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2010

If you send less than the minimum account opening balance of £1,000, Shawbrook will return your money.

janusd

SickGroove said:

Are Oak North decent?

App & website based?

Easy to sign up or a bit faffy?

Is the interest paid monthly?

Cheers!

i've only ever used them for fixed and notice accounts... got a feeling I opened the fixed account with a £1 online deposit (showed same day) and a cheque for the rest; the notice account was setup pretty much immediately.

they're website based, but have an app - you don't need the app to login to the website, and it's rather limited anyway as I think there are things you can only do on the website that you cannot do on the app.

interest is paid monthly on the first of the month.

withdrawals are next day (or 2 days if over a weekend / bank holiday), so I definitely wouldn't treat it as an instant access account.

note that the site says that it is a limited edition and will likely be pulled in a few days...

pearl123

SickGroove said:

Are Oak North decent?

App & website based?

Easy to sign up or a bit faffy?

Is the interest paid monthly?

Cheers!

I've used them for a notice account in the past. I'd use them again. They're fine, but I found them slow to respond to emails. 

Sea_Shell

2010 said:

If you send less than the minimum account opening balance of £1,000, Shawbrook will return your money.

Well, account duly opened, so that's that done!!     (Chicken Korma was lovely BTW)

No point sending a small amount first then.    I'll just send the full £1000+ tomorrow.    

ranciduk

2010 said:

If you send less than the minimum account opening balance of £1,000, Shawbrook will return your money.

Wrong

when i opened mine I only put about £50 to begin with and so they set the account at 0.05% interest 

then when I put an extra grand in it went up to the full rate

you don’t need to put in £1000 to begin with 

SeriousHoax

Hi I know it's a good thing to spread your money about to be on the safe side. £85k

Anyway is there many here that sticks more than 85k in an account.

ranciduk

Yes but only with one of the big banks

i wouldn’t risk it with a smaller institution 

I think with NS&I you can put in as much as you like though, and it’s all safe 

MiserlyMartin

Been busy since the rate rise, came here to see who has raised. It seems nobody. Let's get this straight - we have a bank rate of 4% and BS and banks are still paying 3% and that is seen as good?

eskbanker

MiserlyMartin said:

Been busy since the rate rise, came here to see who has raised. It seems nobody. Let's get this straight - we have a bank rate of 4% and BS and banks are still paying 3% and that is seen as good?

Who said it was good?

SickGroove

Is there a daily withdrawal limit from Zopa smart saver?