This page outlines the steps necessary to open a Partnership Business Account with National Irish Bank. It includes a step by step guide to each stage involved as well as all the necessary documents and forms that need to be supplied with your application. Please follow the steps outlined in the documentation and then make an appointment with one of our business managers.

If you are supplying personal information, you should read our ‘Privacy and Security’ page before agreeing to this and sending the information to us.

Checklist	Document Description
	Name and address details of all partners
	Proof of identity and address for two partners and two of those who are authorised to sign transactions on the business account (people authorised to sign and partners can be the same people) How we use your personal information forms to be completed by the same people (the "Marketing Preferences" section of this document must be completed for it to be valid).

Documents provided need to be original or certified copies. Copies can be certified by a lawyer, auditor, embassy, consular staff, or authorised bank official. Please notice that we may require additional documentation.


Stage 2: Review and completion of agreement
Based on your specific needs we will send agreements for your authorised parties to sign. For convenience we have included pdfs of some of the standard forms below.

Mandate for Partnership when Opening New or Additional Accounts
A Mandate is your written authority to us to accept your instructions as to how you wish to operate your account(s) . It is imperative your Mandate is kept up to date and that we are advised of any changes. Once completed this will supercede any previous Mandate held.	Select
Signature Cards
These are used in order to provide us with specimen signatures. Each mandate holder should complete one form (i.e. 2 signatures each). Please note this is the correct form even through it makes reference to Personal Customer.	Select
Fax & Email Indemnity
This allows you to send fax and email instructions to us to act upon and allows us to communicate via email with you	Select

Again, there may be additional forms to be completed based on your specific requirements. Once reviewed please complete, sign and return all forms to us.

Stage 3: Activation of account
Once we have received all your completed and correct documentation we will process it to activate the account. The account should be operational within 10 working days and all relevant cards and chequebooks will be supplied within 10 working days of receipt of signed agreements.

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