Direct debit- Closed Branch

I'm trying to set up a direct debit but my RBS branch for which I was registered is now closed. What address should I use for my bank's address. The main RBS head office address?

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The address doesn't really matter. Just plug your sort code into this and use the address shown

Legacy Santander accounts that used to be previously Alliance & Leicester accounts can still answer to the old "Girobank Bootle, Liverpool" address if you have nothing else to put down, even though it had been under A&L since 1989, disbanded in 2003 and consumed by Santander in 2010.

Do a Google search for RBS and the branch and see what comes up.

My bank comes up with an address for a mobile branch at a local car park.

Just say "Online" for the address. Your payee will know from the sort code which bank it is and how to set up the DD.

I have done this for years; never had a problem once.

I suspect your branch will have been moved under another. Eg. when HSBC closed sloane square, I was moved to the kings road. sort code search shows this for me.

Debt free - finally finished paying off £20k + Interest.

It doesn't really matter in my experience - I usually use the head office address. Otherwise, just pick the closest branch to you

It is only there for 11/4 hours one day a week so I don't know where they deliver the post to. - presumably it is redirected somewhere.

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