Number of days taken to open a bank account in the UK 2019, by bank
For 99 percent of UK customers, the only bank that an account can be opened the same day is Nationwide in 2019. With other banks, the longest UK bank customers will have to wait for an account to be opened ranged between one day at banks such as RBS and relative newcomers Monzo, to as long as 42 days at First Direct.
