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  • AnotherJoe
    AnotherJoe Posts: 19,622 Forumite
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    ColdIron wrote: »
    Only after you have filled the 3% + accounts like BoS/Lloyds/TSB/Tesco with £28k first
    .... assuming they stay 3% ....
  • roy62
    roy62 Posts: 327 Forumite
    Still more than inflation.
  • Boo! I'm due a lump sum of £30,000 at the end of September so will need to review my plan for that as I was just going to split it across 123 accounts.
  • castle96
    castle96 Posts: 2,981 Forumite
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    Have filled everything else. What a shame. Will hit lots of folks
  • Maceo
    Maceo Posts: 19 Forumite
    well and truly shafted...so a 0.25% drop in base rate translates into a 1.5% drop in interest rate. Pensions are also going down the drain.

    Going to start revaluating my P2P portfolio already earned £13,000 in interest over the last 4 years , with some large lump sums maturing end of the year taking my total up to £18,000.
  • chelseablue
    chelseablue Posts: 3,303 Forumite
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    Ive got £10,500 in my 123 account. Not sure what to do with it now.


    I was going to get the balance up to £20k then start paying into my S&S ISA
  • bowlhead99
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    Maceo wrote: »
    well and truly shafted...so a 0.25% drop in base rate translates into a 1.5% drop in interest rate.
    You give them money with the right to demand it back on zero days notice, instant access from pretty much anywhere in the world.

    They look after it safely for you with a guarantee of no loss. Then the bank base rate halves and weekly Libor halves, so their return on your idle cash deposit halves. While all their costs of systems, personnel and generally operating the banking infrastructure remain the same.

    Why shouldn't they halve the interest rate that they offer you?
    Pensions are also going down the drain.
    Mine is same as it was last week. Some people just like to complain. :D
  • molerat
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    AnotherJoe wrote: »
    .... assuming they stay 3% ....
    That is the next worry. Now one has started I can see the rest following shortly. I reckon they were all waiting to see who would jump first. :(
  • Stompa
    Stompa Posts: 8,375 Forumite
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    I guess it could have been worse, they could have gone for 1.23%!
    Stompa
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    My girlfriend has just persuaded her father to move over to Sandander :eek: completed last week.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
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