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Regular Savings Accounts: The Best Currently Available List!

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  • allegro120
    allegro120 Posts: 1,846 Forumite
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    Gatehouse Bank Regular Saver 7% (paid at maturity)

    £300 Max Per Month pay in

    Source: Money Facts

    Worth noting that although the rate is variable, no withdrawals/closure are allowed until the end of the term, unless the rate is reduced. 
    I see you can carry over payments and miss payments plus min pay in is a £1 so I think it's worth a punt.
    You can't carry over payments from previous months. From the terms:

    I'd agree though that with a £1 minimum deposit and the ability to skip months it is worth opening, though £1 is all they're getting from me for the next few months at least due to my circumstances.
    Will it be possible to open and fund before end of November? 
    Yes, I just did it. Funded from GH easy access.  Although it says it can take up to 3 days, funds appeared in new RS account immediately.
  • allegro120
    allegro120 Posts: 1,846 Forumite
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    Can you fund the account by standing order ?
    Didn't see any mention of it in the notes.
    Yes you can as long as the SO is from your nominated account.
  • Gatehouse Bank Regular Saver 7% (paid at maturity)

    £300 Max Per Month pay in

    Source: Money Facts

    Worth noting that although the rate is variable, no withdrawals/closure are allowed until the end of the term, unless the rate is reduced. 
    I see you can carry over payments and miss payments plus min pay in is a £1 so I think it's worth a punt.
    You can't carry over payments from previous months. From the terms:

    I'd agree though that with a £1 minimum deposit and the ability to skip months it is worth opening, though £1 is all they're getting from me for the next few months at least due to my circumstances.
    Will it be possible to open and fund before end of November? 
    Yes, I just did it. Funded from GH easy access.  Although it says it can take up to 3 days, funds appeared in new RS account immediately.
    many thanks for posting about the speed of EA payments - I was on that exact page of the application when you posted, dithering about whether to fund from nominated account or GH EA... as you say, EA transfer was instant... it seems you can make manual transfers from EA to RS too, so although the t&c says that deposits are only accepted from the nominated account, it looks like internal transfers might be acceptable too for future deposits.
  • Gatehouse Bank Regular Saver 7% (paid at maturity)

    £300 Max Per Month pay in

    Source: Money Facts

    Worth noting that although the rate is variable, no withdrawals/closure are allowed until the end of the term, unless the rate is reduced. 
    I see you can carry over payments and miss payments plus min pay in is a £1 so I think it's worth a punt.
    You can't carry over payments from previous months. From the terms:

    I'd agree though that with a £1 minimum deposit and the ability to skip months it is worth opening, though £1 is all they're getting from me for the next few months at least due to my circumstances.
    Will it be possible to open and fund before end of November? 
    Yes, I just did it. Funded from GH easy access.  Although it says it can take up to 3 days, funds appeared in new RS account immediately.
    Do Gatehouse still offer an easy access account? Can't see mention on their website.
  • Gatehouse Bank Regular Saver 7% (paid at maturity)

    £300 Max Per Month pay in

    Source: Money Facts

    Worth noting that although the rate is variable, no withdrawals/closure are allowed until the end of the term, unless the rate is reduced. 
    I see you can carry over payments and miss payments plus min pay in is a £1 so I think it's worth a punt.
    You can't carry over payments from previous months. From the terms:

    I'd agree though that with a £1 minimum deposit and the ability to skip months it is worth opening, though £1 is all they're getting from me for the next few months at least due to my circumstances.
    Will it be possible to open and fund before end of November? 
    Yes, I just did it. Funded from GH easy access.  Although it says it can take up to 3 days, funds appeared in new RS account immediately.
    Do Gatehouse still offer an easy access account? Can't see mention on their website.
    If you are an existing customer, it appears that you can still apply, once logged in.

    If not, you are met with this: https://gatehousebank.com/personal/savings/easy-access

    "Under review"
  • flaneurs_lobster
    flaneurs_lobster Posts: 6,458 Forumite
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    edited 29 November 2023 at 1:20PM
    gt94sss2 said:
    Gatehouse Bank Regular Saver 7% (paid at maturity)

    £300 Max Per Month pay in

    Source: Money Facts

    Worth noting that although the rate is variable, no withdrawals/closure are allowed until the end of the term, unless the rate is reduced. 
    I see you can carry over payments and miss payments plus min pay in is a £1 so I think it's worth a punt.
    You can't carry over payments from previous months. From the terms:

    I'd agree though that with a £1 minimum deposit and the ability to skip months it is worth opening, though £1 is all they're getting from me for the next few months at least due to my circumstances.
    Will it be possible to open and fund before end of November? 
    Yes, I just did it. Funded from GH easy access.  Although it says it can take up to 3 days, funds appeared in new RS account immediately.
    Do Gatehouse still offer an easy access account? Can't see mention on their website.
    They do. Currently only available for "existing customers" (i.e. you need to be logged in before you can open one)



    Oh yes, quite right. And 5.23% APR, better than Metro Bank. 

    EDIT: Easy to open too, will fund this and then use it to fund RS. 
  • drphila
    drphila Posts: 334 Forumite
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    Hattie627 said:
    I alwayflaneurs_lobster said:
    Hattie627 said:
    Gatehouse

    When you open the account, it says that User ID will come in the post in Welcome Letter. This might put you off funding account immediately as you won't be able to see it until the letter arrives.

    However, I have just received an email (an hour after opening the account) with User ID. My payment sent an hour ago by FP not showing yet, but it is one of these accounts where you send the payment to a holding account in the name of Gatehouse and it is then allocated to your own account.
    Yep, opened and funded inside 10 minutes.

    Annoying bits, why does the password not allow special characters? And the Captcha required is utterly pointless.
    I always thought Captcha's were to prevent robots from signing up to things online. But why would a robot want to open a savings account? Probably an expert could explain it.

    I think @Bridlington1 has so many accounts he may well be a robot :#:#:#
  • allegro120
    allegro120 Posts: 1,846 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper
    Gatehouse Bank Regular Saver 7% (paid at maturity)

    £300 Max Per Month pay in

    Source: Money Facts

    Worth noting that although the rate is variable, no withdrawals/closure are allowed until the end of the term, unless the rate is reduced. 
    I see you can carry over payments and miss payments plus min pay in is a £1 so I think it's worth a punt.
    You can't carry over payments from previous months. From the terms:

    I'd agree though that with a £1 minimum deposit and the ability to skip months it is worth opening, though £1 is all they're getting from me for the next few months at least due to my circumstances.
    Will it be possible to open and fund before end of November? 
    Yes, I just did it. Funded from GH easy access.  Although it says it can take up to 3 days, funds appeared in new RS account immediately.
    many thanks for posting about the speed of EA payments - I was on that exact page of the application when you posted, dithering about whether to fund from nominated account or GH EA... as you say, EA transfer was instant... it seems you can make manual transfers from EA to RS too, so although the t&c says that deposits are only accepted from the nominated account, it looks like internal transfers might be acceptable too for future deposits.
    I've just looked on the app and the option to transfer from EA to RS is there, so i think you are right.  I'll definitely try it for my 2nd payment on Friday.   
  • Gatehouse Bank Regular Saver 7% (paid at maturity)

    £300 Max Per Month pay in

    Source: Money Facts

    Worth noting that although the rate is variable, no withdrawals/closure are allowed until the end of the term, unless the rate is reduced. 
    I see you can carry over payments and miss payments plus min pay in is a £1 so I think it's worth a punt.
    You can't carry over payments from previous months. From the terms:

    I'd agree though that with a £1 minimum deposit and the ability to skip months it is worth opening, though £1 is all they're getting from me for the next few months at least due to my circumstances.
    Will it be possible to open and fund before end of November? 
    Yes, I just did it. Funded from GH easy access.  Although it says it can take up to 3 days, funds appeared in new RS account immediately.
    many thanks for posting about the speed of EA payments - I was on that exact page of the application when you posted, dithering about whether to fund from nominated account or GH EA... as you say, EA transfer was instant... it seems you can make manual transfers from EA to RS too, so although the t&c says that deposits are only accepted from the nominated account, it looks like internal transfers might be acceptable too for future deposits.
    I've just looked on the app and the option to transfer from EA to RS is there, so i think you are right.  I'll definitely try it for my 2nd payment on Friday.   
    Only need to do it once as you can set up an internal recurring transaction to move the funds monthly on whatever date you stipulate.
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