What is confirmation of payee?

Confirmation of Payee is an account name-checking service designed to help reduce fraud through misdirected payments. It provides greater assurance to you and us that payments are being sent, and collected from, the intended account holder. In other words, it helps make sure that payments or transfers go to the right place.

At Tesco Bank, we use this service in conjunction with the advice from UK Finance, to help protect you.

When you’re moving money out of your account, this process now helps you to take five to stop fraud.

STOP
Take a moment to stop and think before parting with your money or information. It could keep you safe.

CHALLENGE
Ask yourself, could it be fake? It’s ok to reject, refuse or ignore any requests. Only criminals will try to rush or panic you.

PROTECT
Contact your bank immediately if you think you’ve been scammed and report it to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk or on 0330 123 2040.


How does it work?
When you are setting up a payment, we match the details that you enter (account name, sort code, account number and account type) with the details on the account you want to send money to. We let you know whether or not the details match before you make the payment so that you can make an informed decision.

When someone is sending you money, the same process happens for them too. Their bank will check the account details to make sure they match those on your Tesco Bank account.

Sometimes we might not be able to tell you if the details match
It is possible, but rare, that people ask their bank to keep their data anonymous. When that happens, we might not be able to confirm that the details match and we’ll tell you that before you attempt to make the payment.