Coronavirus: Opening a bank account

Start-up firms are being "stifled" at birth as they find it almost impossible to open a business bank account.

Major banks are closed to new applications for business current accounts, or warning of long delays.

Entrepreneurs have expressed dismay of how requests for a new account "disappear down a black hole". One lobby group said such firms were fundamental to any economic recovery, but banks say they are busy processing coronavirus loan support schemes.

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