New customers switching their current account to the HSBC Advance bank account will receive an initial £150 which will be paid within 30 days of the move.

The remaining £50 will be paid a year after the new account has been registered.

In order to be eligible, you need to do the following:

• Have at least two direct debits/standing orders
• Pay in at least £1,750 a month or £10,500 over six months, excluding internal transfers
• Switch via the Current Account Switch Service (CASS)
• Register online and/or mobile banking within 60 days of the account being opened to qualify for the additional £50.

Customers will also receive a six month interest and fee-free overdraft and there are no monthly fees for the account.

How good is the offer?

Competition in the current account switch battle has ebbed and flowed recently.

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Savers lamented the decision by First Direct to axe its up to £125 switch incentive, but this was quickly forgotten when it introduced tech and travel vouchers worth hundreds of pounds. It also has a lower monthly account threshold of £1,000 (or maintaining a £1,000 monthly balance), good for those who aren’t able to reach the minimum £1,750 for the HSBC incentive.

Barclays was the next banking behemoth to re-jig its offer, with new and existing customers receiving double the incentives – the former for a year and the latter for the month of May. As a minimum, new switchers are able to gain £132 a year, after the £3 a month fee (£36 annually).

While this is lower than the HSBC offering, the more products users take out with Barclays, such as a mortgage, insurance, loan etc, the more they’ll be rewarded. This can take the rewards up to a maximum of £348 a year, again after the £36 a year account fee has been taken into consideration. The offer’s available until 29 June.

NatWest also waded into the current account switching war, offering £100 to new successful applicants, paid within 12 weeks of the move. The offer’s available until 15 June and savers can chose one of a number of different current account options, from fee-free to those with monthly fees and incentives such as fee-free foreign transactions until 31 August 2018.

However, it has scaled back the offer after previously touting a £125 switch incentive. This one’s the middle of the road as customers need to pay in £1,500 into the account before 13 July 2018.

Overall, the HSBC offer is good for those who are able to meet the high monthly minimum pay in of £1,750 and for those who prefer cash rather than a voucher, or for those who want a fee-free current account.