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surreysaver

Progressive

Finally after a five day wait, I've managed to open the Regular Saver.  But can someone advise me how to add a linked account?

CuparLad

Progressive

Nice to hear that some people are making progress with their application. After two days I got an eMail saying a message was waiting for me in online banking. A message that I can't access because online banking isn't setup because their identify validation system fell over... Muppetry.

chris_the_bee

surreysaver said:

Progressive

Finally after a five day wait, I've managed to open the Regular Saver.  But can someone advise me how to add a linked account?

Set up your nominated bank account after it acknowledges your payment has been received. (A "click here" appears on summary page). You cannot set up unless a payment has been received.

Progressive doesn't recognize all sort codes, so it might tell you to phone them. They then get IT dept to sort & let you know when it's OK to set up. Whole process only took a few minutes. CS Helen very helpful.

chris_the_bee

CuparLad said:

Progressive

Nice to hear that some people are making progress with their application. After two days I got an eMail saying a message was waiting for me in online banking. A message that I can't access because online banking isn't setup because their identify validation system fell over... Muppetry.

Try logging in. If initial identity validation fails, it is usually because the passport photo was blurry. Then they manually check and approve and send notification.Then once logged in, you have to apply for the account. Most fields are already populated. Takes a few minutes.

surreysaver

chris_the_bee said:

CuparLad said:

Progressive

Nice to hear that some people are making progress with their application. After two days I got an eMail saying a message was waiting for me in online banking. A message that I can't access because online banking isn't setup because their identify validation system fell over... Muppetry.

Try logging in. If initial identity validation fails, it is usually because the passport photo was blurry. Then they manually check and approve and send notification.Then once logged in, you have to apply for the account. Most fields are already populated. Takes a few minutes.

They cannot log on. That's the issue.

chris_the_bee

surreysaver said:

chris_the_bee said:

CuparLad said:

Progressive

Nice to hear that some people are making progress with their application. After two days I got an eMail saying a message was waiting for me in online banking. A message that I can't access because online banking isn't setup because their identify validation system fell over... Muppetry.

Try logging in. If initial identity validation fails, it is usually because the passport photo was blurry. Then they manually check and approve and send notification.Then once logged in, you have to apply for the account. Most fields are already populated. Takes a few minutes.

They cannot log on. That's the issue.

Then a telephone call should sort. CS Helen very helpful. 

allegro120

CuparLad said:

Progressive

Nice to hear that some people are making progress with their application. After two days I got an eMail saying a message was waiting for me in online banking. A message that I can't access because online banking isn't setup because their identify validation system fell over... Muppetry.

Have you tried calling them?  My application failed, I phoned them and the first thing they did was setting up online access for me.

CuparLad

Progressive

I received a call from Progressive about an hour after my last post. The person I spoke to admitted:

1. They had no idea why I'd been sent an online message when there was no way I could access it
   
2. They're overwhelmed with applications for the RS
   
3. They are having lots of IT issues
4. The only option was to reapply, which I did while they were on the phone. It failed at the first page.

It's been referred to IT to resolve, but there was "quite a backlog" of IT issues.

SavingsBoo

Monmouthshire BS Regular Savers

Just a heads up for anyone who opened one or both of the Monmouthshire regular savers last August. I hadn’t logged into my online account since September and tried to do so yesterday, but got a message saying my password had expired and they will send a new code out by post … I thought it would be worth mentioning as the maturity dates approach so people can sort their online access out in good time! 

pokemaster

 Monmouthshire

applied about 20th June, still haven’t been told if ID check passed or given log in details. 

Anyone know the timeline for when I should receive these letters?