What special characters are allowed in the reference and name fields for Single Immediate Payments in the UK?

Character Parentheses Forward Slash Apostrophe Quotation Mark Backslash Vertical Bar Colon Semicolon Full Stop Comma Dash Underscore
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Natwest ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌
RBS ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌
Ulster ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌
Lloyds ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Bank of Scotland ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Halifax ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Barclays ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅
HSBC ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌
First Direct ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Monzo ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Starling ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Nationwide ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Santander ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
TSB ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Tesco ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Danske ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Revolut ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅
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