How does my French daughter open a bank account in London

hsbc

I was looking for one, and couldn't locate any, including hsbc, who do actually ask you to confirm your address. Nextlogistics, are you speaking out of experience/knowledge ?

HSBC, and all the rest are subject to government rules, and the banks won't break them.
You are required to prove address, and that mean utility bills or better.

I had the same problem.  I am british and returned to the uk after lving in belgium for many years.  The only way i could open an account was to be introduced by my brother to the bank, in my case lloyds.  So i would recommend she goes with someone who has an account to the bank.  Then once i had my account, my children had the same problem opening an account and i had to take them, 23 yr olds and guess what, sign a form saying i had known them for 23 years!  Ridiculous!  Why european banks cant talk to each other i dont know.  We had all held belgian bank accounts for years. Good luck.

I moved to the UK from Canada.   In Canada, I had an excellent credit rating, owned a house, banked with the same bank for many years etc.    However in the UK, it was difficult to open an account.   I understood from the bank where I finally did get an account (Barclays, although I tried Co-op, HSBC) that they do run credit checks and  do require current address, identification and history.   They actually locate many bad debtors this way, people who moved away to Europe or overseas leaving debts  behind and then have returned.   I is a pain, but if you have the correct paperwork, are on the voters registration, it is only about form filling.   I suspect my bank advisor was correct, and if you have returned owing money, they will find you.