HSBC Group means HSBC Holdings plc, and/or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, associated entities, and any of their branches or offices; Internet Banking means our Internet Banking service. We offer an App through which you can access some but not all of our Internet Banking service. Our full Internet Banking service is available by logging on at References in these Regular Saver ISA Terms to Internet Banking means our full service and the service which can be accessed through the App unless specified otherwise; ISA means an Individual Savings Account under the Regulations; Maximum Monthly Balance means 300 in the first month after your Account is opened, increasing by 300 in each subsequent month during the First Year. So, 600 in month 2, 900 in month 3 and so on; Laws include any local or foreign law, regulation, judgment or court order, voluntary code, sanctions regime, agreement between any member of the HSBC Group and an Authority, or agreement or treaty between Authorities and applicable to us or a member of the HSBC Group; Payment or Payments means any amount received from you or on your behalf from another ISA manager for payment into your Account; Personal Data means any information relating to an individual from which they can be identified; recipient means the person receiving money paid (this may be another person or it may be you if you are sending a payment to another account in your name or if you are withdrawing cash); Regular Savings means, during the First Year, when you pay into your Account each month an amount of at least 25 in multiples of 5 by standing order and, after the First Year, when you pay in to an Account by making periodic payments by standing order, in each event as referred to respectively in Clause 3; Regulations means the Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998 (as amended or replaced from time to time); Rules means the rules and regulations in force from time to time of the Financial Conduct Authority or any successor regulator, acting within the scope of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or any successor legislation and applicable to the Account at any given time; Services means (a) the opening, maintaining and closing of your accounts with us, (b) providing you with credit facilities and other banking products and services, processing applications, credit and eligibility assessment, and (c) maintaining our overall relationship with you, including marketing services or products to you, market research, insurance, audit and administrative purposes; Subscription means any contribution made by you to a Cash ISA during a Tax Year that counts towards the annual subscription limits under the Regulations, and where applicable, an Additional Permitted Subscription; Tax Authority means UK or foreign tax, revenue or monetary authorities (for example, HMRC); Tax Free means free of UK Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax; Tax Information means documentation or information about your tax status; Tax Year means a year beginning on 6 April and ending on 5 April in the following calendar year; Telephone Banking means our Telephone Banking service; you or your means the person whose name, address and other particulars appear in the relevant Application to open an Account. Your Account should not be used for business purposes. No third party will have any rights under the Terms. We may refuse to accept money or your application to open an Account. Please read the Terms and keep them in a safe place. You can ask for a copy of the Terms at any time. Contact Information To contact us, please call using the applicable number below. To help us continually improve our services and in the interests of security we may monitor and/or record your telephone calls with us. All lines are open 24 hours and calls will be put through to our Call Centre. Telephone From UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man: From abroad: Text-phone From UK: Text Relay From abroad: Commencement 1.1 This agreement will come into effect on the Effective Date which is also the date upon which your Account commences. You must be aged 18 or over to apply for an Account and already have a first direct 1st Account. You can only open an Account in your sole name. You must continue to hold a 1st Account with first direct during the First Year. 3

4 2 Appointment and authority 2.1 You appoint us as the Account Manager for your Account. We will manage it in accordance with these Terms, the Rules and the Regulations. 2.2 You authorise us to undertake any functions required of an ISA manager under the Regulations on your behalf and to comply with any other legislation or regulation or government publication which may affect or be in any way connected with the Account now or in the future. 2.3 On giving you at least 30 days notice, we may appoint an Associate as manager of the Account in our place. In such circumstances, that Associate will manage the Account in accordance with these Terms. 3 Operating your Account 3.1 You can only subscribe to one cash ISA in a Tax Year. 3.2 If you do not make a subscription to your Account during one complete Tax Year, you will need to complete and lodge with us a Cash ISA Application that we accept before you can subscribe in subsequent Tax Years. 3.3 During the First Year You must make an initial Payment on the Effective Date of between 25 and 300 (in multiples of 5) by direct transfer from your 1st Account only In each of the next 11 months you should make Regular Savings into your Account subject to Clause below. These can only be made on the same day of the month as the Effective Date or the next business weekday if that day is not a business weekday. (If you do not make a Payment every month, your Account will be closed and/or transferred as described in Clause ) You can only make one Payment into your Account each month The balance of your Account must never exceed the Maximum Monthly Balance except in accordance with Clauses and below. If it does, we will transfer the excess to your 1st Account and at no time will any such excess be treated as a valid ISA subscription under the Regulations You can change the amount of your Regular Savings subject to Clauses and above You can only operate your Account by phone, electronically through Internet Banking or by post You must not borrow from us on your Account During the First Year, your Account does not qualify as a combined account for the purposes of any offset Mortgage you have with first direct. 3.4 After the First Year At the end of the First Year, your Account will be renamed a Cash ISA Account The maximum amount that can be subscribed in each Tax Year is the maximum permitted by the Regulations for that Tax Year You can make lump sum Payments by cash, cheque or other items that are payable to you into your Account or you can make Regular Savings into your Account by standing order. If we are unable to collect a Regular Savings payment because it is refused, we may decline to collect future Regular Savings payments There must always be a minimum balance held in the Account of 1. We reserve the right to change the minimum balance amount. Please see Clauses 29 and 31 for details of how we will deal with such changes. You are not able to withdraw from your Account an amount that would reduce the value remaining in it to below 1. 4

5 4 Delegation 4.1 Subject to the Rules and the Regulations, we may delegate any of our functions or responsibilities under the Terms to any person, provided that before doing so we satisfy ourselves that such a person is competent to carry out those functions and responsibilities. 5 Different types of payment into and out of your Account 5.1 During the First Year The only payment that can be made into your Account during the First Year is a standing order, which is a regular payment into your Account by way of Regular Savings. You can make a withdrawal or transfer your Account to another ISA manager in accordance with Clause 19, but this will close your Account. The withdrawal or transfer will be made as described in Clause After the First Year Except in the case of Additional Permitted Subscriptions, the following payments apply to your Account after the First Year: Internal transfers sterling payments between UK accounts you have with us in the same name, including joint accounts which you hold with someone else Bill payments sterling payments (other than Priority Payments or Electronic Fund Transfers) directly into and out of your Account to and from the account of another person or organisation in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. Most bill payments will be processed using the faster payments service; we call these faster bill payments Electronic Fund Transfers payments that are not bill payments or standing orders in sterling in the UK made into and out of your Account through the Clearing House Automated Payment System (CHAPS) Currency Account Transfers payments between UK accounts you have with us in the same name, including joint accounts which you hold with someone else, that either involve a currency exchange or are made in a currency other than sterling Priority Payments payments in any currency anywhere in the world, which are made into or from your Account using the SWIFT mechanism Single European Payment Area (SEPA) payments payments in euro up to 50,000 into your Account Standing orders regular payments into your Account by way of Regular Savings Cash withdrawals cash you withdraw from your Account Cash payments in cash deposits into your Account Cheques into your Account. 5.3 You can make an Additional Permitted Subscription by cheque and by internal transfer. 5.4 Additional Permitted Subscriptions You can make an Additional Permitted Subscription into your Account. You must complete the relevant form each time that you wish to make an Additional Permitted Subscription The Additional Permitted Subscription must not exceed the combined value of your spouse or civil partner s ISAs which they held at the date of their death (including any income accrued, but not paid or credited to the ISA at the date of death), and must be made in accordance with the requirements set out in the Regulations You may make several Additional Permitted Subscriptions; however, they must not, in aggregate, exceed the combined value of your spouse or civil partner s ISAs as at the date of their death and must be made within the timescales set out in the Regulations We will not accept an Additional Permitted Subscription where we know that the information you provide in the relevant form is false or where the requirements set out in the Regulations are not satisfied. 5

6 6 Information you need to provide when you make or receive a payment 6.1 Unless Clause 6.3 applies, you must provide us with all the following details to enable us to make an Electronic Fund Transfer or bill payment from your Account: 6.2 If you are going to receive Priority Payments or SEPA payments you must tell the sender of the payment your SWIFT Business Identifier Code ( BIC ) and International Bank Account Number ( IBAN ). 6.3 If you do not have the sort code and account number for the recipient s account but have made a payment to the recipient before from your Account and we have set their information up on your Account, then we can make the payment in the absence of this information with your agreement. 7 Internet Banking 7.1 During the First Year, you can view your balance through Internet Banking by logging on, using your user ID, password and providing other security information. You can also change your standing order amount, give instructions and/or request closure of your Account through our full Internet Banking service but not by using the App. After the First Year, you can, in addition, make some payments through Internet Banking. When you have provided your payment instructions you will be asked to confirm those instructions. This will be your agreement for us to make the payment. Not all of the payments you can make through our full Internet Banking service can be made using the App. 7.2 Internet Banking is intended to enable you to access information and give us electronic instructions in relation to your Account with us. 7.3 To use Internet Banking for the first time, you must set up a telephone password in accordance with Clause 8. Once you have done this, we will supply you with your unique online ID which you can then use to access the service. When you access Internet Banking for the first time, you must log on at and you will be asked to set up a user name, a unique password and a memorable question and answer. You must use these security details each time to log on to the service including when you log on using the App. 7.4 We offer an App which allows you to access some of our Internet Banking service in a format which is easier to view on a mobile device. However not all of our full Internet Banking service can be accessed using the App. Because of this, we recommend that you log onto our full Internet Banking service at at least every 14 days. The App can be withdrawn at any time but we will try to give you as much notice of this as we can. After the initial Payment, you can, in addition, make some payments through the App. When you have provided your payment instructions you will be asked to confirm those instructions. This will be your agreement for us to the make the payment. Not all of the payments you can make through our full Internet Banking service can be made using the App. 7.5 Using Internet Banking and Installation You can use Internet Banking as long as you have equipment which is compatible with our system and which meets the minimum specifications detailed in our product literature We may provide or make available installation updates and other software for the operation of Internet Banking. The software we provide will have been thoroughly tested and checked for viruses and certified before production. Whilst every care is taken to ensure that installation is risk free, it is your responsibility to back up all your important data before installation. 7.6 Use of Internet Banking encryption and viruses We use a very high level of encryption. The use of such levels of encryption may be illegal in jurisdictions outside the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. It is your responsibility to ensure that, if you wish to use Internet Banking outside of the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, your ability to use Internet Banking is permitted by local law and we shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of your not being able to use Internet Banking in other countries. 6

7 7.6.2 To help ensure that you can use Internet Banking safely and without interruption you are responsible for ensuring that: 7.7 Availability of Internet Banking Internet Banking may be temporarily unavailable if we have to carry out routine maintenance. We will try to inform you in advance but it may not always be possible to do so. 7.8 iphone App We offer an App which allows you to access some of our Internet Banking service in a format which is easier to view on an iphone. However, not all of our full Internet Banking service can the App and you cannot make all the payments you can make using our full Internet Banking service using the App. Because of this, we recommend that you log onto our full Internet Banking service at at least every 14 days. The App can be withdrawn by Apple at any time but we will try to give you as much notice of this as we can. 7.9 Secure e-messages You should check your messages regularly as they may contain important Account information If you send us a message we will aim to respond to you within two business weekdays. If this is not possible or if we are not willing to answer your query or comply with your request within this timescale or at all, we will aim to let you know this within two business weekdays. Please be aware that once you have sent a request we may not be able to cancel it before it is implemented We will not deal with messages: App, for example to make a payment; We may send you service messages concerning your Account, products or services which you have with us, including Internet Banking, or any other service related matter Unless we specifically ask you to, you should not reply to text messages or s which we send or otherwise try to contact us by these methods. We may not act on any messages received in this manner unless we have asked for a response Copyrights, Trademarks and copying material HSBC, the Hexagon logo, and first direct are all registered trademarks We have a licence for, or own, all copyrights for our website through which you access Internet Banking and all trademarks and other materials used on it iphone and Apple are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the US and other countries Permission to use Software We give you permission to use software and other items supplied or made available by us or on our behalf but only for use in connection with Internet Banking. Your use is subject to any terms and conditions supplied to you with the software or other item in addition to the Terms. You may not transfer this permission to anyone else but we may give others permission to use the same software. You agree that you have no intellectual property rights in the software and that, except for the rights given to you here, you have no other rights in the software You agree to keep confidential any software supplied or made available by us and not copy it 7

8 You must not allow any third party to modify, reverse engineer or decompose any software we supply (or any part of it), or merge it with any other software You must not use any software we supply or make available to you for any unlawful purpose or for the transmission of defamatory or obscene material Miscellaneous You are liable for any telephone or other communication charges and any charges made by your internet service provider or any other third party as a result of your use of Internet Banking We will not be liable for any disclosure of confidential information where it is as a result of you not complying with Clause 11, which relates to important security measures We may, at any time, appoint one or more agents to provide all or any part of Internet Banking and references to we, us or our will include references to such agent(s) We will take reasonable care to ensure that any information provided to you by Internet Banking is an accurate reflection of the information contained in our computer systems or, where the information is provided by a third party, accurately reflects the information we receive from that third party. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the information provided by Internet Banking may not always be accurate or error free. Some of the information available through Internet Banking may be identified on the screens or in any User Guide in respect of any electronic media as subject to a disclaimer or other provisions. If you rely on that information, you do so subject to the disclaimer and those provisions. (User Guides set out information about how to use Internet Banking, for example they explain how to set up Internet Banking and give instructions (including, after the First Year, payment instructions) via Internet Banking. User Guides are available at firstdirect.com and, if you ask us to, we will send you a paper version on how to set up Internet Banking.) You agree that unless we have specifically agreed with you otherwise, we shall have no liability whatsoever for: produces at any time for use in connection with Internet Banking unless the issue arises due to our fault or wilful negligence; or Internet Banking which are not controlled by us We are not obliged to monitor your use of Internet Banking for any failure by you to carry out your obligations under the Terms, including your security duties under Clause 11, or to notify you of any such failure Our records, unless shown to be wrong, will be evidence of your dealings with us in connection with Internet Banking. 8 Telephone Banking 8.1 This Clause 8 applies to your use of Telephone Banking in respect of your Account and/or any accounts of a third party which you are authorised by the account holder to operate, eg because they have signed a third party authority (called a third party mandate) in your favour or have granted you a power of attorney. Telephone Banking can only be used by our customers, including if you are operating an account for a third party. If you use Telephone Banking to operate any accounts of a third party, you agree to do so only if, and to the extent that, you are authorised to do so by the account holder. 8.2 Telephone Banking is available, provided that your identity can be verified, by speaking to a Customer Representative and providing certain letters from your password and answering a further security question. During your first conversation with us after your initial account with us has been opened, we will ask you to choose a password (which should be between 5 and 10 letters long) and provide us with other information which we will use whenever you telephone us to confirm your identity. We will do this by asking for certain letters from your password, for example, the first and the last one, and some, but not all of your security details. We will never ask you for your full password. We will also use voice recognition technology or other electronic means to assist in verifying your identity. 8

9 8.3 To use Telephone Banking, telephone us; in the UK on ) lines are open 24 hours; in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and from abroad on (Text Relay ) lines are open 24 hours, but Text Relay is only available from 9am to 8pm Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm at the weekend, and is unavailable on bank holidays. All calls will be put through to our Call Centre. To help us continually improve our services and in the interests of security we may monitor and/or record your telephone calls with us. 8.4 Your instructions You can request your balance, change your standing order amount, give instructions and/or request closure of your Account through Telephone Banking (once you have completed our security procedures) by speaking to a Customer Representative, who will take details of the instructions and then confirm the details to you. After the First Year, you can also make some payments through Telephone Banking. You must confirm these details are correct before we carry out your instructions (including, after the First Year, payment instructions). Your confirmation will be your agreement for us to carry out your instructions (including, after the First Year, payment instructions) On satisfactory completion of our security procedures, we can act on any instructions given to us, even if these instructions were not given by you or with your authority. Please also see Clauses 28.2 and 28.3 which set out details of our liability for unauthorised transactions. 8.5 Availability of Telephone Banking Telephone Banking may be temporarily unavailable if we have to carry out routine or emergency maintenance. We will try to inform you in advance but it may not always be possible to do so. 8.6 Using a Text-phone or Text Relay phone or via Text Relay to set up your personal security details and password. 9 Branch After the First Year, you can pay cash and cheques into your Account at HSBC branches. You cannot make payments out of your Account using the counter service, but you can withdraw cash from your Account using that service. 10 Post 10.1 After the First Year, if you wish to instruct us to make a payment by post you must send a letter addressed to us at the Administrative Office. You must set out all the details we tell you we need to make the relevant payment (please see Clause 6) and you must sign the letter (your signature must match the signature on our records). This will be your agreement for us to make the payment. We will make the payment once we have checked your instructions You may also post cheques to us after the First Year. If you pay a cheque into your Account by post, you will normally have to wait three business weekdays after the day we receive it before you can withdraw the money. 11 Important Security Information 11.1 You must use Telephone Banking, Internet Banking and the App in accordance with the Terms You must take all reasonable precautions to keep safe and prevent fraudulent use of any security devices and security details (including security numbers, passwords or other details including those which allow you to use Internet Banking, Telephone Banking and the App) and devices used to access your Account. These precautions include but are not limited to all of the following, as applicable: General understood by someone else; disclosing them to anyone, including the police and us, except when registering for or resetting your Telephone Banking, Internet Banking and the App security details (BUT even then do not disclose in full); 9

10 safe and disposing of them safely. People who commit fraud use many methods, such as searching in dustbins, to obtain this type of information. You should take simple precautions such as shredding paper containing such information; with Clause 11.3 if you know, or even suspect, that someone else knows your security details, or if we ask you to; Telephone Banking never ask you for more than two letters of your password. We may not be able to assist you if we are unable to identify you using our security procedures; customer. We will ask you questions based on information known to us about you and the transactions on your Account; operating on an analogue network. We recommend that you use either a landline telephone or a digital mobile telephone. We are not responsible for the security of your Account if anyone else intercepts or overhears you speaking to us on the telephone; If using a Text-phone or Text Relay Internet Banking personal firewall; you for your Internet Banking password information in full; always access Internet Banking by typing in the bank address to your web browser or by using the App; (this is usually the case for computers you use at work) or any public internet access device or access point (eg at an internet café) without first making sure that no one else will be able to observe or copy your access or get access to Internet Banking pretending to be you; any computer screen prompts or save password feature or the line on your internet browser) unless retaining your password is a specific function of a banking service provided by first direct such as the Internet Banking Plus service; you have accessed it or let anyone else use the electronic media until you have logged off; and use to access Internet Banking, eg the use of personal identification numbers for mobile telephones with internet access. that apply to your use of the App or your iphone. Banking on the go App or tell anyone else what your device security information is. your online banking security information in full; automatically (e.g., any device screen prompts or save password feature) unless retaining your password or security details is a specific function of a banking service provided by us; accessed it or let anyone else use that device until you have logged off; and access the App. It is sometimes possible to activate certain devices to make payments by linking them to another device where Account details are already registered. We will treat any device as your device if you have either: 1. actively paired it with another device which is enabled to make payments; or 2. linked it to the device to which the App has been downloaded. 10

11 11.3 If any security details or security device are lost or stolen, or you suspect that someone has used or tried to use them, you must tell us without delay by calling us on the following numbers: ) (Text Relay from 9am to 8pm Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm at the weekend, and is unavailable on bank holidays (if you normally use Text Relay and cannot call us on the number provided above, not change security details until we speak directly with you). All calls will be put through to our Call Centre. To help us continually improve our services and in the interests of security we may monitor and/or record your telephone calls with us If asked, you must confirm in writing the loss or theft of security details relating to Internet Banking, Telephone Banking or the App by writing to us at the Administrative Office actual or suspected misuse of your security details and/or security device and/or Account. You must report any unauthorised transactions to the police within seven days of our request. We may also disclose information about you or your Account to the police or other third parties if we think it will help prevent or recover losses. 12 When payments will and will not be made by us after the First Year 12.1 We will make a payment from your Account if you authorise it in any of the ways set out in these Regular Saver ISA Terms and there are sufficient cleared funds in your Account. There may be a delay in carrying out your instructions while fraud prevention checks take place Where the payment is to be made in the future, you must make sure that you have met the conditions in Clause 12.1 at the start of the day the payment is due to be made (ie, 00:00am) When we assess whether to make payments under Clause 12.1, we may consider any other payments we have made or have agreed to make from your Account that day, even if those other payments have not already been deducted from your Account. You must take this into consideration when requesting payments We may refuse to make a payment (and we will not be responsible for any loss) if: about limits) 12.5 If we refuse to make a payment that you have requested you will normally be told when you fraud prevention measures and what we do if we suspect fraud. In all cases, if you telephone us, we will tell you if a payment has been refused, the reasons for the refusal (if possible) and the procedure for correcting any factual errors that led to the refusal. This information will be available immediately after our refusal of your instruction. We will not be able to provide you with details in any of these ways if it is unlawful for us to do so. We may also charge for each occasion we notify you that your payment request has been refused. 13 Foreign Payments after the First Year 13.1 Payments you receive All foreign payments into your Account will be converted into sterling by buying sterling at the first direct exchange rate applicable when we receive the payment. We will then add the payment to your Account. There may be a charge and this will be detailed in the interest rates and charges information Any foreign banknotes you wish to pay into your Account using an HSBC branch will be converted at the applicable HSBC Bank plc exchange rate and then added to your Account. 14 Interest on payments you make and receive after the First Year 14.1 You will receive interest up to the time the payment is deducted from your Account. 11

12 14.2 Interest (where it applies) will be calculated on payments into your Account once the payment has been added to your Account and will be paid into your Account in accordance with the terms we have agreed with you. 15 Charges for payments/services and for enquiries about an instruction after the First Year 15.1 We may charge for some payments/services we provide at the rates set out in the interest rates and charges information. You authorise us to deduct all charges from your Account when you give your instructions or, if the charge applies to payments you receive, when we add the payment to your Account We may make a charge for any enquiries we receive in respect of each payment instruction, whether made by you or another person. We will not charge you if we have made an error. We will advise you of the charge before we start investigations on your behalf We may charge for any incidental expenses we incur in providing additional services to you. We will advise you of the charge before we provide the service. You authorise us to deduct these charges from your Account when you give your instructions. 16 Cut-off times, execution times and when you can cancel an instruction to make a payment after the First Year 16.1 bill payments and internal transfers, which can be made on any day) a payment or a payment instruction is treated as received by us on that business weekday (or calendar day, as we will treat this as received by us on the following business weekday (or for faster bill payments and internal transfers, the following calendar day). If we receive a payment (other than faster bill payments and internal transfers) or a payment instruction (other than for a faster bill payment or internal transfer) on a day that is not a business weekday, we will treat this as received on the 16.2 The maximum execution time (the time it takes for the payment to reach the recipient s bank), is after the day we receive the instruction. The day we receive your instruction for this purpose will 16.3 Where you have instructed us to make a payment immediately, we will begin processing the instructions when they are received and you cannot cancel your instructions after you have given them to us If you instruct us to make a payment on a future date, we will begin to process the payment shortly after 12.01am on the date you specify. In this case, whether you may cancel your instructions will vary for different types of payment and for different ways in which the payment 16.5 After any time limits for cancellation referred to in this Clause have expired, you may only cancel your instructions if we agree

13 17 Internal transfers, bill payments (including faster bill payments Electronic Fund Transfers and Currency Account transfers after the First Year 17.1 In the table, IB means Internet Banking and TB means Telephone Banking. Payment Type Internal Transfers Bill Payments Currency Account Transfers Electronic Fund Transfers How you can request a payment IB TB Post App IB TB Post TB General cut-off time for giving instructions to us Maximum execution time Can you arrange a payment to be sent on a future date? 11.45pm Immediate Yes and you can cancel the payment by IB, TB or Post up to 11.45pm the day before we send the payment 11.45pm for faster bill payments 3.30pm for all other bill payments of 10,000+ Currency cut-off times apply immediate for faster bill payments to other accounts with us and/ or HSBC Bank plc, same day for other faster bill payments next business weekday for other bill payments three business weekdays for bill payments to HSBC Bank International branch Next business weekday except Moroccan Dirham payments, which may be up to two business weekdays Yes and you can cancel the payment by IB, TB or Post up to 11.45pm the day before we send the payment TB 3.15pm Same day Yes and you can cancel the payment by TB up to 10pm the day before we send the payment No 17.2 We may set limits on the payments you can make from your Account. If we do, we will tell you the applicable limit when you make a payment. Your consent to making a payment will also be your agreement to the limit that applies to that payment. We will make payment limits available to you if requested. 18 Regular Savings 18.1 During the First Year 18.2 You may make Regular Savings as described in Clause 3.3 above After the First Year You may pay in to your Account by way of Regular Savings as described in Clause 3.4 above and this Clause You may increase or decrease your Regular Savings, subject to meeting the minimum subscription of 1 and the maximum amount that can be subscribed for each Tax Year in accordance with the Regulations. We reserve the right to vary the minimum subscription and will give you notice of the changes in accordance with Clauses 19 and 21. Please also see Clause You may stop your Regular Savings subscriptions at any time via Telephone Banking or Internet Banking or by writing to us at our Administrative Office. If the value of your Account at that time does not meet our minimum balance of 1 we reserve the right to close your Account. If your Account is closed, we will (subject to Clause 19.1) return any money and interest in your Account to you Your written instruction to increase, decrease or to stop your Regular Savings should reach us at least seven business weekdays before the payment date on which the change or stop is to take effect. 13

14 If we are unable to collect a Regular Savings payment because it is refused, we may decline to collect future Regular Savings payments. 19 Transfers and withdrawals 19.1 During the First Year On your instructions and within any time limit stipulated by you, we will pay to you all the cash held in your Account and close your Account. We will repay all the money in your Account directly by internal transfer to your first direct 1st Account unless you advise us to pay it to a savings account you hold with first direct or transfer it to another ISA manager. You are not able to make partial withdrawals or transfers of cash from your Account You cannot transfer cash ISAs or stocks and shares ISAs that you hold with us or with other ISA managers into your Account At any time you may transfer your Account in whole (but not in part) to another ISA manager to be held in another cash ISA or a stocks and shares ISA (subject to agreement from the new ISA manager). Within 5 business weekdays of us receiving both your instructions in writing to make a transfer, and confirmation from the new ISA manager that they are prepared to accept the transfer, we will transfer to the new ISA manager the subscriptions specified in the transfer instructions together with all required information and all rights and obligations relating to your Account At any time you may transfer your Account in whole (but not in part) to one of our Cash ISA accounts (the interest rate for which will be the Cash ISA standard variable rate). Within five business weekdays of us receiving your instructions in writing to make a transfer, we will transfer the subscriptions specified in the transfer instructions together with all required information and all rights and obligations relating to your account After the First Year On your instructions and within any time limit stipulated by you, we will pay to you all or part of the cash held in your Account. You can make a withdrawal from your Account by calling us on , by logging onto Internet Banking and arranging an internal transfer to another first direct account or, in cash, over any HSBC branch counter. These withdrawals will normally be processed by us on the same day, provided they are received by us on a business weekday before 11.45pm. Withdrawals can be made from your Account and paid into accounts held elsewhere, these will be made by bill payment, faster bill payment, or Electronic Fund Transfer. Alternatively, we can arrange for a cheque to be sent to you For withdrawals over the counter at HSBC branches, you must provide an item of identification acceptable to us and other details we may require Cash withdrawals made in the UK will normally be deducted on the same day You can transfer into your Account cash ISAs and stocks and shares ISAs you hold with us and with other ISA managers. Any current tax year subscriptions must be transferred in whole. Any previous tax year subscriptions may be transferred in whole or in part. All such transfers must be made in cash and sent to us from the existing ISA manager either electronically or by way of cheque (where you are transferring in a stocks and shares ISA, your stocks and shares ISA manager will, after receiving the instruction to transfer, sell your shares and make the transfer in cash to us) At any time you may transfer current Tax Year subscriptions in whole, and/or previous Tax Year subscriptions in your Account in whole or in part, to another ISA manager to be held in another cash ISA and/or stocks and shares ISA (subject to agreement from the new ISA manager). Within five business weekdays of us receiving both your instructions in writing to make a transfer, and confirmation from the new ISA manager that they are prepared to accept the transfer, we will transfer to the new ISA manager the subscriptions specified in the transfer instructions together with all required information and, where appropriate, all rights and obligations relating to your Account. 20 Cash payments in after the First Year 20.1 to do this If you pay only cash into your Account over the counter at one of the HSBC branches, it will be credited to your Account and available for you to withdraw immediately. It will be treated as cleared for interest calculation purposes (if applicable) on the same day. 14

15 20.3 If you have a 1st Account with us, you can pay cash into your Account using your first direct on the machine, the cash will be credited to your Account and available for you to withdraw immediately after the machine is opened and HSBC receive and check your deposit, which will be credited to your Account and available for you to withdraw immediately. It will be treated as cleared for interest calculation purposes (if applicable) on the same day to your Account, available for you to withdraw and treated as cleared for interest calculation purposes (if applicable) as described in Clauses 20.2 and 20.3 (as applicable). Please see Clause 21 for the treatment of cheques Other banks may allow you to pay in cash through their branches to your Account by using a Account and available for you to withdraw immediately after we receive it. It will be treated as cleared for interest calculation purposes (if applicable) on the same day. 21 Cash and cheque payments in - Scotland - after the First Year at Post Office branches in Scotland. Cash paid in by this method will be forwarded to us by the Post Office. We normally receive payments within two business weekdays after the day you pay the cash in over the counter. When we receive the payment, it will be added to your Account and will be available for you to withdraw immediately. It will be treated as cleared for interest calculation purposes (if applicable) on the same day. If you pay in a cheque at a Post Office branch, you will normally have to wait four business weekdays after it has been paid in before you can withdraw the money. 22 Cheques after the First Year 22.1 Clearing cheques The clearing cycle (normally 3 business weekdays) is the time taken for money paid into your Account to be added. This section applies to our normal clearing cycles for cheques drawn in sterling (other than those drawn on banks abroad) paid into branches of English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Ireland banks in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. For foreign cheques (as defined in Clause ) please refer to Clause Payments may take longer through some financial institutions. Please call us for further details. Please also see Clauses to When you pay a cheque into your Account, you will normally have to wait three business weekdays after the day it has been paid in before you can withdraw the money (unless you ask a Monday we will normally make the money available for withdrawal on that Thursday. We may extend this time period if there are actual or potential credit or fraud prevention reasons to do so. When we refer to the day you pay a cheque into your Account we mean the first day that we deal with and process the cheque. Please also see Clauses 20.4 and We treat cheques as being cleared for interest calculation purposes (if applicable) two business weekdays after they have been paid in, eg on Wednesday if paid in on a Monday. If you withdraw money which is not cleared for interest calculation purposes (if applicable), you may be charged interest even though your Account shows a credit balance If you pay a cheque into your Account by post, you will normally have to wait three business weekdays after the day we receive it before you can withdraw the money You can pay in cheques and other items drawn on branches of banks in the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man to your Account through any bank which has a branch on the UK 22.2 Cheques returned unpaid and paying in cheques The amount of the cheque will be included in your balance before you can withdraw it. Although the amount of the cheque may be included in your available balance (when you can draw against it), the bank on which the cheque is drawn may still return it unpaid (see Clause 25.6). When a cheque is returned unpaid, it will usually happen three or four business weekdays after the cheque has been paid into your Account, but it could be later (see Clauses to ). 15