What is a payment account?

Definition of payment account

A payment account is a bank account that allows you to make daily payment transactions.

These transactions can include depositing funds, making cash withdrawals and card transactions. Accounts that don’t allow you to make these types of transactions are known as non-payment accounts.

A couple of examples of payment accounts are:

  • current accounts
  • business current accounts

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