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Regular Savings Accounts: The Best Currently Available List!

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  • ColdIron
    ColdIron Posts: 9,951 Forumite
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    If you don't mind waiting you could phone them, I closed mine and a couple of old savers last Wednesday
  • Wheres_My_Cashback
    Wheres_My_Cashback Posts: 4,394 Forumite
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    edited 4 February 2023 at 7:11PM
    Thanks for TSB replies, I will try chat line first but from past experience of banking chat lines, they will only advise and not action. They will probably direct me to the App but I will probably end up transferring out and waiting 9 months for my £2 interest!
    I closed my a/c earlier today via chat, even though I'd removed funds a long time ago.

    From commencing initial chat (6 minutes) to closure and interest paid it took 73 minutes even though they 'aimed to close in 2-3 days'.
  • Thanks for TSB replies, I will try chat line first but from past experience of banking chat lines, they will only advise and not action. They will probably direct me to the App but I will probably end up transferring out and waiting 9 months for my £2 interest!
    I closed my a/c earlier today via chat, even though I'd removed funds a long time ago.

    From commencing initial chat (6 minutes) to closure and interest paid it took 73 minutes even though they 'aimed to close in 2-3 days'.
    thanks for that
  • Qyburn
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    For those with the TSB regular saver, how strictly do they enforce the standing order requirement? I don't keep money or receive income into the TSB current account so would prefer to make payments by FP from Lloyds. I suppose I could have a really small SO of the minimum £25/m and pay in the other £225 from Lloyds. Would that be accepted? I just don't like the idea of a SO paid from an account I have to remember to manually top up. 
  • ColdIron
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    edited 5 February 2023 at 11:51AM
    I used Chase until I closed the RS due to the 2.50% rate
  • Band7
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    Qyburn said:
    For those with the TSB regular saver, how strictly do they enforce the standing order requirement? I don't keep money or receive income into the TSB current account so would prefer to make payments by FP from Lloyds. I suppose I could have a really small SO of the minimum £25/m and pay in the other £225 from Lloyds. Would that be accepted? I just don't like the idea of a SO paid from an account I have to remember to manually top up. 
    You can have your SO at any current account you like.  
  • Qyburn said:
    For those with the TSB regular saver, how strictly do they enforce the standing order requirement? I don't keep money or receive income into the TSB current account so would prefer to make payments by FP from Lloyds. I suppose I could have a really small SO of the minimum £25/m and pay in the other £225 from Lloyds. Would that be accepted? I just don't like the idea of a SO paid from an account I have to remember to manually top up. 
    I only made the first payment by SO, the rest were all done by manual transfer from my TSB current account.
  • adindas
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    Qyburn said:
    For those with the TSB regular saver, how strictly do they enforce the standing order requirement? I don't keep money or receive income into the TSB current account so would prefer to make payments by FP from Lloyds. I suppose I could have a really small SO of the minimum £25/m and pay in the other £225 from Lloyds. Would that be accepted? I just don't like the idea of a SO paid from an account I have to remember to manually top up. 
    For TSB it is easy access. All you need is £25 (?) stay in the account. For monthly requirement you could transfer £25 manually or SO and transfer it back at the same day.
    You could also do SO on both sides, but just need a slack of a few days so you account will not be overdrawn.

  • kaMelo
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    Qyburn said:
    For those with the TSB regular saver, how strictly do they enforce the standing order requirement? I don't keep money or receive income into the TSB current account so would prefer to make payments by FP from Lloyds. I suppose I could have a really small SO of the minimum £25/m and pay in the other £225 from Lloyds. Would that be accepted? I just don't like the idea of a SO paid from an account I have to remember to manually top up. 

    They don't enforce it at all, you can set up a standing order or pay by faster payment from Lloyds account without a problem.
    The one thing you cannot do is transfer money manually from the TSB current account to the regular saver.
  • soulsaver
    soulsaver Posts: 6,682 Forumite
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    Thanks for TSB replies, I will try chat line first but from past experience of banking chat lines, they will only advise and not action. They will probably direct me to the App but I will probably end up transferring out and waiting 9 months for my £2 interest!
    I closed my a/c earlier today via chat, even though I'd removed funds a long time ago.

    From commencing initial chat (6 minutes) to closure and interest paid it took 73 minutes even though they 'aimed to close in 2-3 days'.
    thanks for that
    TSB app chat line closure is auto, works without chatting to an agent.
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