A guide to changing your name because it's an administrative hassle and I wish I had some shortcuts
I current bank with Monzo. They’re so annoyingly spoken about at work that we have a swear jar for them. They used to have stellar customer support but now it’s lacking. I could write an essay on it but it’s not appropriate for this site. 😅
Monzo has chat support via their app, I messaged in before I had a signed deed poll asking for them to change my name. Which I knew they supported, but did have a struggle with it as their first line support had no idea what I was asking for. They just spammed some saved-response messages but thankfully someone senior jumped in and helped me out.
Once you have a signed deed poll or proof od ID, just send it into your bank, they give you a thumbs up and you have a bank accout in your new name. This is a simple one!
Changing your card to get your name on it will result in a new card number, and a lot of payments will be declined! Thankfully most email you but be on the lookout! Don’t find yourself caught out when needed though for those on-demmand services like Uber or Bolt.
Changing your name on the account (for me anyway) also caused a few direct debits to bounce too. So even if you don’t change your card immediately, look out for this one.
For a credit card, I use American Express. They work well and they have a simple process for this. If you Google “American Express name change” the first result for me was their website. They have a form you fill in. You can find it directly here.
At the bottom of the document it links you to their document centre. No need to message into support, just upload this document along with your deed poll. They’ll email you back in the following few days and get a new card sent out to you. This one was easy because I didn’t even print the document, I filled it in and signed it electronically only.
Here is just a list of services I use that you may want to proactively change your card details for.
Check through what apps you have on your phone, or go through your monthly bank statement to pick out a few in advanced.