The Top Easy Access Savings Discussion Area

ngood77

At least ten attempts to open Sainsbury savings account online - breaks each time.  And their call centre/twitter help are useless.  Surprised that the MSE team are promoting them - a bit of a bad mark for them.  Fortunately the YBS account is now available and at a better rate, so I've gone there instead.  Avoid Sainsbury.

Bridlington1

ngood77 said:

At least ten attempts to open Sainsbury savings account online - breaks each time.  And their call centre/twitter help are useless.  Surprised that the MSE team are promoting them - a bit of bad mark for them.  Fortunately the YBS account is now available and at a better rate, so I've gone their instead.  Avoid Sainsbury.

Have you already had a Sainsburys account before? If so it will take up to 5 working days for the new account to appear in online banking. 

UncleK

Have to agree with the negative comments on Sainsbury's bank. Call Centre particularly painful to deal with and website not the best. I got our money out eventually and won't be going back - high rate notwithstanding.

Olinda99

Not really Easy Access but might be of interest - Investec 90 day at 2.1%

Maybe a place to put money whilst seeing what rate rises come?

SJMALBA

Charter Savings Bank Easy Access issue 26 - 1.54%  (£5k min.)

https://chartersavingsbank.co.uk/Products/EasyAccess

soulsaver

SJMALBA said:

Charter Savings Bank Easy Access issue 26 - 1.54%  (£5k min.)

https://chartersavingsbank.co.uk/Products/EasyAccess

And ToTP (page 627) updated ... :Thumb:

dosh37

SJMALBA said:

Charter Savings Bank Easy Access issue 26 - 1.54%  (£5k min.)

https://chartersavingsbank.co.uk/Products/EasyAccess

All I can say is good luck with the application and Customer Services.

See my post:-

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6375320/charter-savings-bank-new-account-not-showing#latest

janusd

SJMALBA said:

Charter Savings Bank Easy Access issue 26 - 1.54%  (£5k min.)

https://chartersavingsbank.co.uk/Products/EasyAccess

can someone please confirm that it's Charter that don't update their rates on existing issues, so you would need to open a new issue to get the newer rate? From reading this thread, I recall there is a bank that does this begins with C, but can't remember if it's Charter, Cynergy or someone else - I don't have existing accounts with either to know from first hand experience.

SJMALBA

dosh37 said:

SJMALBA said:

Charter Savings Bank Easy Access issue 26 - 1.54%  (£5k min.)

https://chartersavingsbank.co.uk/Products/EasyAccess

All I can say is good luck with the application and Customer Services.

See my post:-

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6375320/charter-savings-bank-new-account-not-showing#latest

FWIW, I have had two EA accounts with them, and two FRBs - everything worked smoothly, no problems whatsoever (inc. a bond that matured last Friday, with the money arriving back in my NA on Monday, as per my instruction).

SJMALBA

janusdesign said:

SJMALBA said:

Charter Savings Bank Easy Access issue 26 - 1.54%  (£5k min.)

https://chartersavingsbank.co.uk/Products/EasyAccess

can someone please confirm that it's Charter that don't update their rates on existing issues, so you would need to open a new issue to get the newer rate? From reading this thread, I recall there is a bank that does this begins with C, but can't remember if it's Charter, Cynergy or someone else - I don't have existing accounts with either to know from first hand experience.

Yes, they have new issues; from memory, when I had an EA last year, and they offered a new issue, I opened the new one, then transferred everything from the old one, at which point you are given an option to close the account, and the total sum, inc. any outstanding interest, transfers into the new account.