Savings account other than Marcus

nottsphil

coachman12 said:

roddydogs said:

Is this something new, ive never used a mobile for my marcus a.c

No, it's not new. Marcus have always used texts. Check they know your mobile phone number.

Really? I can't remember ever receiving a code by text for them. I imagine you would only need  that if you were changing the linked account. 

Tildaplum

When I log onto Marcus, I enter email address and password, and then they text me  code which I have to enter to complete logon. No text - no logon!

colsten

ColdIron said:

HL may be  problem for you then as from the 13th March they will send an SMS message to enable you login. This appears to apply to anyone with a currency or Active Savings account

Send text, or make a voice call, according to the letter I received from HL today

ColdIron

Yes you're right, on re-reading they offer 'an automated call if you prefer'

RomfordNavy

ColdIron said:

HL may be  problem for you then as from the 13th March they will send an SMS message to enable you login. This appears to apply to anyone with a currency or Active Savings account

Apparently not as they can send recorded message to a landline instead of SMS.

RomfordNavy

Fingerbobs said:

The Family Building Society's Online Saver is instant-access and pays 1.26%. Not quite as good as Marcus, but not terrible. It also allows deposits by debit card. Only drawback is it has a minimum operating balance of £100.

https://familybuildingsociety.co.uk/Savings/Online-Saver.aspx

Family Building Society does loook like it supports Faster Payments but only pays interest Yearly and rate is currently 1.06%.

coachman12

RCI Instant Access is 1.2 % but it has the advantage of being in the top three or four savings accounts since it was introduced in UK. It will be interesting to see whether it will stay in that league or whether it is merely trying to get a good foothold in the UK market, before lowering rates. So far, I have been very impressed and hope for a long association with them. Once again, I am pleased that they have won the 2020 Best Savings Account Award.

soulsaver

Tildaplum said:

When I log onto Marcus, I enter email address and password, and then they text me  code which I have to enter to complete logon. No text - no logon!

I've just logged in - email addy & password - no text... and no problem.

RomfordNavy

nottsphil said:

coachman12 said:

roddydogs said:

Is this something new, ive never used a mobile for my marcus a.c

No, it's not new. Marcus have always used texts. Check they know your mobile phone number.

Really? I can't remember ever receiving a code by text for them. I imagine you would only need  that if you were changing the linked account. 

I went for ages without needing a mobile then one day they just started insisting on it, I have not been able to login since.  All transactioons now done using telephone.

colsten

RomfordNavy said:

I went for ages without needing a mobile then one day they just started insisting on it, I have not been able to login since.  All transactioons now done using telephone.

I have held a Marcus ever since they first launched the account. I can't recall that I ever needed a mobile for anything on that account. I have just logged in without any mobile. It looks as if they have different login procedures for different people.