Regular Savings Accounts: The Best Currently Available List!

Millyonare

First Direct Regular Saver now showing as 3.60% for existing customers with an already open and active account.

WillowLea1962

Millyonare said:

First Direct Regular Saver now showing as 3.60% for existing customers with an already open and active account.

I’m sure that is an error as the website still shows 3.50%. I recollect an error such as this occurred a few months back and the app gets updated and it’s back to the original rate 

Wheres_My_Cashback

Every_Penny_Counts said:

Kazza242 said:

trickydicky14 said:

Kazza242 said:

Kazza242 said:

According to Moneyfacts, Saffron Building Society will be launching their 12 Month Fixed Rate Members Regular Saver (issue 12), which will pay 3.00%.

It is likely to be available from 25th October.  It is available to members who have had an existing relationship with Saffron Building Society for the past 12 months.  

Holders of earlier issues of Saffron Members Regular Saver can apply via secure message or over the phone for their account to be product switched to the new issue.   

(They use some money from your existing balance to cover the payment for this month and the remaining balance is sent to your nominated account).  You then just need to amend your standing order so that another 11 payments are scheduled.  

https://www.saffronbs.co.uk/Savings/Regular-Savings-Accounts

The Saffron BS 12 Month Fixed Rate Members Regular Saver (issue 12), paying 3.00% is now available:

https://www.saffronbs.co.uk/savings/regular-savings-accounts/12-month-fixed-rate-members-regular-saver

As with previous increases, can you just message them and get your current regular saver changed to the higher rate?

Yes, you can.  Please see the info in my earlier post (quoted above) which is highlighted in bold (click on 'show previous quotes').  

You can also ring them for free on their 0800 number.  Took just 2 minutes & it was all done...

Told me they can't do it for 2 days !

So rang back and it was done in seconds.

Rudyson

Millyonare said:

First Direct Regular Saver now showing as 3.60% for existing customers with an already open and active account.

Maybe it's because October is one hour longer )

chris_the_bee

Cambridge BS has suffered faults after their IT upgrade.
Unable to withdraw funds online or send a secure message of any length.
They do sort the withdrawal by phoning them.

Section62

chris_the_bee said:

Cambridge BS has suffered faults after their IT upgrade.
Unable to withdraw funds online or send a secure message of any length.
They do sort the withdrawal by phoning them.

You also have to set up a nominated account rather than using any saved payees you used in the past.

where_are_we

Saffron new members RS12 @3%. If using secure message to close old RS11 and open new RS12 do not dilly-dally and get timed out and have to compose it all again like I did! Maximum balance is £6000 so only first deposit and 11 SO`s for £500 are allowed (no 13th payment), although if form is anything to go by, this doesn`t matter because the RS12 is likely to be superseded by a RS13 before maturity. Also alter your old standing order to the new maturity date.

dcs34

where_are_we said:

Saffron new members RS12 @3%. If using secure message to close old RS11 and open new RS12 do not dilly-dally and get timed out and have to compose it all again like I did! Maximum balance is £6000 so only first deposit and 11 SO`s for £500 are allowed (no 13th payment), although if form is anything to go by, this doesn`t matter because the RS12 is likely to be superseded by a RS13 before maturity. Also alter your old standing order to the new maturity date.

I've requested the Saffron switcheroo to the small saver, now 3.5% up from 3% previously.

(And I'll wait for them to do that before opening the RS12, just to avoid them applying their T&Cs correctly and closing it...)

Daliah

chris_the_bee said:

Cambridge BS has suffered faults after their IT upgrade.
Unable to withdraw funds online or send a secure message of any length.
They do sort the withdrawal by phoning them.

Online banking is awful - the response time is horrendous. I couldn't log in with Chrome at all, but Edge worked very, very slowly. The entire site seems to have crashed on me now. The app doesn't work at all. May be it will be better in the morning.

I was forced to choose a new userid when trying to log in. Password stayed the same. I was immediately logged out after changing the userid but was allowed to log in again with the new ID.

Section62 said:

You also have to set up a nominated account rather than using any saved payees you used in the past.

I have a nominated account already set up in all my Cambridge accounts already. Is there somewhere else I need to register a nominated account?

swanfan02

chris_the_bee said:

Cambridge BS has suffered faults after their IT upgrade.
Unable to withdraw funds online or send a secure message of any length.
They do sort the withdrawal by phoning them.

I had no problems withdrawing from my account, confirmation email received promptly too