Regular Savings Accounts: The Best Currently Available List!

Nick_C

I requested a phone appointment on Tuesday.  Heard nothing so followed up with a secure message on Wednesday.
Received a secure message just now saying phone the local agency.  Phoned them, they said postal applications only.  Phoned the London branch.  They said the same thing.

The YBS website says savings account can be opened over the phone, but good luck finding a branch or agency who will actually do this for you.

Great product but poor customer service.

ashteadgirl

YBS Loyalty Regular Saver
Rang local agency on Wednesday and they emailed application pack to me. Took completed form and cheque to then later that day. and just handed them over. Received account book in post on Thursday. Super quick and very efficient. Very well done YBS

stuartm

Spoke to London (Strand) branch who said forms could be emailed as well as posted 

Notepad_Phil

stuartm said:

Spoke to London (Strand) branch who said forms could be emailed as well as posted 

Do you just take a photo of each page and then send a bunch of jpg's or is there some clever way of doing this?

Special_Saver2

Hi Everybody,

Here is this weekend's update to this thread.

- Yorkshire BS Loyalty Regular Saver added to post 3 (paying 3.5% on £500 per month for people who have been a member since at least 1st January 2020)
- Mansfield BS Young Regular Saver (Issue 3) replaces issue 2 with an interest rate of 1% and no maturity date
- Mansfield BS 150th Anniversary Regular Saver (Issue 6) withdrawn and removed (and issue 7 interest rate too low to qualify for inclusion on this list)

I will do the next update next weekend.

SS2

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For those new to this thread, the first few posts are constantly updated and are on the first page
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6106986/regular-savings-accounts-the-best-currently-available-list/p1

stuartm

Notepad_Phil said:

stuartm said:

Spoke to London (Strand) branch who said forms could be emailed as well as posted 

Do you just take a photo of each page and then send a bunch of jpg's or is there some clever way of doing this?

Suspect that would be OK, but there are lots of apps which either scan the signed form to PDF or can convert your JPGs to PDF

colsten

Notepad_Phil said:

stuartm said:

Spoke to London (Strand) branch who said forms could be emailed as well as posted 

Do you just take a photo of each page and then send a bunch of jpg's or is there some clever way of doing this?

There are various scan apps for smartphones which allow you to scan multiple pages into a PDF. On iPhones, you can also use the Notes app.

typistretired

stuartm said:

Spoke to London (Strand) branch who said forms could be emailed as well as posted 

Do you mean they email to you  or you email the form to them. I received my form by email but was told I had to post back they need an original signature

stuartm

typistretired said:

stuartm said:

Spoke to London (Strand) branch who said forms could be emailed as well as posted 

Do you mean they email to you  or you email the form to them. I received my form by email but was told I had to post back they need an original signature

I posted mine back but was told they will accept a scanned signature via email 

typistretired

Sorry should have said Furness allowed you to email copy of passport not applications. Good information for those not yet not opened an account but if it was me I would ask them during the phone call as with Chorley they looked out for my email