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Help and support for businesses and charities
Help and support for businesses and charities
We offer four impact investment funds - the Triodos Global Equities Impact Fund, the Triodos Pioneer Impact Fund, the Triodos Future Generations Fund and the Triodos Sterling Bond Impact Fund. All the Impact Funds are available in two different share classes, distribution and capitalisation.
You can invest from as little as £25 per month when setting up a regular monthly investment, or from £250 for a lump sum or top up.
You will need to complete a Change of Account Operator form. Please select the correct form depending on whether you have a loan, current account or deposit account. The forms can be found below, or we can send a form to you if you don’t have access to a printer. We will change these details when we receive the completed form signed by the existing account operator(s).
We’re doing our very best to support our customers and other ethical organisations during this difficult time. If you are an existing lending customer, please contact your Relationship Manager to discuss your circumstances.
A new debt finance programme, the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) 3, was announced by the Government and will come into effect shortly. Whilst we were accredited under the CBILS and original RLS schemes, we are not an accredited lender for RLS 3 at this moment in time. If you are looking to access this scheme, more information can be found on the British Business Bank website.
If you have a question regarding your existing CBILS or RLS facility with Triodos Bank, please contact your Relationship Manager.
The Government has set up several schemes to support businesses through the challenges of Covid-19:
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Schemes
There are now several different loan schemes in place to help businesses affected by the Covid-19 outbreak to access bank lending and overdrafts. The distinct schemes are designed to support different kinds of organisations, dependent on size and financing need.
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
All UK employers with a PAYE scheme are able to access this support in order to continue paying part of the salary for those employees who would otherwise have been laid off during this crisis (‘furloughed workers’).
Statutory Sick Pay Rebate
This initiative allows small and medium-sized businesses to reclaim Statutory Sick Pay paid for staff absence due to coronavirus
HMRC tax helpline
HMRC has set up a helpline for businesses and self-employed people who are concerned about paying their tax due to COVID-19.
Three-month VAT Deferral
Defer Valued Added Tax (VAT) payments due between 20 March 2020 and 30 June 2020
Small business grant funding
Available for small businesses in England that already pay little or no business rates because of small business rate relief, rural rate relief and tapered relief. Some aspects of business support are devolved. For business support outside of England go to Scotland, and Wales.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is a UK body which gives you automatic protection up to £85,000 if your bank, building society, or credit union goes out of business.
Your eligible deposits with Triodos Bank UK are protected up to a total of £85,000 by the FSCS. An eligible deposit is money in accounts such as current and savings accounts, including cash ISAs. With Triodos, this will also cover cash held in investment accounts but not the investments themselves.
Please note that the £85,000 will apply to the total of all eligible deposits with Triodos Bank rather than per account or product. Any deposits over this amount are unlikely to be covered.
For more information, please visit the Triodos FSCS webpage.
Historically, smaller challenger banks such as Triodos had no option but to utilise one of the “big four” banks (NatWest Group, Lloyds, HSBC and Barclays) for payment clearing services.
So it is not unusual to see banks of Triodos’ size (or indeed some far bigger organisations) still utilising the “big four” clearing banks.
However, there is currently a real drive by the government, via the Payments Systems Regulator, to promote competition in the banking sector and to encourage innovation in payment systems.
This has resulted in a wider choice of clearing options (including alternative providers and/or direct clearing) now available to challenger banks.
While changing our clearing arrangements would be a very large undertaking we continue to review the options, remaining conscious of maintaining a high quality of service for all our customers.
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Phishing is a common type of internet fraud. Phishing emails are designed to appear as though they are from a legitimate source, but intend to steal personal information that can be used to access your account.
Do not respond to any email that asks for any information in relation to your internet banking log in details. If you have received a suspicious email, do not respond and call us if you need any further information.
Our opening hours are published on our help and support page.
We look to support any customer who is concerned regarding fees and charges following the outbreak of Covid-19 (Coronavirus). If your circumstances are causing you to worry or causing you financial stress, please contact us so we can discuss with you any options to support.
We are part of the Current Account Switch Service so customers can switch current accounts to Triodos Bank from another UK bank or building society quickly and easily.
If you'd like to write to us, you can do so freepost at:
Freepost TRIODOS BANK
Our freepost address is Royal Mail registered and simple to use - write it on your envelope exactly as shown above (no stamp required) and your letter will get to us free of charge by second class mail.
For first class mail, you can post in the normal way to:
Triodos Bank
Deanery Road
Bristol
BS1 5AS
As an online bank, we don't provide counter banking services, but we're always pleased to meet with our business customers - simply make an appointment with your relationship manager.
Our regional business banking offices can be found at:
Triodos Bank
20 Old Bailey
London
EC4M 7LN
Triodos Bank
50 Frederick Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1EX
Money mules are people used to help launder money, often without realising that’s what they’re doing. They help move illegitimate funds (money gained illegally) between accounts so that the money then appears to be legitimate. They may be asked to receive money into their account, then withdraw it and put it into another account, sometimes in another country. Sometimes the money mules are offered compensation or commission.
Even if money mules don’t know the money they’re transferring is fraudulent, they are still committing fraud and money laundering, and could be sentenced to time in prison or to pay a fine.
Money mules are often recruited into this activity through false job adverts, or social media posts that promote quick money-making opportunities. Sometimes they are duped by fake social media profiles that pretend to want a romantic relationship with the victim to gain their trust and affection before asking this favour or blackmailing them. This is also known as romance fraud.
Never move money between accounts you don’t know and trust, especially because someone else has asked you to, or if you don’t know where that money has come from. If you are suspicious of money laundering, call us immediately on 0330 355 0355.
Fraudsters are taking advantage of the uncertainty around Coronavirus (Covid-19) to try to access customer details and accounts. We’ll never ask you to log into Internet Banking, for Digipass details or to move money to a safe account. Be vigilant and call us on our published phone number if concerned. Visit www.triodos.co.uk/business-fraud for more.
We are committed to looking after our co-workers and mitigating any potential impact of the Covid-19 outbreak to the provision of our banking services. We have implemented our business contingency plans and have been following the Public Health England preventive measures and aligning with the appropriate international travel restrictions.
£20,000 per day for Personal current account payments
£100,000 per day for Personal savings account customers.
£100,000 per transaction for Business customers.
The Faster Payment limit is cumulative and includes all amounts authorised on that day, even payments set for a future date. You are able to make multiple Faster Payments a day, but once the daily limit is reached, the payment needs to be made as a CHAPS payment, with a fee of £20.00.
If you are making payments above £20,000 there are new daily payment limits. Find out more.
Fraudsters often look for data on people that they can use to impersonate or defraud them.
They may research you or your colleagues, so we advise that you educate your staff about protecting their data and ensure they are fraud aware too.
What kind of data might a fraudster steal?
Ways fraudsters might get hold of your data:
(From abroad: +44 117 973 9339)
We're open 8am-6pm Monday-Friday (9am-6pm Thursday)
Lost or stolen card? Contact us to report it immediately - our card services team is here for you 24/7.
Only for long-term funding. We don't fund build-and-sell projects.
Our Edinburgh office is a base for our business banking team in Scotland.
Triodos Bank
50 Frederick Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1EX
Please note that in order to protect our co-workers and to help reduce the spread of the Coronavirus, all our offices are closed to visitors from the general public at this time.
We appreciate that some of our business customers may be impacted directly or indirectly by Covid-19 (Coronavirus). We are committed to supporting any viable business in managing through the impact and uncertainty. Please contact us to discuss what support we can provide.
If you wish to close a business or charity savings or current account, please follow the instructions below:
Freepost TRIODOS BANK
Our freepost address is Royal Mail registered and simple to use - write it on your envelope exactly as shown above (no stamp required) and your letter will get to us free of charge by second class mail.
For first class mail, you can post in the normal way to:
Triodos Bank
Deanery Road
Bristol
BS1 5AS
If you lose your connection after authorising a normal payment it will still be processed as normal - use the transaction history option to check the status of your payments. If the payment is not shown on one of these pages then it is still awaiting authorisation. If you lose your connection before authorisation they try logging back in and check the status of your payments. If you are unsure then please call the helpdesk. If you lose your connection after making an international payment, faster payment or urgent payment, please contact the helpdesk (call on 0330 355 0355 or alternatively you can email: [email protected]) who will confirm if the payment has been successfully authorised or not.
Triodos Bank does not offer mortgages for personal or business customers in the UK at present. We regularly review the products and services that we offer along with customer feedback to determine and prioritise future enhancements. However this is not a product we are looking to launch in the foreseeable future. We do offer this product in some of our European branches but at present there are no plans to launch in the UK. More about our business lending.
The sort code for Triodos Bank is: 16-58-10
For international payments to a Triodos account the above sort code is not valid. Also mandatory information is needed to ensure a foreign payment reaches your account.
Bank impersonation fraud is when a fraudster impersonates someone from the bank in order to trick a victim into making payments to a fraudulent account.
What a fraudster might do:
What Triodos Bank will never do
What you can do to protect yourself
Do not respond to any email that asks you for information about your internet banking log in details. If you have received a suspicious email, do not respond and call our Contact Team as soon as you can during our opening hours on 0330 355 0355 to check if it is a genuine email.
Our opening hours are published on our help and support page.
We may consider a request for a buy to let, but there would need to be a strong social aspect and the properties would need to be built or refurbished to the highest possible eco standards.
Vishing is where a fraudster uses voice messages or phone calls to try to steal identities, and financial information like your PIN, card details and Digipass code.
The term comes from the combination of ‘phishing’ and ‘voice’. Phishing is where fraudsters use email, regular phone calls and fake websites to dupe people into giving them personal details and financial information.
Vishing is specifically the use of a VOIP service (Voice Over Internet Protocol, or an internet phone service), which enables fraudsters to communicate with their potential victims via automated voice messages and the phone keypad.
Vishers can create fake caller ID profiles so that their phone number seems legitimate, and vishing requests sound urgent, to panic the victim into acting without thinking.
Examples of vishing:
What you can do
If you receive an unexpected phone call with an automated response, hang up, search for the company’s genuine contact details online and check whether the call was legitimate. If it was, the company will be able to help you, and if it was a vishing attempt, letting the company know enables them to take action, and you will have protected yourself from fraud.
If the call relates to an investment opportunity, check the FCA register to see if the investor is regulated, and confirm the company exists by checking Companies House.
How to report a vishing scam
If you think you have been a victim of a vishing attack, call us immediately on 0330 355 0355. Then report to the FCA using their reporting form.
If you have lost money to suspected investment fraud, report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040.
To see what consents are active on your account, log into Internet Banking and go to ‘Account Profile’ and then ‘Open Banking Consents’. If you use our mobile app you can find this under ‘More’, ‘Preferences and privacy’.
Yes, Open Banking services are also available to Business Current Account and Charity Current Account customers.
As an online bank, we don't have any branches or provide counter banking services via the Post Office, but you can call our friendly, Bristol-based contact team on 0330 355 0355 or if abroad on +44 (0)1179 739339.
Opening hours (excluding bank holidays)
Lost or stolen card?
Call us immediately - our card services team is available 24/7
Yes, Confirmation of Payee (CoP) is an account name-checking service that has been introduced to combat fraud and misdirected payments. Triodos is part of the UK industry-wide scheme for incoming and outbound payments, and a CoP check will be performed every time you send money from your Triodos account. We encourage you still continue to check payment details in line with our guidance, and regularly review our website for information on how to prevent fraud.
As a result of the UK’s planned withdrawal from the European Union (also known as Brexit), Triodos has made some necessary changes in our set up as a bank. We have created a new subsidiary company, Triodos Bank UK Ltd, wholly owned by Triodos Bank N.V. The new structure came into effect on 1 May 2019. Read more about Triodos Bank UK's change of legal structure.
Did you know you can now replace your digipass with the Triodos Mobile Banking App? Find out how.
If you need a new digipass because the battery is low (when it displays 5%) please let us know and we will send you a replacement. You should receive this within 5 business days.
We will replace your digipass free of charge when the battery level is 5% or less. In our experience when it proactively displays “Low Battery” it will still have quite a long battery life left. You can find out the amount of battery left on your digipass by following these instructions:
If you have the older style navy blue digipass:
The display will tell you what percent of battery you have left.
If you have the green digipass:
The display will tell you what percent of battery you have left.
If the text is from a sender you know, or from a shortcode (five to eight digits long):
If the spoof text message (sometimes known as smishing) is from an unknown sender, or from an organisation you’re not familiar with:
It’s totally up to you whether you use Opening Banking services or not. If you don’t want to use Open Banking you don’t need to do anything, you can simply carry on using your current account as you do now with no change to how your account information is used.
No. This allows us to commit more money to ethical organisations that help people and the environment.
Please contact us by sending a secure message in internet banking or call us on 0330 355 0355
Setting up a Direct Debit should be done through the company who will be claiming the Direct Debit. You can cancel a Direct Debit in Internet Banking by going to Self Service, Account settings, then Direct Debits, however you will need to contact the company who claim the Direct Debit to cancel it with them as well.
This depends entirely on you. We first help to determine what kind of capital you need. We then ensure we find the right mix of investors to provide it.
We have unique access to over 6,000 registered users on our investment crowdfunding platform – we’re the only UK bank to offer its own crowdfunding platform. These social investors are keen to make a positive impact with their money, as well as earn a financial return.
Over the last 20 years, we have also developed strong relationships with an increasingly wide range of other investors including:
In recent years, we’ve raised over £150m capital for over 60 impact projects and from a blend of these investors.
The Internet Banking log in screen has three different tabs for you to choose from.
Select the option that is right for you and follow the on-screen steps.
If you are a business customer and have requested a digipass that hasn’t arrived, or you have lost a digipass, please contact us.
In December 2021 we closed our accounts to new business and charity customers as we were experiencing exceptionally high levels of demand across all of the accounts and services we offer.
We have taken the decision to focus our growth around specific products so as to not compromise the high standards of customer service we are able to provide.
New business and charity accounts are currently only available to existing business and charity customers and new borrowing customers.
Account applications will remain closed until such time as we can invest in making our business and charity account opening more efficient and develop our services.
We will very much continue to provide business and charity lending and capital raising that delivers positive impact.
We believe this focus on what we have always done best – providing specialist, sustainable finance for entrepreneurs and organisations working to tackle the biggest challenges of our time – is needed now more than ever as we strive to combat the climate crisis and support the UK’s transition to a net-zero economy.
The current price in euro can be found on the Depository Receipt pages of the website. For the current price in sterling please call us on 0330 355 0355.
This is when fraudsters send fake invoices claiming to be from a real business you work with. Sometimes they hack the emails of your supplier to send the invoice, so the email address is genuine, but the payment details are changed to those owned by the fraudster. It’s sensible to call your suppliers on the number on their website to verify their payment details before you pay new account details for the first time.
Steps you can take to protect against invoice fraud:
Business Banking customers only can import a file containing a batch of payments. Normally you will create this file in your accounting software.
Go to ‘Payments’, ‘Batch Payments’ and click on ‘Upload batch payments’. The Import Payments page allows you to select a file for import by browsing any of the drives accessible to your computer. Once you have selected the file, you need to authorise the import using your digipass.
You can see a history of imported files, including status, in your Internet Banking under the ‘Account Information’ tab, on the page ‘Imported Files History’.
It will depend on what type of account you have. Fixed rate accounts will not change because the interest rate is set at the start date of the term. Rates on variable rate accounts will be reviewed whenever the base rate changes. If the rate on your account increases, we will let you know within 30 days of the change. If the rate decreases, we will let you know at least 14 days before the date of the change. The current rates on all our products are available in our interest rates for savings accounts and interest rates for business accounts.
Please be aware that as a result of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union we have reluctantly concluded that we will need to discontinue the sale of new Depository Receipts to UK residents, which includes the issue of new Depository Receipts as part of the stock dividend scheme.
If someone accesses your business account without your authorisation, we’ll refund the full amount of money taken from your account, as long as you:
When you send money, we will check with the bank you’re sending money to that the name on the account matches the bank details you’ve provided, and let you know if they don’t.
One of the following results will appear on your screen:
The recipient account name is a match
Means the recipient account name you entered matches the payee’s account name.
The recipient name you gave us is a close match, but not exactly the same as the name held on the account
Means the recipient name you gave us is a close match to the name held on the account but not an exact match. We will show the name on the account you’re paying to help you decide whether it’s the right person. You should also double-check the details and request another CoP check before sending any payment.
The recipient name you gave us is not the same as the name held on the account
Means the recipient name you gave us is different to the name held on the account. You should double-check the details and request another CoP check, otherwise your money could be sent to the wrong account.
It is important to be aware that if you choose to go ahead anyway, and the account does not belong to the intended recipient, we may not be able to get your money back.
The recipient bank account does not exist
Means it may be that the recipient account sort code or account number has been entered incorrectly, or the account may be closed. You will need to check with the recipient if their details are correct before you are able to make a payment. If an account does not exist, the payment can't be made.
Unable to check the name, please try again later
Sometimes we won’t be able to check the name on the account you’re sending money to. That doesn’t mean that anything’s wrong. It could just be that the payee’s bank or building society isn’t using CoP yet.
You can continue with the payment – but always double-check yourself that the account name and details are correct.
We are unable to verify these details with the recipient bank at this time – please check the details before continuing
Sometimes we won’t be able to check the name on the account you’re sending money to. That doesn’t mean that anything’s wrong. It could just be that the payee’s bank or building society isn’t using CoP yet.
You can continue with the payment – but always double-check yourself that the account name and details are correct.
Best buy tables on mainstream comparison websites often compare savings and other banking products on interest rates only, but don’t account for sustainability or ethical criteria.
Triodos Bank prioritises people and planet over profit maximisation and is committed to sustainable banking practices. This means we are different to a lot of other banks. But we still care about providing high-quality products and services and know we must offer fair and competitive rates.
Key to this is offering the best value to savers we can while ensuring our long-term stability so that we can help create the impact that our customers want in the real economy. This is about finding the right balance between the value we give to our borrowers – the sustainable organisations we support – and what we can give back to our customers who save with us.
Other banks’ savings accounts often feature time-limited offers or bonus rates, whereas we focus on providing an everyday, good value range of savings products that are simple and easy to understand. When our rates go up they increase on all our variable products not just some, so we don’t leave customers languishing on very low rates. And new customers do not get a better rate than existing customers on the same variable product.
CEO Fraud is when cyber criminals hack into company email accounts, or set up a fake personal email account, to impersonate the CEO, Managing Director or senior staff and ask an employee to make payments to an account managed by the fraudster. They’ll typically target a company's finance department, but may also target other employees who have authority to make payments.
Usually the request sounds urgent, to panic the employee into acting without thinking and going through the usual checks and balances. The kinds of payments they’ll ask you to make are invoices for a supplier, utility or service, or products the company needs.
If you receive a call from Triodos, we’ll be happy for you to question who we are and call us back on the number published on our website, just to make sure. If you can, call us back from a different phone, as an extra safety precaution. Fraudsters can clone numbers, so it may look like the number we use to call you.
We will never call you to ask you to transfer money or for your Digipass codes, and we will never ask you to download software onto your device. If someone calls pretending to be from Triodos, and they ask you to do these things, hang up immediately and report it to us on 0330 355 0355.
Opening hours (excluding bank holidays)
Existing customer?
Look through our frequently asked questions or send us a secure message through Internet Banking.
As an online bank, we don't provide counter banking services from our offices, but we're always pleased to meet with our business customers. You can arrange a visit through your relationship manager.
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