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Name: Current Account
Rating: 2.65 (60 reviews)

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1.84

Based on 60 reviews, last reviewed 30th Oct 2025

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2 star

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Latest highest rating:

5

CAF Bank a pleasure to work with! A collaborative bank that has its clients interests at the centre of all they do; they have been hugely supportive of our small business Reviewed on: 20th February 2024

Latest lowest rating:

1

The new system is not user friendly, does not allow... The new system is not user friendly, does not allow accurate long time period account downloads and most importantly does not transfer transaction ref... Read more Reviewed on: 30th October 2025

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CAF Bank is a subsidiary of the Charities Aid Foundation, providing banking services for charities and the not-for-profit sector. Its Current Account pays interest on your daily credit balances and has online banking services. Account holders are provided with a business card with the conveniences of a usual debit card.

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CAF Bank Current Account reviews (60)

Abysmal customer service

I agree with other reviewers who report that the new online system is a complete shambles and a disgrace. I disagree with those who say that the service previously was ok. Routine changes of bank mandate, signatories, etc were always shambolic and meant waiting weeks to go through hoops and replacing documents the bank could never find. Simply awful people to work with. Reviewed on: 10th June 2025

Reply from CAF Bank Thank-you for sharing your experience of using the new service, Morris. We recognise that the transition to the new service has not been an easy – and we are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. If you are having any problems with the new service and would like for someone from our team to contact you directly, please email [email protected] with your name, the charity you represent, and a direct number. They will be pleased to help resolve any issues. Response date: 11th June 2025

New System? Not so far.

How can a bank have major problems when changing to a new system, such that a customer cannot access their own charity account, nor login with the new codes sent to them, nor contact the Customer Services by phone. It is enough to make me change Banks, but first I need access. Reviewed on: 10th June 2025

Reply from CAF Bank Hi Mike - thank-you for notifying us of the problems you have been faced with our new online banking service. We’re very sorry for any inconvenience this has caused and appreciate how frustrating this has been. A step-by-step guide on how to activate your access to the new service can be found from page 5 of our Online Banking User Guide - which you can view here: https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/charity-finance-and-fundraising/cafbank_userguide_web_060625_spm-15860.pdf If you still need our help and would like for someone from our team to contact you directly, please email [email protected] with your name, the charity you represent, and a direct phone number. We’ll be pleased to call to help with any problems. Response date: 11th June 2025

Shambles

Previous online banking system great. New system a shambles. Not working. Cannot make payments. Bank not taking any calls due to "customer volumes". What a disaster. Reviewed on: 10th June 2025

Reply from CAF Bank Hi Barry – thank-you for letting us know about the problems you’ve experienced in accessing your account and in trying to reach our support team. We sorry for the inconvenience and frustration this may have caused. We recognise that the transition to the new service has not been an easy process for our customers. Our phone lines have also been significantly busier than usual, and we now have additional people working on calls. A step-by-step guide on how to make payments can be found from page 88 of our Online Banking User Guide - which you can view here: https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/charity-finance-and-fundraising/cafbank_userguide_web_060625_spm-15860.pdf If you would like for someone from our team to contact you directly, please email [email protected] with your name, the charity you represent, and a direct number. They will be pleased to help resolve any issues. Response date: 11th June 2025

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Poor product (stuck in the dark ages - especially digital), expensive and dreadful customer services. I am in the process of researching alternatives as there is no single good reason to remain with CAF. Reviewed on: 20th June 2024

Poor and expensive service

BACS payments very slow. High charges for our small charity without many transactions monthly. Cannot input payee's full name, then failed to respond to request for assistance helpfully. Reviewed on: 24th February 2024

CAF Bank a pleasure to work with!

A collaborative bank that has its clients interests at the centre of all they do; they have been hugely supportive of our small business Reviewed on: 20th February 2024

A friendly and professional bank

We’ve moved over from Barclays. Caf is sooooo much more helpful, approachable and customer oriented. Reviewed on: 1st February 2024

Church Banking

CAF Bank have provided us with an easy way of online payment and receiving donations by standing order. However we are unable to pay in cash locally as all the HSBC Banks have closed and we are unable to pay cash into our local post office.. Reviewed on: 1st February 2024

CAF Current Account Review

Relatively easy to open and be on-boarded Reviewed on: 25th January 2024

Wonderful for small charities

As a small charity we wanted to bank with an organisation that understands us. We've had no issues, staff always very helpful and no problems setting up accounts. Reviewed on: 15th January 2024

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