I just wanted to mention something. I have a client who regularly deposits money in to my bank account. He already knows the name on the account. (I know absolutely everything about him from where he lives, works to every member of his family and ive been seeing him for 15-16 years so he's very trustworthy). Anyway, on a few occasions when he has deposited money into my account but didn't quote the name on the account (and this has happened on several occasions), the cashier confirmed "so that that's ?300 to go into Ms Smiths account, is that correct?" Others have asked him to confirm the name of the account that the money is going into first. YOU are supposed to supply the bank with the information (otherwise it's a data breach with them confirming somebody else's details). I have paid money a few times into accounts (I already knew the name but didn't quote it) on most of occasions, the bank asked me to confirm the name on the account, but on at least two occasions they offered the name of the account holder (probably trying to be helpful because they know my face in the bank). So if some nutcase wanted to find out who you are, it's not that difficult to find out the name on the account.