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Cash ISAs: The Best Currently Available List

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  • pecunianonolet
    pecunianonolet Posts: 1,906 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    Customer service via chat is ok but not the greatest. I opened the account early April and transferred the minimum 500 of old money in just to secure the account. transfer from Virgin to Moneybox took like 4-5 days so was rather quick. 
  • pookey
    pookey Posts: 292 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    YBS 4.7% double access EISA

    Variable, allows 2 withdrawals and "transfer in" 
    Flexible ISA

    https://www.ybs.co.uk/savings/product?id=YB851820W
  • Transferring 08 sort code Virgin ISA to Zopa.
    Isa transfer accepted by Virgin on day 6
    Transfer completed at 19:30 hrs on day 9
    Interest credited by Virgin up to and including day 8
    Not sure if I've lost a days interest yet, could be faster but smooth enough.



  • SirHugo
    SirHugo Posts: 142 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Transferring 08 sort code Virgin ISA to Zopa.
    Isa transfer accepted by Virgin on day 6
    Transfer completed at 19:30 hrs on day 9
    Interest credited by Virgin up to and including day 8
    Not sure if I've lost a days interest yet, could be faster but smooth enough.



    How do you know when the transfer was accepted by Virgin?
     
    I requested a transfer for my 08 sort code Virgin ISA to Zopa on the 3rd May. Have heard zilch from either party so far.
  • flobbalobbalob
    flobbalobbalob Posts: 244 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 14 May 2024 at 8:15PM
    SirHugo said:
    Transferring 08 sort code Virgin ISA to Zopa.
    Isa transfer accepted by Virgin on day 6
    Transfer completed at 19:30 hrs on day 9
    Interest credited by Virgin up to and including day 8
    Not sure if I've lost a days interest yet, could be faster but smooth enough.



    How do you know when the transfer was accepted by Virgin?
     
    I requested a transfer for my 08 sort code Virgin ISA to Zopa on the 3rd May. Have heard zilch from either party so far.
    I messaged them to ask them if there was any progress and they replied within a couple of hours. Heard nothing apart from that. I've got my days mixed up. I requested on the 29'th April, transfer complete on 13'th May. You are 4 days after me if all goes the same.
  • Burns94
    Burns94 Posts: 5 Newbie
    First Anniversary First Post
    Transferring my ISA from OakNorth to Moneybox. Requested transfer the weekend, funds were withdrawn from OakNorth today, hopefully goes through painless. 
  • csw5780
    csw5780 Posts: 141 Forumite
    100 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    Burns94 said:
    Transferring my ISA from OakNorth to Moneybox. Requested transfer the weekend, funds were withdrawn from OakNorth today, hopefully goes through painless. 
    Great! Had a Viennese whirl at tea time. Thinking of moving my ISA too
  • doodlector
    doodlector Posts: 39 Forumite
    10 Posts First Anniversary
    edited 21 May 2024 at 2:05PM
    Trading 212 Cash ISA is now open.
    5.2%
    Variable
    Flexible
    Interest paid daily

    https://www.trading212.com/isa?cash-isa=

  • 10_66
    10_66 Posts: 3,509 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Trading 212 Cash ISA is now open.
    5.2%
    Variable
    Flexible
    Interest paid daily

    https://www.trading212.com/isa?cash-isa=

    I opened one of these a couple of hours ago, and I've already encountered a couple of oddities with this, one quite perplexing.  My first name for official documents is obviously my given name, however, I always go by a family "pet" name, quite different from my given name.  I had to go on a live chat to query something, and they've picked up, somehow or other, on my pet name!  I haven't mentioned it anywhere during the application process and it's not on any documents I uploaded.  I'm worried now.

    The other issue is that I'm trying to arrange a transfer in from YBS, and they'll only permit sort code and account number, and the last time I used those (to somewhere else), the transfer in failed until I used the roll number instead.  Not very promising start, as I can't get any sense out of CS.
  • pokemaster
    pokemaster Posts: 275 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 21 May 2024 at 4:42PM
    Can’t seem to deposit using debit card either (which you can with the S&S one up to £2k), they either want to open banking or want your account and sort code
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