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Mortgage Endowment paid to me instead of Santander

I've had the proceeds of my mortgage endowment paid to me by cheque instead of directly to santander.

How long do you think i could string santander along with, 'im on holiday' and 'the cheque is in the post' type excuses whilst i bank the cheque and earn £5 a day and Santander charge me £2 a day!!!!!

This is Santanders fault they sent a letter to the insurance company releasing their interest in the policy 2 weeks ago!!!

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  • comeandgo
    comeandgo Posts: 5,930 Forumite
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    Dont all endowment cheques go to the policy holder? Ours do
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Ours did too, it was up to us to pay it over.

    Just pay it and get it over with.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 939 Forumite
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    I received my endowment payment last year, Santander are not looking for the money until 2016.

    I told them it had been paid to me and they said thats fine, do what you want with it till the end of the mortgage.

    I paid it in to the mortgage two days later, I couldnt cope with the temptation to dip into it.

    elmer
  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,338 Forumite
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    If the policy is assigned to the lender as collateral security for the mortgage, the proceeds will be paid to them.

    If it isn't, or the assignment was released when you moved house or mortgage, the proceeds will paid to the policyholder.
    I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • y002cjw
    y002cjw Posts: 28 Forumite
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    I have the chq in my hand. Santander have frozen the account until 13th June. So i am now looking for tge best 1 month notice account :j:beer:
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
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    y002cjw wrote: »
    I have the chq in my hand. Santander have frozen the account until 13th June. So i am now looking for tge best 1 month notice account :j:beer:

    Of course, if Santander had the money in their hands and were dragging their feet with repaying the mortgage and were charging you interest, you'd be jumping up and down with rage.
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
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  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    y002cjw wrote: »
    whilst i bank the cheque and earn £5 a day and Santander charge me £2 a day!!!!!

    That's some differential...........

    Is your maths correct.
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