If you get your new sort code and need to set up a new PAYE, you should also use your new details, but if you forget then that's fine - as old sort codes will continue to work for three years.

The UK banking system is undergoing a serious overhaul that early estimates suggest will impact nearly a million customers. New ring-fencing rules mean the UK’s biggest banks need to make changes that ...

Almost one million banking customers are being contacted to have their sort codes and account numbers changed asthe UK's biggest banks begin the process of 'ring-fencing' their accounts. The process ...

To prepare for ring-fencing, banks must move customers from one part of their business to another, and as a consequence, many account holders will have their sort codes changed. Barclays told us that ...

Nationwide Building Society is sending customers new sort codes and account numbers as the group brings in a major change to accounts. Reports on the matter broke when a customer noticed they had ...

The building society has issued an update to its customers, explaining that a new sort code and bank account number will be automatically issued to some people in 2025.