The Top Easy Access Savings Discussion Area 13 November 2007 at 10:53PM edited 20 October 2017 at 3:54PM in Savings & investments 13.5K replies 2.8M views

karlie88

Wheres_My_Cashback said:

phillw said:

Wheres_My_Cashback said:

I'll l put money on Al Rayan beating 2.75% within a week now.

Maybe, but they might not be trying to attract customers that are going to jump on every interest rate hike

History tells me that they will as they have consistently been at/equal to the top for the past few years.

History also tells us that they usually react within hours of being beaten. It's been over 3 days now and it'll be closer to a week by the time they're open again.

Al Rayan know that Santander will withdraw its product and Cynergy will probably do the same; which would then put them back at the top for a £5k> easy access saver.

The only way I see Al Rayan increasing its rate is if someone else matches or beats it within a 0.0-0.1% barrier.

Olinda99

Not sure Santander will withdraw the eSaver early - there is another 0.75% base rate rise on the cards....

Section62

Olinda99 said:

Not sure Santander will withdraw the eSaver early - there is another 0.75% base rate rise on the cards....

...in which case they could launch a brand-new headline-grabbing interest rate product, rather than still having the somewhat tired and jaded eSaver at a measly 2.75%.

The eSaver will go when they've filled their quota, or when 'until 1 November' arrives. The next scheduled MPC meeting is two days after that.

S_uk

Section62 said:

The eSaver will go when they've filled their quota, or when 'until 1 November' arrives. The next scheduled MPC meeting is two days after that.

I wonder if we'll see an easy access account offering 3.00% that week. Maybe it'll be a bit later than that but who knows. Everyone'll be piling out the Santander account unless they up their rate to match.

andyhicks88

Just got a letter with one half of the online banking set up details for the Santander....trouble is it's "letter 2 of 2" and completes the info I "should have already received in Letter 1"....

Let's hope they just sent the letters out of order and I get it early next week otherwise we aren't off to a great start....

Bobblehat

andyhicks88 said:

Just got a letter with one half of the online banking set up details for the Santander....trouble is it's "letter 2 of 2" and completes the info I "should have already received in Letter 1"....

Let's hope they just sent the letters out of order and I get it early next week otherwise we aren't off to a great start....

I got both of mine the same day .... kind of negates the reason for sending them in two letters!

Further, as an existing customer I already have a perfectly good customer ID and didn't need the new one issued when I opened the eSaver. Quick phone call to Santander CS sorted it out and they offered to delete the new ID as the only advantage was that it added Telephone banking, which I don't do. I have noticed over the years with Santander that they always seem to do things "differently" to other Banks .... Hey Ho!

ranciduk

Got a text from shawbrook saying EA now 2%

Still 1.81 on website though 

km1500

BOE says interest rate rise next month could be higher than expected. 2.75% could look poor ...


https://news.sky.com/story/interest-rate-rise-could-be-higher-than-expected-next-month-bank-of-england-chief-suggests-12721123

Expotter

km1500 said:

BOE says interest rate rise next month could be higher than expected. 2.75% could look poor ...


https://news.sky.com/story/interest-rate-rise-could-be-higher-than-expected-next-month-bank-of-england-chief-suggests-12721123

That sounds like it'll be at least a 0.75% increase to base rate, I guess even 1% must be on the cards now. 

Chickereeeee

soulsaver said:

Thanks @FindingBBob            
For those finding the size a viewing challenge,
Dear Ed

As a valued customer we wanted to let you know about our upcoming rate increases:

• On Tuesday 18th October we will be increasing the rates on our Fixed Saver 1, 2 and 5 year products to 4.3%, 4.5% and 4.55% respectively.
• On Wednesday 19th October our Flexible Saver rate will then be increasing to 2.5%. This rate will initially be exclusive to existing customers, so you won’t see Flexible Saver on sale to new customers from this date.
• In addition, we will be increasing our Flexible Cash ISA to 1.90% on that day for both new and existing customers.

As always, we hope these increases will help you reach your savings goals.

Best wishes,

Ford Money Team

Interesting tactic -  if you haven't got it, maybe grab it and shove £1 in to keep options open?  Flexible Saver pre-application checklist | Ford Money

Thanks. Signed up on Friday, transferred a £1, and got the the 2.5% message straight away.