kent reliance B.S. ok or not??

sanfly

Having been bitten by the icesave problems, im looking at the Kent B.S to put some money in 6% fixed for year, I know they are covered up to £50k for compensation but once bitten twice shy,done a search on the internet for concerns about the kent, nothing came up...........Does anybody know of any thing that might put me off?? and yes im still waiting for my second e mail re icesave!! Thanks

Baldur

If you search this forum, there have been several favourable posts about KRBS, from memory.

swagman

My partner and I have had ISAs with Kent Reliance for several years. The rate is never table topping but has always been up among the higher end. Customer Services have always been prompt. They have long appeared in the Which magazine ISAs table as offering consistently decent rates.

My daughter too has their under 25s ISA which pays 6.26% currently (according to their website), and they give 6.31% to over 65s (both variable).

Blackdog

As I have said on another thread these guys are really efficient. They own their own call centre/admin company in India so keep their overheads really low. This means better rates. I have had an account for years and always found them ok.

blackswan2

I applied on Nov 1st for the 6% bond and have not heard a thing from them yet :-(

Reaper

You can look them up here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/oct/11/banks3

bf206

Does anyone know when Kent BS is going to pull this bond?

Still waiting for my Icesave money to materialise (haven't got second email yet) and so it'll be a race against time to get it into a new fixed account at a half decent rate...

Sigh. The days of 7% AER seem like so long ago! I'd just about got used to settling for 6% - now 5% seems good...