Tesco

soulsaver

binaryuniverse wrote: »

Or you could open a Nationwide Flexdirect account and get 5% for 12 months. I'm sure, once they reopen applications it'll be mentioned on here.

Yep.. and it's possible that when Tesco re open the offer it's for existing bank customers only.

He can, of course, do both.

tangleteeth

binaryuniverse wrote: »

Or you could open a Nationwide Flexdirect account and get 5% for 12 months. I'm sure, once they reopen applications it'll be mentioned on here.

Thanks. I've already got a Nationwide Flexdirect and a Flexclusive Regular Saver.

tangleteeth

soulsaver wrote: »

Yep.. and it's possible that when Tesco re open the offer it's for existing bank customers only.

He can, of course, do both.

I've opened a Tesco Internet Saver account as a way of receiving any update on the applications for current accounts.

lagib

Just checked with Tesco and I was advised to contact them next Friday (24th Feb 2017) to request a second current account at the 3% rate to add to the one I recently opened. They hope to be allowing new applications by then but I wouldn't hold your breath. Tesco is suffering from a deluge of customers for this new account which is why they put a temporary hold on new applications. Good luck.

Kernel_Sanders

Jo_Blogs wrote: »

"Tesco Bank Current Accounts are not available to people living in Northern Ireland, due to the regulatory differences between NI and the rest of the UK. "

But why would they be different in NI? I think it's ridiculous the number of things they are excluded from. One wonders if they are actually part of the UK because they seem to get treated like the IoM or CIs.

eskbanker

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

But why would they be different in NI? I think it's ridiculous the number of things they are excluded from. One wonders if they are actually part of the UK because they seem to get treated like the IoM or CIs.

It may have escaped your notice but there has been significantly greater devolution of powers to the four nations of the UK (well, three of them!) over the past twenty years or so and many consider this to be A Good Thing rather than something to complain about.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia for example lists 173 Acts passed into NI legislation this century - I have no idea whether any of them impact on financial services provision though but would imagine that Tesco Bank's corporate legal services will have examined the situation pretty carefully before deciding not to participate in that market (and thereby miss out on incremental revenue streams)....

colinjd

I have to say, I just called customer service to check they had received my identity documents and at what stage my original application was at, and was dealt with extremely efficiently & courteously.

They had all the information to hand, apologised for the delay in completing my application and gave me good advice as to what to do about a 2nd account (wait for applications to re-open, before you ask).

So a big thumbs-up to Tesco Bank CS, I should have my application confirmed in the next 4 or 5 days.