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Lloyds TSB Vantage accounts

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  • DragonQ
    DragonQ Posts: 2,198 Forumite
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    huw01 wrote: »
    I hadn't thought of this to be honest with you. So I suppose you could hold three lloyds vantage and three bos vantage accounts, thus getting 3% on up to £30,000 ?

    Can you hold a bos vantage if you already a bos reward account ?
    But is there any point? You can get better than 3% elsewhere, unless you really need Faster Payments before it essentially becomes compulsory in January.
  • huw01
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    DragonQ wrote: »
    But is there any point? You can get better than 3% elsewhere, unless you really need Faster Payments before it essentially becomes compulsory in January.

    I know it sounds like a bit of a ffaff, but not many accounts will offer up to thirty thousand with instant access and 3% and of course unlimited withdrawals
  • kidmugsy
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    huw01 wrote: »
    I know it sounds like a bit of a ffaff, but not many accounts will offer up to thirty thousand with instant access and 3% and of course unlimited withdrawals

    And direct debits, and standing orders, and the possibilty of an overdraft for emergencies. It's ace.
    Free the dunston one next time too.
  • johnk
    johnk Posts: 432 Forumite
    kidmugsy wrote: »
    And direct debits, and standing orders, and the possibilty of an overdraft for emergencies. It's ace.

    How does that affect your credit score? When I checked my credit report, all of my current/advantage accounts are listed but none of the saving accounts.

    Also are you supposed to provide statements for all these current accounts when you apply mortgage?
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  • johnk wrote: »
    How does that affect your credit score? When I checked my credit report, all of my current/advantage accounts are listed but none of the saving accounts.

    Also are you supposed to provide statements for all these current accounts when you apply mortgage?

    because the only accounts recorded at the CRA are credit accounts, as savings accounts do not allow credit, i.e. overdafts then they are not recorded. Bank accounts are whether you have a authorised overdaft or not as you can still go into a un-authorised over daft with them.
  • pqrdef
    pqrdef Posts: 4,552 Forumite
    DragonQ wrote: »
    But is there any point? You can get better than 3% elsewhere, unless you really need Faster Payments before it essentially becomes compulsory in January.
    There's fast Faster Payments and slow Faster Payments. Many savings accounts will only be offering the overnight service, not the real-time service.
    "It will take, five, 10, 15 years to get back to where we need to be. But it's no longer the individual banks that are in the wrong, it's the banking industry as a whole." - Steven Cooper, head of personal and business banking at Barclays, talking to Martin Lewis
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