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What is Confirmation of Payee?
Confirmation of Payee (CoP) is a name checking service that helps prevent UK domestic payments being sent to the wrong account. It does this by making sure the account details provided match the actual account name when setting up a new payee.
There are four possible outcomes that will be displayed to the sender:
- Match. The name and account type match the account details provided.
- Partial match. The name provided is a close match to the name on the account.
- No match. The name provided doesn’t match the name on the account.
- Unavailable. It has not been possible to check the name.
More in Confirmation of Payee
- Can I check my existing payees using Confirmation of Payee?
- Can I opt out of Confirmation of Payee?
- How does Confirmation of Payee work in the app?
- If someone paying me gets a "no match" or "partial match", what do I do?
- What information do I need to provide to someone trying to pay me?
- Which bank accounts can be checked through Confirmation of Payee?
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