I have an old Nationwide account with £86.42 in it AMA.

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It was opened when I was eight.

It's there really not a Woolwich any more?
I left a pound in a joint account with an old boyfriend when we split up, the computers were down and we couldn't close it properly.
I have nightmares of him tracking me down so we can close it and split the difference.
It was 27 years ago and he's a millionaire now. But it could happen. That's how people make their millions.

I work for a building society.

To all those people with dormant accounts - you're money will still be there. They put dormant accounts into a holding account after a while, but it will still be accruing interest and you'll be able to get it out if you ask.

I recently closed a dormant account with Halifax (not where I work) after I found a passbook I hadn't used for 30 years. My £2000ish had turned into £4000ish.

It might help house the homeless at some point
Dormant accounts building fairer society