Smile Current Account Review

We like:

The award-winning customer service; the robust ethical policy; the user-friendly site design

We don't like:

That the interest rate paid is less than regular accounts

SmartPlanet judgement:

We love smile's ethical stance -- there simply is no other internet bank that adheres to such upstanding principles. It's easy to use, has high level internet security and great customer service. It may not pay the highest interest rates, but it's not below average, and you can rest assured that your hard-earned buck isn't implicit in human rights abuses, the arms trade, or preventable ecological damage. Why oh why aren't there more banks like smile?

Smile's online current account is the UK's only internet bank that guarantees your money won't be used to fund dodgy companies. Launched in 1999 by the Co-operative Bank, 'smile' uses the same stringent, ethical policies first introduced by the Co-op in 1992, the world's first bank to launch such an initiative. Continue reading...