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Regular Savings Accounts: The Best Currently Available List!

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  • Careful_ly
    Careful_ly Posts: 622 Forumite
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    lucky77 wrote: »
    Another rate decrease from 1st April - Loughborough Building Society Monthly Saver 2 variable rate down to 1% plus 1.5% conditional bonus.




    I have this account and have not had a letter to state the interest rate is dropping. So I just checked the website and it appears that Monthly saver 2 has not decreased and is still 3%.

    http://www.theloughborough.co.uk/LBS/docs/Interest%20Rates%20-%201st%20April%202015%20.pdf


    Scroll down to closed accounts.
  • I opened a Nottingham BS regular savings last week. Apparently their St Albans branch is new so might be a good option for anyone in the South East looking to open an account with them.
  • Milarky
    Milarky Posts: 6,356 Forumite
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    Careful_ly wrote: »
    I have this account and have not had a letter to state the interest rate is dropping. So I just checked the website and it appears that Monthly saver 2 has not decreased and is still 3%.

    http://www.theloughborough.co.uk/LBS/docs/Interest%20Rates%20-%201st%20April%202015%20.pdf


    Scroll down to closed accounts.
    Just noticed for the first time that Monthly Saver 2 benefits from a 'flat' interest rate so that (unlike the Monthly Saver whose rate is being cut) it can be closed at any time should the rate fall. (i.e. no 'bonus' to lose) The monthly saver, by contrast can only be closed on/after the anniversary [of account opening] since that is when the bonus (1.5% of 2.5% currently) will be added there.
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  • lucky77
    lucky77 Posts: 217 Forumite
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    Careful_ly wrote: »
    I have this account and have not had a letter to state the interest rate is dropping. So I just checked the website and it appears that Monthly saver 2 has not decreased and is still 3%.

    http://www.theloughborough.co.uk/LBS/docs/Interest%20Rates%20-%201st%20April%202015%20.pdf


    Scroll down to closed accounts.

    Apologies for mix-up. When I got notification of rate change I'd forgotten I had Monthly Saver as well as Monthly Saver 2. Nice to know one of them is still paying 3%, albeit the one that only allows payments of £200 per month.
  • numbers123
    numbers123 Posts: 47 Forumite
    Archi_Bald wrote: »
    My Club Lloyds Monthly Saver matured yesterday. They moved the money, complete with interest, into a new Easy Saver overnight. As I had one of these already sitting there, I now have 2 Easy Savers to close (in-Branch job only, annoyingly).

    I have set up a new 4% Monthly Saver, and an SO to feed it, starting tomorrow.

    Hi Archi Bald, the Easy Saver account can be closed via Online Banking. I followed the instructions and it was closed immediately. It disappeared from Online Banking overnight.
  • Archi_Bald
    Archi_Bald Posts: 9,681 Forumite
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    Thanks numbers123, I don't know why I thought it must be done in Branch.

    Anyway, I did pop into a Branch on Tue, and they closed the accounts there for me. It involved lots of paperwork and proof of ID (my Club Lloyds debit card and PIN wasn't good enough) and lots of signatures (mine and theirs) to close 2 zero balance accounts.

    Online closing is definitely be preferable.
  • numbers123
    numbers123 Posts: 47 Forumite
    I was ready to pop in to the branch on my lunch break yesterday but thought I would see if it could be done online first. From your post, it sounds like I avoided a lot of faff! At least you know for next year. :)
  • bristolleedsfan
    bristolleedsfan Posts: 12,644 Forumite
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    edited 9 April 2015 at 10:45PM
    For anybody looking for a regular savings ISA for the new tax year, check out Kazza's ISAs page. Look at the bottom of post 1 for two regular savings accounts that pay 3% and 2.75% respectively for locals in Nottingham and Northern Ireland.


    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=68148967&postcount=4003
  • afmfifgh
    afmfifgh Posts: 281 Forumite
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    edited 10 April 2015 at 11:44AM
    For anybody looking for a regular savings ISA for the new tax year, check out Kazza's ISAs page. Look at the bottom of post 1 for two regular savings accounts that pay 3% and 2.75% respectively for locals in Nottingham and Northern Ireland.

    Not much of a difference but the Nottingham B.S. account actually pays 3.1% of which 3% is a bonus if the conditions of the account are stuck to.

    Edit: Sorry my mistake. I didn't notice you said ISA regular saver. The 3.1% is about the non ISA regular saver. Sorry for the confusion.
  • ajdj
    ajdj Posts: 567 Forumite
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    I have full details of the Nottigham 3% ISA as they were posted to me.

    Starter ISA (issue 5)
    3.00% tax free, variable rate
    No bonus payable
    You can transfer to another ISA provider with a charge of 180 days interest on the amount transferred. No other types of withdrawals permitted.
    Access- Branch only

    £10 minimum balance, maximum monthly contribution £1,270 with an opportunity to top up to the maximum ISA subscription limit in March 2016.

    Fixed term ends 5th April 2016, interest paid on maturity.
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