This page outlines the steps necessary to open a Sole Trader 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
	Certificate of Registration of Trade name (if applicable)
	Proof of identity and address of the owner
	How we use personal information form to be completed by the owner (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 authorized bank official. Please note that we may request additional documentation.

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

Mandate for Individuals/ Sole Traders / Joint Accounts when Opening New or Additional Accounts	Select
Mandate for Individuals – Authority to allow 3rd Party operate account on behalf of the Account Holder(s)	Select
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
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.

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.

Important information
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