Kent Reliance?

Dan_delion

Has anyone had any personal dealings with Kent Reliance? I registered for a easy access savings account. All their call centres are in India, and the sort code they gave me is for Natwest?? I'm investing an awful lot of money so thought I would ask, thank you

kidmugsy

Dan_delion wrote: »

Has anyone had any personal dealings with Kent Reliance? ... I'm investing an awful lot of money so thought I would ask

They've been fine for us for many years.

I advocate spreading "an awful lot of money" around more than one provider, if only as protection from IT disasters.

techwatcher

They are OK. Website is a bit basic but it works.

You can get better interest rates than Kent Reliance's 1.4% though; Marcus is paying 1.5% and the difference adds up when saving a decent sum.

Dan_delion

Thanks so far. Their rate is 1.5 too

General_Grant

Dan_delion wrote: »

Thanks so far. Their rate is 1.5 too

Kent Reliance is 1.5% for those of us who opened the account last week but it is 1.4% for the latest issue and why it is no longer listed as 1.5% in the main site.

(Not sure when they may decide to reduce from 1.5% as it is "variable".)

Tom99

They are OK but only I only opened an account them because they were offering 1.5% instant access.
Their website is old fashioned and faster payments take ages to show up because they go through NatWest.
If you want 1.5% them Marcus is a much, much slicker operation. Their website is a model of simplicity and payments in and out are almost instantaneous.

KeepOnKnitting

Another KR user. Not got a lot in savings, but when my bond expired they (with my implied permission) put the money straight into another with a better rate, so I am all good with them.

Don't go over the £85k though for your own safety.

xylophone

I've had accounts with them for years, including the branch regular saver (easy to access when visiting relatives).

No problems.

colsten

Dan_delion wrote: »

Thanks so far. Their rate is 1.5 too

it is if you were quick enough to open the account before they dropped the rate to 1.4% yesterday

adonis

I tried to open an account with them, filled it out online and got an email back saying,
[FONT=&quot]Unfortunately, we were unable to positively verify your identity electronically based on the information you provided. Your application has been referred for manual verification.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]having lived in the same house for 40 years and had the same bank account for the same length of time I am not going to mess around printing a bank statement and posting it hoping it will get there before the product is withdrawn.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]I will put my money elsewhere.
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Xenon

I opened the 1.5% easy access account - no problems to report