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simonsmithsays

Hattie627 said:

Bridlington1 said:

Aldermore have announced a series of rate reductions from 3/9/24 (Thanks @FIREmenow for pointing this out in the EA thread).

Of note though is that their Regular Saver Account Issue 1 is not listed as having its rate changed on 3/9/24 and is thus currently set to remain at 5.25% for the time being.

A trend seems to be emerging of "no change" to variable rate regular saver accounts following the August base rate reduction of 0.25%. Unlikely of course to remain the case if/when further base rate cuts take place. 

Multiple ones of my variables have reduced

t1redmonkey

Speculator said:

Snapdragon said:

t1redmonkey said:

Does anyone know/remember how quickly the money from Monmouthshire BS regular savers takes to hit a bank account upon maturity? 

The 7% and 8% accounts I opened last year are maturing on 30th August, but thinking of possibly closing them a couple days early to get the money back so I can fund some other regular savers before September starts (if there's going to be a delay of a few days in them sending the money after maturity).

For the Coronation saver matured 27th April (Sat) the money arrived late afternoon on the 29th (Mon). Like you my 8% matures on the 30th, but given it's a Friday whilst it's possible they could arrive on the Sat, I'm not going to rely on that and am assuming I won't receive funds until Mon 2nd, so will use other funds for my 1st of the month RS payments and replenish that account once the Monmouthshire funds arrive.

When was your 8% opened?

Mine was opened 29/8/23 so I assume it will mature 29/8/24 hopefully. Need the money to fund other regular savers like t1redmonkey.

If I don't get the money by 30/8, I might change the dates of some standing orders to 3/9.
 

I've noticed you can give a specific closure date online by the way.  So I'm probably going to ask for the 7% one to be closed on Tuesday 27th, so I should have the money by the end of that week (I miss out on 3 days of interest at 7% but more important for me to have the money before end of August).

schiff

Monmouth

My Christmas Issue 5 maturity letter was dated 21/11, received 27/11. Maturity date was 9/12, so my Exclusive letter is getting overdue (maybe we caused it with the palaver over the current two!). Opened 23/8/23.

23/8 is a Friday and an Easy Saver at 4.80% was on offer last time. If there is something similar this time I think I'll take that route as withdrawal is easier and it avoids the weekend problem. The cash is not needed urgently.

Kazza242

schiff said:

Monmouth

My Christmas Issue 5 maturity letter was dated 21/11, received 27/11. Maturity date was 9/12, so my Exclusive letter is getting overdue (maybe we caused it with the palaver over the current two!). Opened 23/8/23.

23/8 is a Friday and an Easy Saver at 4.80% was on offer last time. If there is something similar this time I think I'll take that route as withdrawal is easier and it avoids the weekend problem. The cash is not needed urgently.

I received a letter (dated 7th August) from the Monmouthshire yesterday regarding my 8.00% Exclusive Regular Saver maturity options.  I am awaiting the maturity letter for my other Regular Saver (issue 2), paying 7.00%, which I suspect I will receive within a day or two. 

I also have an easy access account with the Monmouthshire.  When my Monmouth regular savers mature, I do an internal transfer to my easy access account and then transfer the funds out to my nominated current account.  I find it quicker doing it this way.  

surreysaver

Monmouth

I'm surprised there isn't the option online discussing maturity options. Post at the moment is rather sporadic, and I only seem to be getting post once every ten to 14 days.  Relying on post these days is somewhat unreliable 

trickydicky14

surreysaver said:

Monmouth

I'm surprised there isn't the option online discussing maturity options. Post at the moment is rather sporadic, and I only seem to be getting post once every ten to 14 days.  Relying on post these days is somewhat unreliable 

Tell me about it, I have not had a reliable postal service for over a year now. I can go 5 days with nothing then it all arrives at once. Post man says no staff and only parcels are being delivered regularly.

soulsaver

Kazza242 said:

schiff said:

Monmouth

My Christmas Issue 5 maturity letter was dated 21/11, received 27/11. Maturity date was 9/12, so my Exclusive letter is getting overdue (maybe we caused it with the palaver over the current two!). Opened 23/8/23.

23/8 is a Friday and an Easy Saver at 4.80% was on offer last time. If there is something similar this time I think I'll take that route as withdrawal is easier and it avoids the weekend problem. The cash is not needed urgently.

I received a letter (dated 7th August) from the Monmouthshire yesterday regarding my 8.00% Exclusive Regular Saver maturity options.  I am awaiting the maturity letter for my other Regular Saver (issue 2), paying 7.00%, which I suspect I will receive within a day or two. 

I also have an easy access account with the Monmouthshire.  When my Monmouth regular savers mature, I do an internal transfer to my easy access account and then transfer the funds out to my nominated current account.  I find it quicker doing it this way.  

I'm guessing the options aren't brilliant ?

Kazza242

soulsaver said:

Kazza242 said:

schiff said:

Monmouth

My Christmas Issue 5 maturity letter was dated 21/11, received 27/11. Maturity date was 9/12, so my Exclusive letter is getting overdue (maybe we caused it with the palaver over the current two!). Opened 23/8/23.

23/8 is a Friday and an Easy Saver at 4.80% was on offer last time. If there is something similar this time I think I'll take that route as withdrawal is easier and it avoids the weekend problem. The cash is not needed urgently.

I received a letter (dated 7th August) from the Monmouthshire yesterday regarding my 8.00% Exclusive Regular Saver maturity options.  I am awaiting the maturity letter for my other Regular Saver (issue 2), paying 7.00%, which I suspect I will receive within a day or two. 

I also have an easy access account with the Monmouthshire.  When my Monmouth regular savers mature, I do an internal transfer to my easy access account and then transfer the funds out to my nominated current account.  I find it quicker doing it this way.  

I'm guessing the options aren't brilliant ?

The Monmouthshire BS maturity product options are not great.  I would have preferred to have been offered a new competitive regular saver as a follow-on product.  Instead, they are offering:

• Easy Saver (issue 1) -: 3.50%
• Limited Access Saver -: 4.80%
• Maturity 1 Year Fixed Rate Bond (issue 22) -: 4.74%
• Maturity 18 Month Fixed Rate Bond (issue 1) -: 4.55%
• Maturity 2 Year Fixed Rate Bond (issue 23) -: 4.45%

soulsaver

Kazza242 said:

soulsaver said:

Kazza242 said:

schiff said:

Monmouth

My Christmas Issue 5 maturity letter was dated 21/11, received 27/11. Maturity date was 9/12, so my Exclusive letter is getting overdue (maybe we caused it with the palaver over the current two!). Opened 23/8/23.

23/8 is a Friday and an Easy Saver at 4.80% was on offer last time. If there is something similar this time I think I'll take that route as withdrawal is easier and it avoids the weekend problem. The cash is not needed urgently.

I received a letter (dated 7th August) from the Monmouthshire yesterday regarding my 8.00% Exclusive Regular Saver maturity options.  I am awaiting the maturity letter for my other Regular Saver (issue 2), paying 7.00%, which I suspect I will receive within a day or two. 

I also have an easy access account with the Monmouthshire.  When my Monmouth regular savers mature, I do an internal transfer to my easy access account and then transfer the funds out to my nominated current account.  I find it quicker doing it this way.  

I'm guessing the options aren't brilliant ?

The Monmouthshire BS maturity product options are not great.  I would have preferred to have been offered a new competitive regular saver as a follow-on product.  Instead, they are offering:

• Easy Saver (issue 1) -: 3.50%
• Limited Access Saver -: 4.80%
• Maturity 1 Year Fixed Rate Bond (issue 22) -: 4.74%
• Maturity 18 Month Fixed Rate Bond (issue 1) -: 4.55%
• Maturity 2 Year Fixed Rate Bond (issue 23) -: 4.45%

Thanks Kazza, much appreciated. Don't know why they've not written to me so that info is really helpful ... if not appealing..  

ThePirates

First Direct Regular Saver

I have a FD Regular Saver running with a Standing Order on the 8th of the month due to mature in a couple of months. 

How quick is it to close the existing one and open a new one so the future Standing Order is on the 1st of the month?
#OCD 😉