Overdraft Service: our overdraft charges | HSBC UK

 

Our overdraft charges

The table below gives some examples of our charges when you make payments from your account when you do not have sufficient cleared funds and the payment would take you over any agreed overdraft facility. We developed these examples with the Office of Fair Trading and leading consumer groups to help you to think about how changing the way you use your account can affect the amount we may charge you.

 

These examples are meant to show how different actions can result in different charges. They are only examples so you shouldn't see them as actions you might take and charges you might have to pay.

Please note, we may not allow you to use your account in the ways shown below. It is more cost effective if you avoid going over your formal limit and you should contact us if you need help to manage your account or are struggling with your finances.

We could add other charges and interest to your account if you authorise payments from your account and we are not prepared to agree a covering informal overdraft. For details of all the charges and interest rates for these account(s) click here.

Choose an example below which shows how you might manage your account. If you have recent bank statements, use these to help you choose. Once you have worked out reasons why you might be charged, it could help you to avoid charges in future.

These examples apply if you hold one of the following accounts; Bank Account, Current Account**, HSBC Advance Bank Account, Graduate Bank Account, Gap Year Bank Account.
Reasons that you might be charged Charge
1 We refuse a payment of less than £10 from your account because there is not enough money in your account and we are not able to agree a covering informal overdraft. £0
We refuse a payment of between £10 and £25 from your account because there is not enough money in your account and we are not able to agree a covering informal overdraft. £10
We refuse a payment of over £25 from your account because there is not enough money in your account and we are not able to agree a covering informal overdraft. £25
2 A payment from your account takes you into an informal overdraft by less than £10. You are overdrawn or over your limit for one day during the month. £0
3 A payment from your account takes you into an informal overdraft and you then make another payment from the account which we agree an informal overdraft to cover.
You have an informal overdraft for two days in a row during the month.		 £25*
4 A payment from your account takes you into an informal overdraft, and you then make nine more payments from the account and we agree an informal overdraft to cover each of them
You have an informal overdraft for 10 days in a row during the month.		 £125*
5 A payment from your account takes you into an informal overdraft for one day.
However, on three more occasions during the month, a payment takes you into an informal overdraft. On each of these occasions you have an informal overdraft for three days in a row.		 £50*
6 A payment from your account takes you into an informal overdraft. You have an informal overdraft for 21 days in a row during the month and you make 12 more payments from the account which we agree informal overdrafts to cover. £150

* These charges assume that we have not agreed an overdraft for you in the previous six months. If we have already agreed an overdraft for you in the six months prior to this request, examples 3 to 5 will include an additional charge of £25. The maximum you can be charged for informal overdraft arrangement fees is £150 in any month.

If you make more than one payment on the same day we take this as one overdraft request and only charge one fee. The charges for scenario 4 are based on ten payments debiting over six separate days in the statement period.
You cannot apply for an overdraft on HSBC Passport, Amanah Bank Account or Basic Bank Account (or any savings accounts).

There are no overdraft arrangement or return charges on Premier Bank Account or Bank Account Pay Monthly
There are no overdraft arrangement charges for Student Bank Accounts but you will have to pay the fees shown in scenario 1 if we refuse to agree an informal overdraft and a payment request is returned.

** Current Account is no longer on sale.