Sainsbury's bank suitable for stealth?

[aalexander]

I have opened up a savings account with Sainsburys bank. Sent the deposits from Paypal about 2 days ago but still haven't shown in the bank.

Will Sainsburys bank allow mis matched names? will it work for stealth?

[zamzam]

...not really seen this one before. Hopefully someone who has used a Sainsbury account will be kind enough to shed some light on this one!

[JamesNorth101]

Works well

[ft16]

Hi

How long was it between opening the savings account and adding it to paypal?

I've not used Sainsburys Bank for a while but from memory its IT system were similar to Halifax/Bank of Scotland.

I've seen the Paypal deposit fail to appear in Halifax savings account before when it has being less than 24 hours since the account was opened.

I would suggest leaving at least one working day after opening it and making a deposit from another account first before adding it to paypal and doing the paypal security deposit in future.

[aalexander]

Yep I found the issue!
You need to have a minimum £1 balance to start using the account, I had £0 which was the problem. So the 1p transfer would not show.
I did a bank transfer of £5 to get the account started and is working perfectly now. Withdrawn £800+ this week with no issues

[richie2065]

Don't use the supermarket though.. what a rip!