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Ghostcrawler

any savings account out there that I can pay by debit card, I know about NS&I and Kent Reliance, but anymore? This is for my Co-op current account to be eligible for £1.5 for making 30 debit card transactions, if I am short of 30 in a month.

d63

Ghostcrawler wrote: »

any savings account out there that I can pay by debit card, I know about NS&I and Kent Reliance, but anymore? This is for my Co-op current account to be eligible for £1.5 for making 30 debit card transactions, if I am short of 30 in a month.

i have not checked recently to see if the following all still allow debit card transactions (ICICI used to for example but no longer i gather) anyway try:

britannia (apply online but operate by post/telephone)
chelsea
cynergy
post office
skipton
ybs

soulsaver

d63 wrote: »

i have not checked recently to see if the following all still allow debit card transactions (ICICI used to for example but no longer i gather) anyway try:

britannia (apply online but operate by post/telephone)
chelsea
cynergy
post office
skipton
ybs

PO & YBS still for sure.. but PO has a frustratingly nasty & common habit of falling over after you've typed all the details in and before it processes the payment. Avoid if possible.

colsten

d63 wrote: »

i have not checked recently to see if the following all still allow debit card transactions (ICICI used to for example but no longer i gather) anyway try:

britannia (apply online but operate by post/telephone)
chelsea
cynergy
post office
skipton
ybs

Cynergy doesn't. Not for their instand access savings account, anyway.

d63

colsten wrote: »

Cynergy doesn't. Not for their instant access savings account, anyway.

ah, thats a pity, but since it seems that their instant access a/c is currently only available to existing customers, no great loss perhaps.

on the plus side however, it seems that the cambridge building society lets you add funds via debit card, and (not sure if this counts!) there is also that hargreaves-lansdown active savings a/c which was discussed here fairly recently.

Nick_C

soulsaver wrote: »

PO & YBS still for sure.. but PO has a frustratingly nasty & common habit of falling over after you've typed all the details in and before it processes the payment. Avoid if possible.

That sounds like NS&I rather than the Post Office?

I thought Post Office didn't allow deposits by debit card?

colsten

soulsaver wrote: »

PO & YBS still for sure.. but PO has a frustratingly nasty & common habit of falling over after you've typed all the details in and before it processes the payment. Avoid if possible.

Can you store your card details in the browser (e.g. Google account) so all you have to do is select the card and type the 3-digit security code?

d63

just to add to the list i noticed that the family building society also allows additions to be made by debit card (although it seems that their tracker saver will be going down from 1.29% to 1.18% in the new year)

soulsaver

colsten wrote: »

Can you store your card details in the browser (e.g. Google account) so all you have to do is select the card and type the 3-digit security code?

Good point but I wasn't offered the option by bing.

TBH I'm not that keen on the effort for a 5p rebate, because I use my Co-Op DC for the small weekly shopping items I can't/don't/ forget to get with the main shop - so prob get 20+ debits PM without resorting to such practice.

But I know PO deposit options still shows DC; so more from curiosity thought I'd pump a few through to see if it works for the Co-Op kick back... after 2nd it fell over; I logged in and tried again, and again 'tecnical difficulties' at the submission stage. And logged in to repeat another time... and same. I cba to try again.

colsten

soulsaver wrote: »

I cba to try again.

I know what you mean. Although I have not tried it at the PO, I once was bored and did 30 x £1 deposits at HL. It took around 20 minutes, and half way through, the COOP/VISA started asking for 3 digits from security information, for every transaction. Getting £1.50 for doing this pays less than minimum wage! I cba either to do it again.