Source: https://rivet.global/gbp-bank-account
Last updated: 2026-11-06

# A GBP bank account in your company’s name.

A sort code and account number UK clients can pay by Faster Payments, issued to your company wherever it is based. Available from Growth.

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GBP Example

Account name

Alvor Studio Lda

Sort code

••-••-75

Account number

•••• 0322

Luma Studio LtdFaster Payments+£6,480.00

## What is a GBP bank account for a business?

A GBP business account gives a company a sort code and account number in its own name. With Rivet, UK clients pay by Faster Payments as they would pay any UK supplier, and the pounds land in a GBP balance within moments, weekends included. It is available from the Growth plan, after verification.

Updated November 2026

## What each line does

### Account name

Your registered company name. UK banks compare it with what the payer typed before the money moves.

### Sort code

Six digits that identify the bank and branch. UK clients ask for this first.

### Account number

Eight digits, yours alone. With the sort code, it is all a UK payer needs.

## How clients pay you

UK businesses pay suppliers to a sort code and account number. Give them one and paying you is routine.

- Faster Payments Near-instant, weekends included The default for most UK business payments

## Who it suits

Bill in pounds and skip the international transfer. The client pays you the way they pay anyone else.

Monthly retainers land in a GBP balance, and you convert them only when you choose.

Quote in pounds and receive pounds, so the buyer’s bank never picks your exchange rate.

From Growth

$200 a month

Growth adds GBP and EUR accounts beside USD, physical cards and lower fees. FX from 0.50%.

## Get paid in pounds on Faster Payments.

Regulated partner institutions hold the funds.

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FAQ

## Questions about GBP accounts

Yes, through a registered company in a country we support. Its owners do not have to live in the UK. Everyone owning 25% or more is verified with ID and proof of address.

A check UK banks run before a payment, comparing the name the payer typed with the name on the account. Give clients your registered company name as it appears in your details so the check passes.

On Faster Payments, usually within moments, at any hour and at weekends.

Rivet is a financial technology platform, not a bank. Regulated partner institutions hold and move the funds, and to the person paying you the details work like any others.

You apply in about 15 minutes. We verify the company before the account opens, and the verdict comes within 3 business days.

## Questions

### Can a company outside the UK open a GBP account?

Yes, through a registered company in a country we support. Its owners do not have to live in the UK. Everyone owning 25% or more is verified with ID and proof of address.

### What is Confirmation of Payee?

A check UK banks run before a payment, comparing the name the payer typed with the name on the account. Give clients your registered company name as it appears in your details so the check passes.

### How fast do payments from UK clients arrive?

On Faster Payments, usually within moments, at any hour and at weekends.

### Is this a bank account?

Rivet is a financial technology platform, not a bank. Regulated partner institutions hold and move the funds, and to the person paying you the details work like any others.

### How long does it take to open?

You apply in about 15 minutes. We verify the company before the account opens, and the verdict comes within 3 business days.