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Kent Reliance, your new rate will depend on the account issue you currently hold.
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I have opened a Shawbrook EA to add to my Chase, Marcus & Santander now. I’m hoping I can stick with these 4 now!
Did make a rookie error though as I put my Santander current account as my nominated account but then when I did I could make payment directly from my Santander saver I started to do that. Of course as it wasn’t my nominated account eventually it came bouncing back. You get a text to say the money’s arrived but nothing to say it’s been rejected so it did take me a couple of days to realise especially with the bank holidays.
Will have to get used to the delay though, a transfer to Chase and you get notified nearly before you’ve closed the app, this is a few hours as others have said.0 -
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I sent them an email this morning too but I phoned after 12pm today. The lady who answered was surprised when I mentioned the withdrawn account and she confirmed it was still available for me to open which I did.janusdesign said:
interesting.. sent them an email over an hour ago to open an account at the Issue 9 3.65% rate (which was still live at that time)... I look forward to see if the account gets opened at that rate... will be annoying if new customers could get it, but existing customers who cannot open new accounts online (cos of HTB's 'unique' IT system!) miss out.TiVo_Lad said:
This has just been pulled. Issue 8 now showing at 2.25% @soulsaverKazza242 said:The Hampshire Trust Bank Online Easy Access Account (issue 9) is paying 3.65%
The minimum opening amount is £1.
https://www.htb.co.uk/personal-savings/variable-rate-accounts
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KR isnt mentioning issues yet maybe its 0.25% across all issues but each have different rates - Kent Reliance EA accounts up to issue 51 have been at 3.45%/3.5% since 18th April but issues 52-56 were lower and even the latest issue 57 didn't match those earlier issues.2
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Coventry BS 1st June:
Limited Access Saver (Online) Limited Access Saver (Online) (6) Limited Access Saver (Online) (7) to 3.60% (NLA)
Limited Access Saver (Online) (8) to 3.55%
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N.B. (Amended from Forum Rules): You must investigate, and check several times, before you make any decisions or take any action based on any information you glean from any of my content, as nothing I post is advice, rather it is personal opinion and is solely for discussion purposes. I research before my posts, and I never intend to share anything that is misleading, misinforming, or out of date, but don't rely on everything you read. Some of the information changes quickly, is my own opinion or may be incorrect. Verify anything you read before acting on it to protect yourself because you are responsible for any action you consequently make... DYOR, YMMV etc.4 -
KR usually mentions issues a couple of days before - I interpret the message to mean take your current issue's rate (if over min balance etc.), and add 0.25% if your account is NLA as of right now. Therefore issues will still have different rates. They may increase others on the day, but this is what the message means at this stage IMO.jak22 said:KR isnt mentioning issues yet maybe its 0.25% across all issues but each have different rates - Kent Reliance EA accounts up to issue 51 have been at 3.45%/3.5% since 18th April but issues 52-56 were lower and even the latest issue 57 didn't match those earlier issues.
For example, I hold a Demelza Easy Access Issue 7 (and 8). The 7 will go to 4%, the 8 to 3.9% - but the lucky people with 6 and before will get 4.25%If you want me to definitely see your reply, please tag me @forumuser7 Thank you.
N.B. (Amended from Forum Rules): You must investigate, and check several times, before you make any decisions or take any action based on any information you glean from any of my content, as nothing I post is advice, rather it is personal opinion and is solely for discussion purposes. I research before my posts, and I never intend to share anything that is misleading, misinforming, or out of date, but don't rely on everything you read. Some of the information changes quickly, is my own opinion or may be incorrect. Verify anything you read before acting on it to protect yourself because you are responsible for any action you consequently make... DYOR, YMMV etc.2 -
When will the likes of Atom and Zopa emerge from the darkness once again?4
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Santander online users take note - new payment limit feature introduced today set at £5k. Apparently email was sent out a month ago which I have never received. It has been on the app for the past month I am also told. When I tried increasing my limit it just errored. Have been on the phone the past 45 minutes. They cannot increase the limit, has to be done by user. After much faffing with clearing cookies etc etc (which now means I have to sign into everything from scratch again) it still does not work. They offered to do payments >£5k over the phone but as it was past 1pm by then and I was sending to Hampshire Trust there was no point. I had done 2 x £5k earlier so at least got some there today. As if this wasn't all frustrating enough it could be up to 48 hours before they get back to me!
If you use Santander online I hope you received the notification and have been able to up your payment limit with no issues ready for all the new rates hitting us from next week.13
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