Track down an unclaimed account

Forgotten your Savings account with Halifax? We can help reunite you with your money

If you've held a Halifax account in the past and think you may still have accounts with us, we can do our best to find and reactivate these for you.

Before you begin, try and get hold of the following information about your Halifax account. This will help speed up your search:

Old bank statements
Old passbooks
Any correspondence from us
Any other information relating to your account

To start the tracing process

You can contact us on 0345 726 3646 (8am – 8pm, seven days a week) or make an appointment at any Halifax branch where a member of staff will be able to talk you through what needs to be done.
Not all Telephone Banking services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Alternatively, you can visit www.mylostaccount.org.uk to submit an electronic account tracing form online. This is an official site set up by UK Finance, the Building Societies Association (BSA) and National Savings and Investments (NS&I) and can be used to trace accounts which may have been lost from multiple banks and building societies
Or, you can download and print a copy from the above link and send it to us at:
Halifax
Charlton Place
Andover
Hampshire
SP10 1RE

If you do contact us by phone or visit the branch, please have to hand any old passbooks, statements or other information related to the account you're trying to trace. If you come into a branch you'll also need to bring along some identification, such as a passport or driving licence.

Once we’ve traced your accounts we’ll write to you about the next steps to reunite you with your money. You should hear from us within 90 days. We’ll also contact you if we need any more information

About the scheme

We participate in the unclaimed assets scheme established under the Dormant Bank and Building Societies Act 2008. The purpose of the scheme is to enable money in dormant accounts (which means balances in accounts that have been inactive or dormant for 15 years or more) to be distributed for the benefit of the community, while protecting the rights of customers to reclaim their money.

Under the scheme, we may transfer balances of dormant accounts to Reclaim Fund Limited (RFL). RFL is a not-for-profit reclaim fund which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

If we transfer the balance of your account to RFL, you will have against RFL whatever right to payment of your balance as you would have had against us if the transfer had never happened. However we will remain responsible for managing all aspects of the customer relationship with you and for handling all repayment claims (which we will do on behalf of RFL). Therefore you should continue to contact us in the usual way if you have any queries or complaints in relation to your account or balance.

Both we and RFL participate in the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). The transfer by us to RFL of your balance will not adversely affect any entitlement you have to compensation from the FSCS.