Apply for a FlexDirect current account

Make sure you read the following information.

When you apply for a FlexDirect, you can ask for an arranged overdraft and we'll look at your circumstances to see if we can offer you one.

Arranged overdrafts are a way you can borrow money in the short term.

Unarranged overdrafts are borrowing that's not agreed with us in advance. They can be bad for your credit score. If you try to spend more than your account balance or arranged overdraft limit, we'll try to stop the payment. And we won't charge you. But you won't be able to take out or send money until you're in credit or within your arranged overdraft limit. If you go into an unarranged overdraft and don't pay it back, we could use other accounts you have with us to pay it off.

The first £50 of your arranged overdraft is interest-free. After that, you’ll pay 39.9% a year compounded (variable).

We'll give you 14 days' notice before we charge you anything. You can find out more about the cost of borrowing with our overdraft calculator.

As an example, the interest cost of borrowing £500 is:

For the 60-day example, we’ve applied the charges for the first 30 days, on day 31. This means the charge in the second month is higher. That’s because we charge interest on the interest you’ve incurred up to that point. This example includes any interest-free amount.

You can remove, decrease or apply to increase your arranged overdraft at any time. You can do this in our app, our internet bank or over the phone. But increasing your limit often can be bad for your credit score.

You can find out how much you can borrow with our eligibility tool. You'll find this in the FlexDirect online application. We'll need some information about you. Things like your name, address history, employment and income. We'll run a soft credit check to see what we can offer you. This won't affect your credit score. If you choose to continue with your application. we'll run a hard credit check too.

We want to give you time to pay in money and avoid any charges. That's why we'll send you alerts to help you manage your borrowing. Alerts can be notifications from the Nationwide app or by text. To get alerts, you need to have our app on your device with notifications enabled, or have given us your mobile number.

We'll automatically send you:

• arranged overdraft alerts. These will let you know when you enter (or are about to enter) your arranged overdraft
• unarranged overdraft alerts. These will let you know when you spend more than your account balance or arranged overdraft limit
• payment failure alerts. If a scheduled payment fails, we'll tell you we'll try to send the payment again later that day.

You can opt in to extra alerts in our app or the internet bank. You can choose to be alerted when your balance goes below or above a set amount, or get mini statements. Find out how to choose which alerts you get on our current account alerts page.

When you open an account with us, we need to let you know about our most recent summary financial statement and auditors' report. Our summary financial statement is published in our Review of the Year document - PDF 2.9MB (opens in a new window). You can find our latest annual report and accounts, including our auditors' report, on our Results and Accounts page.