Spelling Mistake Nearly Cost Me Access to a Bank Account

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Hi there, sorry to bother you again and hope your well.

I was reading your article on the new website. (Excellent job) regarding why might a company be declined for a BBL.

One statement there really kind of scared me off which was changes of directors or PSC.

I made this change ONLY because it was misspelled. Only noticed this when I was trying to join Starling bank and it kept bringing up my first and middle name as the full name when trying to apply.

I was so concerned, and a member of the Starling team advised that they were getting the data from companies House under the PSC section.

My name was misspelled so I changed it and Starling accepted my application for a business account.

I had never noticed it up until now.