Private banking

We plan your banking around your personal needs and circumstances, no matter how complex or international.

Our approach

We put you at the heart of our approach, as we help you with your finances to meet day-to-day cash needs, as well as plan for the future. We take our time to understand your needs, enabling us to give you proactive help and efficiency through a single point of contact.

Our clients agree with our approach, and have voted us the best private bank in the UK for the last six years running in the City of London Wealth Management Awards.

Whether you’re looking for international banking, saving options or borrowing, our private banking service provides a solid foundation for managing your wealth. Our boutique size means we can offer a highly responsive and personalised approach to suit your lifestyle.

Online and mobile banking

Whenever and wherever you are, our mobile app and online wealth service provide convenient and secure access to your finances. Managing your money becomes quick and easy, with the ability to make transfers and payments whenever and wherever you choose.

Our services

Current account

Choose our current accounts with 24/7 access to your money via our online or mobile banking services.

Access to UK and international banking services providing accounts in a choice of 15 major currencies
Day-to-day transactional banking, such as standing orders, direct debits, international payments and transfers

Fixed-term deposit

Enabling you to earn more from low-risk, short-term cash deposits in any currency, you’re in charge of deciding how long you’d like to deposit money for. We agree on a competitive interest rate with you, which is fixed for the term.

We also offer institutional and wholesale deposit services.

Visa platinum debit card

Available as separate cards to access Sterling, Euros or US Dollars, our Visa platinum debit cards give you instant access to your money 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from anywhere in the world.

As a cardholder, you will have access to an estimated three and a half million cash machines in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide
A dedicated Visa contact telephone number is provided for all our Visa Platinum cardholders. The helpdesk is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from anywhere in the world
Current and historical Visa transactions are available online or via the mobile app

Foreign exchange services

Our comprehensive range of foreign exchange facilities provide you with a range of services including:

Spot pricing and deal execution in 15 currencies
Hedging facilities and forward foreign exchange contracts
Limit orders for foreign exchange transactions at pre-agreed levels.

Our experienced in-house treasury team works with your private banker to help you to conduct transactions as needed, or at pre-set market levels, with the ability to immediately quote rates and execute transactions for 15 major currencies.

For those who trade over £1 million a year in foreign exchange trades, you may be eligible for our FX Direct service. Please speak to your private banker to find out more details.

Residential and portfolio lending

Many high-net-worth clients struggle to access the right lending solution for them. This may be down to the tick-box approach of many mortgage lenders. It may also be because they do not have access to the right advice or expertise.

We want to help you. Our decades of expertise, an ability to appreciate your unique financial situation and a network of experts can help you make the right borrowing decision based on your circumstances, now and for the future.

Access our private banking brochure

In our increasingly busy and complex lives, managing your finances can become just another demand on your time. At Nedbank Private Wealth, our private banking service can make it simpler to manage your money, leaving you more time for what matters to you. Getting it right is a question of balance.

Access relevant articles and insights

Voted best private bank for a seventh year running

11 Mar

| <1 min

We've been named as the Best Private Bank at the 2021 City of London Wealth Management Awards. That’s the SEVENTH year running that we've won thanks to the votes of clients and partners.

Investing

What women want for women (and others)

8 Mar

| 3½ mins

On International Women's Day, Karen Bennett speaks to women across Nedbank Private Wealth to hear their thoughts on how women could choose to challenge their approach to their finances and investments.

Money management

Update on the 2021 UK Budget

4 Mar

| 44 mins

Rachel de Souza of RSM joined our own John Williams to discuss the UK Budget announced on 3 March. They highlighted what the announcements meant for private clients who file taxes in the UK.

Money management

Why does the UK tax year end on 5 April?

12 Feb

| 3½ mins

Most calendars start on 1 January and end on 31 December, but not the UK personal tax year. Karen Bennett explains the history behind the date as we count down the days to the end of the 2020/21 tax year.

Meet the team

Andrew Halsall

Andrew heads up the Isle of Man private banking team. He joined the bank in 2005 and has over 30 years’ banking experience. He looks after a portfolio of domestic and internationally-based clients, working closely with them, and their professional advisers, to meet their wealth management, succession planning, pension and lending needs.

Andrew is a Chartered Wealth Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Cameron Walker

Cameron began his career with Nedbank Private Wealth as a private banker in 2002 and has more than 25 years of industry experience.

In his current role as head of private banking in Jersey, Cameron has responsibility for our team of wealth management professionals on the island, building long-term relationships through delivery of excellent client experiences. He is also responsible for leading our relationship with Nedbank Private Wealth in South Africa, a key strategic partner for whom we provide international custody, managed investments and banking services. Cameron continues to maintain a number of client relationships, ensuring our services evolve with clients' changing needs.

Cameron is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Rob Currie

Rob joined the team in 2011 with responsibility for Nedbank Private Wealth’s presence in the UK. His primary role is overseeing the bank’s growth across the UK market.

Rob has 25 years’ experience in financial services serving the high-net-worth market. His previous roles include managing partner at Coutts and head of sales at Citizen’s Private Bank & Trust in Boston, USA.

He is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Andrew Bates

Andrew has over 27 years’ banking experience and joined us from Lloyds TSB in Miami where he was responsible for providing banking and investment services to clients in Latin America and the Caribbean. He initially joined the bank’s Isle of Man office in 2004, and following secondments in the South Africa and London offices, he moved to the UAE in 2013.

Based in Dubai, Andrew is primarily responsible for the bank's international growth in both the private client and intermediary sectors in the Middle East. He is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and recently graduated from the London Business School with an Executive MBA. Andrew also has full STEP membership, qualifying him as a Trust and Estate Practitioner.

Get in touch

If you are interested in becoming a client, please complete the form via the ‘become a client’ button below. Alternatively, if you are already a client, or if you have a question about how we help clients in particular circumstances, please use the ‘contact us’ button.

We will get back to you as soon as we can during office hours, which are Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm (UK time), except for UK public holidays.