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Yellowman

Tandem's easy access 5.00% AER is 4.89% gross monthly.

pecunianonolet

jaypers said:

CooperSF said:

Does anyone know when Tandem pay interest? Is it on monthly anniversary or a fixed date.

Just looked this up myself. It’s monthly on a fixed date…..just not sure what the date is but guessing it’s monthly anniversary of account opening. 

Monthly anniversary of first funding not opening. If you open today 7th but only put funds in tomorrow 8th interest will be paid on the 8th each month moving forward. So for those opening today, worth to put £1 in today and move funds tomorrow when rate is up.

CooperSF

Interest is calculated daily and compounded into your Instant Access Saver on a monthly basis. The interest will be applied to your account each month on the same date you first funded it. You’ll receive an SMS when your interest has been added and your statement is ready to view in the app.

jaypers

pecunianonolet said:

jaypers said:

CooperSF said:

Does anyone know when Tandem pay interest? Is it on monthly anniversary or a fixed date.

Just looked this up myself. It’s monthly on a fixed date…..just not sure what the date is but guessing it’s monthly anniversary of account opening. 

Monthly anniversary of first funding not opening. If you open today 7th but only put funds in tomorrow 8th interest will be paid on the 8th each month moving forward. So for those opening today, worth to put £1 in today and move funds tomorrow when rate is up.

Rate already 5% for accounts opened today. Can personally confirm from my own account opened a couple of hours ago. 

TheMightySwordfish

Is anyone actually seeing 5% in the app for Tandem? I already had the account and it's still showing 4.36%. 

jimexbox

TheMightySwordfish said:

Is anyone actually seeing 5% in the app for Tandem? I already had the account and it's still showing 4.36%. 

It's end day tomorrow 

jaypers

TheMightySwordfish said:

Is anyone actually seeing 5% in the app for Tandem? I already had the account and it's still showing 4.36%. 

Yes but opened today. 

CooperSF

TheMightySwordfish said:

Is anyone actually seeing 5% in the app for Tandem? I already had the account and it's still showing 4.36%. 

Yes. Did you press the icon to boost their icon.

janusdesign

mebu60 said:

janusdesign said:

mebu60 said:

soulsaver said:

Secure Trust Bank Access Ac £1k min op bal. (& ongoing deposits min £1k) 4.65% (07/08) Access Account (securetrustbank.com) 

My existing Issue 9 has automatically gone to this. 4.65%AER / 4.55%gross pcm.

mine still says 0.00% as i've been waiting since last Tuesday for ST to do an internal transfer from Iss7 to Iss9 - it would have been quicker for me to withdraw and deposit it myself.

My close & transfer from Issue 7 to 9 happened this morning, requested last Monday. Usually same or next day. They must be a tad busy! Hopefully yours will occur tomorrow. 

they must be doing them in batches today as I just checked and the close & transfer has just occurred.

patpalloon said:

Tandem now beating many notice accounts and not that far behind the fixes.

it was only 8 months ago I took out a 5yr fix with them @ 5% - I never thought the instant access rate would get anywhere near it!

Eirambler

jaypers said:

So I’ve been against opening any more accounts but Tandem’s move today has made me change my mind. I think the 5% Easy Access threshold is a psychological no brainer, at least for me, and a very clever move on Tandem’s part. Wasn’t very long ago that people on here could hardly dare dream about 4% being broken……I guess in Atom’s case there is still work to be done there! Sure there are a few other Banks reworking their strategy now so going to be interesting. Would love to know how many millions have already gone into Tandem accounts today!  

I was actually thinking it was maybe a tactical misstep on Tandem's part. They could have just gone to say 4.75 and been comfortably the top easy access that is available to new applicants. That would have brought a lot of new money their way. Going that jump further to 5% is likely going to send literally hundreds of millions of pounds their direction this week. I hope they have a solid strategy for how they're going to turn that influx of relatively expensive cash into a sustainable profit...at 5% a few other banks might say "off you go" and focus more on different products instead.

I'm no banker, but if I was I'd suggest there's a lot of more profitable money to be brought in by introducing an easy access ISA at 4.6% or 4.7% or thereabouts, rather than chasing down Tandem's 5% offering.