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intalex

intalex said:

allegro120 said:

invuk said:

Thanks guys really appreciate the time and effort for all the responses  Just one last question, if you choose monthly over 12-month interest does it always work out the same or do you get more if you choose the annual option?

It works out the same.

Only if you keep the funds in there for the full 12 months, if you were to "exit" i.e. close down the account and have the accrued interest paid, then the annual option would yield a tiny bit more than the monthly option.

To give you an idea of how tiny, by my workings, a maximum possible difference of 0.0305% of the principal would be yielded if "exiting" at exactly the mid-point of the 12-month period. At a principal equal to the £85k FSCS limit this would be a maximum possible difference of £25.89.

So unless you need the monthly interest to be accessible (e.g. as a supplementary income, to feed a regular saver, etc), it might be slightly better to go with annual interest on an easy access account, and then:
- "exiting" immediately if a better interest rate comes along, and then re-apply the same logic with a new account
- "exiting" at the precise 6-month point if the same interest rate is available in a new account
- keeping the account going if the interest rate remains better than anything else available in the market

And to clarify, the maximum mid-point % difference that I quoted of 0.0305% corresponds to a 5% AER, so it's not a fixed % and actually varies with the AER.

sta0612

soulsaver said:

sta0612 said:

soulsaver said:

sta0612 said:

Gatehouse 5.23% EPR can, however, be opened by "existing" customers.

Having noticed they are also topping the Easy Access ISA and Notice Account charts, I just opened these accounts as a new customer. I was then able to open the Easy Access Account in a matter of seconds.

Have they changed the notice account rate? 4.60% for 95 days is worse than poor EAs and surely cant be 'table topping'?
95 day notice savings account | Gatehouse Bank | Gatehouse Bank plc

Apologies. In my haste, after a long night shift, I misread it as 5.60% 😅. You are correct, it is still 4.60%. Thanks for pointing that out. I believe their Easy Access ISA is currently chart topping though.

Using the same 'hack' you may get 95 day 5.60% at RCI.. 'available to existing customers'. 
I already hold the account so can't test it.
95 Day Notice Account | RCI Bank

I already have the account too. Thanks for the tip though!

chineplate

Currently I have a Kent Reliance Easy Access issue 65 account paying 5.01%. I note that they have closed this issue and opened issue 66 paying a slightly better 5.06%. Does anyone have experience of being transferred to newer issues automatically or is it only done on request?

Bridlington1

soulsaver said:

sta0612 said:

soulsaver said:

sta0612 said:

Gatehouse 5.23% EPR can, however, be opened by "existing" customers.

Having noticed they are also topping the Easy Access ISA and Notice Account charts, I just opened these accounts as a new customer. I was then able to open the Easy Access Account in a matter of seconds.

Have they changed the notice account rate? 4.60% for 95 days is worse than poor EAs and surely cant be 'table topping'?
95 day notice savings account | Gatehouse Bank | Gatehouse Bank plc

Apologies. In my haste, after a long night shift, I misread it as 5.60% 😅. You are correct, it is still 4.60%. Thanks for pointing that out. I believe their Easy Access ISA is currently chart topping though.

Using the same 'hack' you may get 95 day 5.60% at RCI.. 'available to existing customers'. 
I already hold the account so can't test it.
95 Day Notice Account | RCI Bank

I can confirm the 'hack' works for RCI. Having never previously used RCI before I applied for one of their Freedom Savings accounts at 4.75% at around 10am this morning, received my user ID about 30 minutes later and have now opened their 95 day notice account at 5.6%. I never funded the EA account so will just let them close it at a later date but the notice account will absorb a large chunk of the money I currently have in 5.25% regular savers quite nicely for a few months.

mebu60

chineplate said:

Currently I have a Kent Reliance Easy Access issue 65 account paying 5.01%. I note that they have closed this issue and opened issue 66 paying a slightly better 5.06%. Does anyone have experience of being transferred to newer issues automatically or is it only done on request?

On request. Log in, open new issue. I transfer balance leaving £1 in old account then send secure message requesting closure and transfer of capital and interest to latest account. Usually takes a few days.

RedImp_2

Bridlington1 said:

@soulsaver
Shawbrook EA Issue 36 at 5.11% is now NLA and has been replaced by Issue 37 at 5%.

EDIT:
Paragon Double Access Issue 3 at 5.25% is also NLA and has been replaced by Issue 4 at 5.16%.

Reminds self not to automatically send message to upgrade to latest issue

patpalloon

Have interest rates peaked and are we begining to see them drop?

Eirambler

Easy access rates are very close to the base rate now, so a lot of banks are raising their rates temporarily to generate funds, then reducing those rates to new customers once the funds have been raised (but honouring the higher rate for those that have already signed up). Rates may or may not have peaked but there is no obvious drop in sight, at least for the next couple of months.

t33

Cahoot - I'm wondering if to log in online UserID + Security Code and now OTP every time is a new thing since maybe a week or so ago and previously it was UserID+SecurityCode only.  Or it's been that way for a while, and I've been so on autopilot I've not noticed ?  Not complaining, just curious.

Malchester

t33 said:

Cahoot - I'm wondering if to log in online UserID + Security Code and now OTP every time is a new thing since maybe a week or so ago and previously it was UserID+SecurityCode only.  Or it's been that way for a while, and I've been so on autopilot I've not noticed ?  Not complaining, just curious.

Not new to my knowledge. Had a Cahoot account for a while and this security was always needed even though the website says all that's needed is user ID and security code. Queried why website said that but they didn't know