What is a banking information check?
Our banking information check uses Open Banking technology to give your legal services provider secure access to certain financial information.
Why am I being asked to do this?
In order to meet anti-money laundering regulations, your legal services provider is required to verify certain personal and financial information. Using the banking information check to verify your account balances, transactions, account ownership, income or affordability is the most secure and convenient way to do this.
What is Open Banking?
Open Banking is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and can be used to give a provider access to your financial information.
You can find out more here: https://www.openbanking.org.uk/customers/what-is-open-banking/
You may be familiar with this technology from within your online banking application. You may have the option to ‘add other banks’ which allows you to see all of your account balances in one place. Our banking information check uses the same secure technology.
Is Open Banking safe?
Open Banking actually provides more security than other methods of sharing financial information, such as emailing a screenshot of your bank statement.
This is because it’s regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and therefore has to meet the same rigorous standards of banks and other financial institutions.
This means much stricter authentication and verification is needed and it uses an encrypted end-to-end connection.
This also means that you are in complete control of what data is shared and how long it can be accessed. You can revoke it at any time.
Why do you want my online banking login details?
Your login details are not shared with your legal service provider, Amiqus or any other third party.