Regular Savings Accounts: The Best Currently Available List!

Nick_C

A reminder of the topic of this thread:-

Regular Savings Accounts: The Best Currently Available List!

Kim_13

Cambridge BS - going backwards?

Applied for the Extra Reward Regular Saver by post last week and received a passbook in the post. There was no passbook with the Reward Regular Saver I opened two years ago. The information in the back of the passbook also states that withdrawals are by cheque with the passbook. Previously I received matured funds via Faster Payment.

wmb194

Kim_13 said:

Cambridge BS - going backwards?

Applied for the Extra Reward Regular Saver by post last week and received a passbook in the post. There was no passbook with the Reward Regular Saver I opened two years ago. The information in the back of the passbook also states that withdrawals are by cheque with the passbook. Previously I received matured funds via Faster Payment.

I doubt it'll be a problem: "Upon maturity the balance including any accrued interest will transfer to an appropriate instant access account available at the time and provide instant access to your money."

https://www.cambridgebs.co.uk/savings/regular-savings/extra-reward-regular-saver

happybagger

Nick_C said:

A reminder of the topic of this thread:-

Regular Savings Accounts: The Best Currently Available List!

Oh please, not more policing, are you seriously saying anything that was once a hot topic on here should no longer be mentioned simply because it is NLA?

Special_Saver2

Hi Folks,

I cannot see anything that needs to be changed for the first page of this thread.

I will do the next update in the next 1-2 weeks.

SS2

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OneUser1

Special_Saver2 said:

Hi Folks,

I cannot see anything that needs to be changed for the first page of this thread.

I will do the next update in the next 1-2 weeks.

SS2

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For those new to this thread, the first few posts are regularly updated and are on the first page
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You have the Melton Mowbray Building Society Regular Saver listed but it’s no longer available.

refluxer

Here's an online regular saver I spotted recently from the Hanley Eco BS - it's fairly new and hasn't been picked up by comparison sites like MoneyFacts, yet. While the rate isn't fixed nor among the very best available, it's still higher than the current best easy access rates and some of the conditions (such as the high monthly contribution and lack of maturity date) might make it of interest to some.

Hanley Economic Building Society - Online Regular Saver @ 5.50% (variable)

• Open online and manage via online banking or the app
• Interest paid annually on 31st August
• Minimum balance : £1,000
• Maximum balance : £100,000
• Pay in between £250 and £1,000 every month (multiple payments allowed)
• Payments can be made via SO, bank transfer or debit card
• Missing paying in for 3 or more months within the anniversary year risks account closure 
• 5 penalty-free withdrawals per tax year allowed (faster payment withdrawals are subject to a £10k per day limit)

https://thehanley.co.uk/savings-accounts/

NB. I'm not sure why the 'withdrawal notice' box says 'Yes' in the table - notice isn't mentioned in the account Summary Box so it's possible this may be a mistake or they may simply be referring to the fact that withdrawals have to be requested and so aren't instant.

One thing to note about the Hanley is that they're a relatively small BS, so there are bound to be the usual, associated foibles and they won't be as dynamic as some of the bigger players. You'll probably have to wait for online banking details to be sent through the post, for example, so setting this account up as a new customer may not be immediate. Also - if this account functions like the branch saver I hold with them, faster payment deposits usually don't show up until the next working day and so the same might be true for withdrawals from this account (I don't current hold this RS but my impression is that both faster payments in and withdrawal requests for faster payments out have to be processed manually). Full details of how they operate their savings accounts can be found in their general savings accounts T&Cs document.

Pkman

I have their home depsoit saver. The interest rate was good at the beginning but then it lagged behind other. I have £20k 'stuck' in there until 3 years up (April 2024), it is currently paying 4.05% when I could get 5.2% otherwhere. meh

One thing I can't found with the account above is the option of closing the account. Is it allowed? Is it included one of the penalty-free??? You could technically will have £1k stuck in there if you not allow to close your account. 

refluxer

Pkman said:

One thing I can't found with the account above is the option of closing the account. Is it allowed? Is it included one of the penalty-free??? You could technically will have £1k stuck in there if you not allow to close your account. 

It's probably safe to say that account closure will be allowed as it doesn't have a maturity date - I'd like to think they can't keep your money forever

I would count it as one of the 5 free withdrawals to be on the safe side, though.

Pkman

I wouldn't be that much concerned about their 'threat' of downgrading your account.

I did not depsoit any money for the last 7 months in my home deposit saver hoping they would downgrade it so I can withdraw my money. Nope. Not a single letter. Until recently letting me know it will convert into easy access at the end of 3 years.

5.5% is the borderline whether it is 'worth it'.