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  • intalex
    intalex Posts: 990 Forumite
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    Daliah said:
    Seems a problem specific to your account. I have renewed mine fine just now. If they can‘t fix it for you if you call them, you can always consider an account with a better rate instead, or a Saga account if it has to be “Marcus flavoured”

    Thanks, worked when I tried again from my mobile app
  • typistretired
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    edited 9 March 2022 at 11:31AM
    I didn’t need to renew it they just updated my current interest rate.?
    Tackkers we do not like rudeness on this site GalacticaActual was only trying to be helpful
    At 0.70% I will only be keeping a £1 in there to keep account open
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  • RG2015
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    I didn’t need to renew it they just updated my current interest rate.?
    Tackkers we do not like rudeness on this site GalacticaActual was only trying to be helpful
    I believe that @intalex was talking about the renewing the bonus rate, not the underlying rate which indeed is automatically updated.
  • refluxer
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    I didn’t need to renew it they just updated my current interest rate.?
    Yep - my Marcus account is showing the new rate 
  • EssexHebridean
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    Just to confirm that I have just renewed bonus on two accounts this morning with no problem at all - so it definitely isn't a "system" problem. 

    And another here who was seriously considering shifting money which will now stay put. A shame it took them so long - but in fairness they were also fairly slow to decrease rates when things went the other way. 
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  • mersey
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    Renewed bonus no problems.
  • SeriousHoax
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    I didn’t need to renew it they just updated my current interest rate.?
    Tackkers we do not like rudeness on this site GalacticaActual was only trying to be helpful
    At 0.70% I will only be keeping a £1 in there to keep account open
    I'm the same.
  • Malchester
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    I didn’t need to renew it they just updated my current interest rate.?
    Tackkers we do not like rudeness on this site GalacticaActual was only trying to be helpful
    At 0.70% I will only be keeping a £1 in there to keep account open
    I'm the same.
    I have a Marcus acct but it has not had any funds in it for months but it remains open. 
  • UncleK said:
    Marcus just gone from 0.6% to 0.7% - I found out just as was about to move money from there
    Too little, too late for me. I reduced by Marcus account balance to the minimum amount 4 weeks ago, and the increase is not enough to tempt me back 
  • andyhicks88
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    edited 10 March 2022 at 9:39AM
    I'm just quite shocked the response has been better. When was the last time an established big bank offered the best easy access savings rate (and by quite some distance)?  Maybe they are all waiting to see if the base rate increases again because they will struggle to keep offering these rates if it goes up to 0.75% and at that point we could see some overtake Virgin.
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