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  • BrownTrout
    BrownTrout Posts: 2,298 Forumite
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    1882 said:
    Yesterday being the first of the month I manually transferred money to my plethora of RS accounts rather than wait until Monday for the usual SO's. All have shown up except the Monmouthshire BS one - should I worry or will it show up on Monday when the bank hols areover?
    Monmouthshire only process payments on working days so I just use a standing order for payments in to my accounts with them.

    With an HSBC current account I can set up faster payments up to twelve months in advance. When I open a new regular saver this enables me to set up payments for the 1st of the month (including weekends or bank holidays) for the entire year. Other current accounts such as Lloyds are very restrictive with the payments that you can set up. Do people use any other current accounts aside from HSBC/First Direct with this flexibility?
    They always back date to the date the money hit their account though and thier update is before 9am each morning
  • Fingerbobs
    Fingerbobs Posts: 1,719 Forumite
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    I think Scottish B.S regular saver 1.35% has been withdrawn.
    Just tried the MSE link to find it has gone!
    Please correct me if I am wrong.
    Yes it's been pulled. On past form, it might be reinstated at a later date. But I imagine the % rate might be revisited in the interim.

    Crikey, I just posted my application for this account yesterday - hope they honour it.

  • Ken68
    Ken68 Posts: 6,825 Forumite
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    Beggar......Posted mine today, been thinking about it for a few days. Lesson earned. 
  • Sorry this is probably daft question that has already been answered but its a long thread! 

    Is there any restriction on having the regular savers from both RBS and Natwest at the same time?  I got a switching bonus from Natwest a bit ago so presume I won't be eligible for the RBS switch bonus anymore, but would be nice to get 3%!

    Thanks.
  • Sorry this is probably daft question that has already been answered but its a long thread! 

    Is there any restriction on having the regular savers from both RBS and Natwest at the same time?  I got a switching bonus from Natwest a bit ago so presume I won't be eligible for the RBS switch bonus anymore, but would be nice to get 3%!

    Thanks.

    No there isn't - I have both and had no problems. If you have enough direct debits you can even have a Reward account from both and collect the bonuses on both.
  • eddie7612 said:
    Sorry this is probably daft question that has already been answered but its a long thread! 

    Is there any restriction on having the regular savers from both RBS and Natwest at the same time?  I got a switching bonus from Natwest a bit ago so presume I won't be eligible for the RBS switch bonus anymore, but would be nice to get 3%!

    Thanks.

    No there isn't - I have both and had no problems. If you have enough direct debits you can even have a Reward account from both and collect the bonuses on both.
    Thanks, who knows how long 3% will last and only on £100 a month but better than nothing! 
  • kaMelo
    kaMelo Posts: 2,885 Forumite
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    edited 10 January 2021 at 1:01PM
    eddie7612 said:
    Sorry this is probably daft question that has already been answered but its a long thread! 

    Is there any restriction on having the regular savers from both RBS and Natwest at the same time?  I got a switching bonus from Natwest a bit ago so presume I won't be eligible for the RBS switch bonus anymore, but would be nice to get 3%!

    Thanks.

    No there isn't - I have both and had no problems. If you have enough direct debits you can even have a Reward account from both and collect the bonuses on both.
    Thanks, who knows how long 3% will last and only on £100 a month but better than nothing! 
    £50 a month per account.
  • kaMelo said:
    eddie7612 said:
    Sorry this is probably daft question that has already been answered but its a long thread! 

    Is there any restriction on having the regular savers from both RBS and Natwest at the same time?  I got a switching bonus from Natwest a bit ago so presume I won't be eligible for the RBS switch bonus anymore, but would be nice to get 3%!

    Thanks.

    No there isn't - I have both and had no problems. If you have enough direct debits you can even have a Reward account from both and collect the bonuses on both.
    Thanks, who knows how long 3% will last and only on £100 a month but better than nothing! 
    £50 a month per account.
    Yes, adding up to 100  ;)
  • Fingerbobs
    Fingerbobs Posts: 1,719 Forumite
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    Ken68 said:
    Beggar......Posted mine today, been thinking about it for a few days. Lesson earned. 
    Doesn't pay to procrastinate where Regular Savers are concerned. 
    I posted my Scottish BS application first class on 4th January (the day before it disappeared from the web site), but haven't heard anything yet and the cheque hasn't gone out of my account. 
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