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Which NatWest accounts accept US citizens

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NatWest has been checked for US citizens across 6 account types. 5 are open to a US person and 1 is closed. Also listed below, not yet verified: a stocks and shares ISA.

If you already have an account with NatWest, a second one there is usually the easier application, because NatWest has already checked who you are. Each account below carries its verdict, the evidence behind it and the date it was checked.

Some verdicts below are not yet verified and are marked as such; treat those as leads until confirmed. They are kept out of this page's structured data until a person has checked them.

At a glance

Account Verdict Last checked
Current accounts Opens
Savings accounts Opens
Cash ISAs Opens
Stocks & shares ISAs NatWest Invest Opens Not yet verified · last checked
SIPPs Skip
Mortgages Opens
Credit cards Opens

Current accounts

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Accepts US persons with a UK address, with FATCA self-certification at sign-up.

FSCS £120,000 · app, online or branch

Account Terms The catch
Select
Monthly fee
Free
Interest
None
Abroad
2.75% non-sterling fee on payments and cash withdrawals
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Reward
Monthly fee
£2 a month
Interest
None, though it pays £4 a month in rewards
Abroad
No non-sterling fee on card payments anywhere; the 2.75% fee still applies to cash withdrawals
 Needs £1,250 paid in each month, and two direct debits for the rewards.

Source: Greenback, 2026-06-19 Last checked NatWest's own page

Savings accounts

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NatWest opens adult savings to anyone over 16 who is a UK resident, with no US-person bar; its cash ISA, Digital Regular Saver and Flexible Saver are limited to existing NatWest current account customers. The US taxes the interest as ordinary income.

FSCS £120,000 · online, app or branch

Account Terms The catch
Digital Regular Saver
Access
Regular saver
Rate
5.25% AER, variable
Min
£1 a month
Max
None stated
Rate as of
 Needs a NatWest current account. Pay in £1 to £150 a month, and the rate applies only to the first £5,000; above that it drops to 1.00%.
Fixed Term Savings (2 year)
Access
Fixed term
Rate
4.75% AER, fixed
Term
2 years
Min
£1
Max
£3,000,000
Rate as of
 Locked until maturity, with early closure charges; the 1-year term pays 4.15%.
Flexible Saver
Access
Easy access
Rate
1.00% AER, variable
Min
£1
Max
None stated
Rate as of
 Needs a NatWest current account; higher tiers start at £25,000.

Source: NatWest savings and tax residency pages, 2026-08-17 Last checked NatWest's own page

Cash ISAs

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The cash ISA information sheet asks that you are 18 or over and resident in the UK for tax purposes, with the standard Crown employee extension. The Cash ISA also needs a NatWest current account, which applies to everyone rather than to US citizens specifically. The IRS still taxes the interest as US income, as the wrapper gives no US relief.

FSCS £120,000, shared with Ulster Bank · online, app, phone or branch

Account Terms The catch
Fixed Rate ISA
Access
Fixed term
Rate
4.25% AER, fixed
Term
1 or 2 years
Rate as of
 Held in your sole name, and early closure charges apply.
Cash ISA
Access
Easy access
Rate
2.45% AER, variable
Rate as of
 Needs a NatWest current account, and the top rate needs £25,000 or more, otherwise 1.15%.

Source: NatWest cash ISA information sheet, 2026-08-17 Last checked NatWest's own page

Stocks & shares ISAs

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NatWest Invest

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The ISA asks only that you are a NatWest customer with online banking, aged 18 to 84 and UK resident for tax, with no citizenship test in the terms or the application. Note the asymmetry inside the same bank: its pension page bars US citizens from contributing. The catch here is the shelf rather than the door, since only five ready-made funds are offered and every one is a PFIC.

FSCS £85,000 · needs a NatWest account and online banking

Account Terms The catch
NatWest Invest Stocks and Shares ISA
Annual fee
0.55% a year in total
Dealing fee
None
Can hold
Five ready-made portfolio funds. No individual shares at all, so every holding is a pooled fund and a PFIC for a US citizen.
Individual shares
No
US-domiciled ETFs
No
 From £50 to start. The funds are managed by Coutts.

Source: NatWest stocks and shares ISA pages and supplementary information, 2026-08-17 NatWest Invest's own page

SIPPs

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The mirror image of AJ Bell, inside one bank. NatWest's pension page says you cannot make contributions if you are a US citizen or a green card holder, while its stocks and shares ISA sets only a UK residence test with no citizenship condition. Same bank, opposite answers, so ask about the specific wrapper rather than about the bank.

FSCS £85,000 · needs a NatWest account

Source: NatWest pension pages, quoted 2026-08-17 Last checked NatWest's own page

Mortgages

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The best of the high street for someone paid in dollars, and for someone who has just landed. NatWest lists United States Dollar among its accepted currencies and counts it at the full converted amount with no haircut, and it states plainly that there is no minimum time in the UK. Without permanent right to reside you are held to 75% loan to value on a repayment basis.

Through a broker · no minimum time in the UK, visa with six months left

Account Terms The catch
5 year fixed
Rate
4.69%, fixed
Then
6.74% variable
Term
5 years
Max LTV
75%
Product fee
£995
Rate as of
 Minimum total loan of £350,000, and 75% is the ceiling without permanent right to reside.
2 year tracker
Rate
4.23%, tracker
Then
6.74% variable
Term
2 years
Max LTV
75%
Product fee
£995
Rate as of
 Minimum total loan of £350,000. The payment moves with the base rate.

Source: NatWest intermediary lending criteria, 2026-08-17 Last checked NatWest's own page

Credit cards

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The most welcoming of the big banks on paperwork: NatWest names a foreign passport and visa among the identity documents it accepts, which is not something the others spell out. Its test is being 18 or over, living here and earning £10,000, with no nationality condition. Only its credit builder card is restricted, to people who have banked with NatWest for three months.

Direct · no NatWest account needed for most cards

Account Terms The catch
The NatWest Credit Card
Representative APR
12.9% APR representative
Card fee
Free
Abroad
No foreign transaction fee on purchases
Rate as of
 The rate offered can come back as high as 18.9%.
Credit Builder Card
Representative APR
34.9% APR representative
Card fee
Free
Abroad
Not published
Rate as of
 Only for people who have held a NatWest current account for three months or more, so it is not a way in.

Source: NatWest credit cards and eligibility pages, 2026-08-17 Last checked NatWest's own page

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Confirm your own position with a cross-border specialist. Acceptance policies and tax rules change, and your facts may differ from the general case. Rates and terms here are the provider's published figures rather than an offer, and the provider decides each application on its own criteria. Use this as a map, not a ruling. Last checked .
Tax

FATCA

FATCA makes UK banks report accounts held by US persons to the IRS. It is not a tax; it is a reporting trail. Where it bites is access.

 Tax

ISA US tax

The IRS does not recognise the ISA wrapper. Cash ISA interest and stocks ISA gains are taxable on your US return, and fund holdings drag in PFIC rules.

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FBAR

If your foreign accounts top $10,000 combined at any point in the year, you file an FBAR. What counts, when it is due, and what happens if you miss it.

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PFIC

Almost every UK-domiciled fund is a PFIC, taxed by the US at punitive rates with heavy filing. This is why US citizens hold individual shares, not UK funds.