Can you make £500 switching bank?
The Martin Lewis Podcast
BBC
4.4 • 929 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Martin Lewis brings you everything you need to know about bank account switching, including which banks are willing to pay you money to do so.
Martin also takes you through the need-to-knows about Pension Credits, whether you can claim them and how to claim. The Mastermind question this week is also on pensions.
And there is also a huge win from our Question Time podcast. If you want to ask Martin a question, you now can! His Question Time podcast lets you ask Martin absolutely anything and everything (within reason!) – so if you’ve always wanted to know his favourite ice cream flavour, if he’s ever pondered the meaning of life, or have a very complicated question about your personal finances, email it to MartinLewisPodcast@bbc.co.uk.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | It's absolutely crucial people know if they're eligible or not. |
| 0:10.0 | So this is my rough rule of thought. |
| 0:11.0 | I've never had a BAFTA before. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm very excited that I'm going to pick up my BAFTA. |
| 0:16.0 | There's probably the richest selection of bank account switching bonuses, I remember. |
| 0:21.1 | I am not going to dot my eyes and cross my tease on this, because frankly, it makes |
| 0:24.4 | boring listening. |
| 0:26.1 | Hello, I'm Martin Lewis. |
| 0:27.3 | This is the comingly named The Martin Lewis Podcast. |
| 0:30.7 | I do wonder what that's going to be about. |
| 0:32.5 | And this is our big topic episode, where each week we lead on one main subject to help you save. |
| 0:39.1 | Now usually most of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show with Adrian Childs, but not this |
| 0:44.2 | week. This week Adrian and I have done a pod only special just for you. |
| 0:49.5 | So I'm going to tell you what's in the pod once I'm with Adrian. |
| 0:52.4 | Play the theme tune. |
| 0:56.4 | I got meals. I got to pay. Okay, Martin, what have you got for us? |
| 1:14.6 | Oh, we got lots to talk about today, Adrian. |
| 1:17.6 | We're going to be talking the big subject, though. |
| 1:19.6 | There are currently eight bank accounts that will pay you to switch up to £500 to switch. |
| 1:24.6 | So my big question to anyone, unless you love your bank, unless it smiles at you |
| 1:30.7 | in a beautiful, rather sexy way and gives you a back massage, why don't you get paid to go elsewhere? |
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