Halifax Reward Current Account

Halifax Reward current account review

The Halifax Reward Current Account has some great features including £100 extra, paid in to your account before your switch is complete. Most accounts with cash incentives will make you wait up to a few months before paying the money in to your account.

There is also the bonus of monthly rewards if you qualify for their Reward Current Account. You can also earn as you spend with their cashback extras once you've activated your offers in Online and Mobile Banking.

Halifax current account features

With any Halifax current account you can benefit from:

• Easy access to your account with 24 hour online, mobile and telephone banking
• A VISA debit card with contactless payments.
• £10 overdraft buffer, so you won’t get any daily overdraft fees if you are in debit by £10 or less.
• Access to Control - For £10 a month, you can add this feature to help you by stopping your account from going into an unplanned overdraft.

Extra reward options

If you are able to pay £750 or more in to your account, pay out at least 2 different direct debits and stay in credit each month, you could earn £3 each month with their Reward Current Account.

Also, if in any month you miss out on the £3 reward, you can still have it in future months too, when you are able to meet the qualifying requirements.

Combine this option with the Switch Reward and you could earn £136 in a year. This is one of the few accounts that pay both a switching bonus and an ongoing reward. 

Other Useful Information

• You won't be able to get the bonus if you have received any incentive for switching to Halifax since January 2012
• You also don't qualify if switching from a Bank of Scotland account
• Halifax shares its £75,000 UK savings safety guarantee with the rest of the HBOS group, so if you hold more than £75,000 across the group the excess will not be protected
• To qualify for the £100 switching offer you must use the ‘Current Account Switch Service’ and meet the following conditions:
  • Use the 'Current Account Switch Service' to switch into a new or existing Reward Current Account, Ultimate Reward Current Account or Halifax Current Account
  • Use the ‘Current Account Switch Service’ to transfer all the active credits and debits from the bank account that you hold with another bank and close this account

While the £10 overdraft buffer and Access to Control will help stop any unwanted bank charges, the fees for the Halifax Current Account can quickly add up.

Halifax Reward current account fees

The fees at the moment are:

• A planned overdraft up to and including £1,999.99 - £1 a day
• A planned overdraft of between £2,000 and £2,999.99 - £2 a day
• A planned overdraft of £3,000 and over - £3 a day
• An unplanned overdraft - £5 a day or £1 a day with Control