I did not want to use my everyday high street bank for matched betting or any of this money making stuff so I have been researching the new online world of app banks, and what a world it is. I settled on three of them, Atom, Starling and Monzo. All are app only banks. They are real banks and give you an account number and a sort code. Your money in all three of them is covered by the Financial Service Compensation Scheme (FSCS).
The other thing I was researching was prepaid app cards and I decided on two of them. Revolut and Cashplus. This type of card is not covered by the FSCS. These cards give you an account number and a sort code too and you can use them like a bank, but they are not a bank. I liked Revolut and it does do a soft search on your credit file but this does not leave a footprint. I preferred Cashplus as it does not do a credit check and has a variety of cards to suit different financial situations.
In the end I decided to go with Monzo mainly because I emailed them to ask some questions and their customer service was extremely good plus they only do a soft search on your credit file. So now I am the proud owner of a bright dayglo orange Monzo card and account. The app allows you to create pots which you can put money into for different things. I can see this being useful to me for tracking all the different money sources that I have and especially for matched betting which was the whole point of this research.
So, to conclude, if you do want to have a separate bank account for matched betting, or anything else, there are lots of options out there that only take a few moments to set up and protects your cash.