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orange-juice said:

Question to those who have the HSBC linked regular saver, can you pay in from an external ac (and therefore do a standing order from that external ac)?

I just opened one and during the application process, it seemed heavily implied that you could only pay in from the linked account. Unsure whether it’s just my wrong interpretation of the rules.

No, payments into HSBC regular saver have to come from standing order from an internal current account.

pecunianonolet

For those with Natwest/RBS Reg savers and using Paypal to fill them up quickly by (ab)using double round ups. Make sure you opt for digital statements!

I did for RBS but forgot for Natwest. Received 22 letters with statements today. The pile is 5cm high. 

ForumUser7

pecunianonolet said:

For those with Natwest/RBS Reg savers and using Paypal to fill them up quickly by (ab)using double round ups. Make sure you opt for digital statements!

I did for RBS but forgot for Natwest. Received 22 letters with statements today. The pile is 5cm high. 

Send the 5cm high pile to the next company that asks you for an original proof of address 😂

Bridlington1

pecunianonolet said:

For those with Natwest/RBS Reg savers and using Paypal to fill them up quickly by (ab)using double round ups. Make sure you opt for digital statements!

I did for RBS but forgot for Natwest. Received 22 letters with statements today. The pile is 5cm high. 

The thing that annoys me about Natwest/RBS statements is that they print them single sided and on A5 sheets with a fairly large font. If they just printed them double sided on A4 with a slightly smaller font they could have easily got the number of letters down to single figures.

pecunianonolet

Bridlington1 said:

pecunianonolet said:

For those with Natwest/RBS Reg savers and using Paypal to fill them up quickly by (ab)using double round ups. Make sure you opt for digital statements!

I did for RBS but forgot for Natwest. Received 22 letters with statements today. The pile is 5cm high. 

The thing that annoys me about Natwest/RBS statements is that they print them single sided and on A5 sheets with a fairly large font. If they just printed them double sided on A4 with a slightly smaller font they could have easily got the number of letters down to single figures.

True, guess that's an old statement format. Hi have hundreds of those sheets now all showing 1p Paypal transactions. On the other side, isn't it nice to get so much fan post lol

Bridlington1

I can't seem to see this mentioned anywhere, Bath BS are raising their regular saver rates from 1st March:
Homestart Regular Saver rising to 3.99%
16-25 Regular Saver rising to 6.75%
The Regular Saver rising to 3.59%

RG2015

Bridlington1 said:

pecunianonolet said:

For those with Natwest/RBS Reg savers and using Paypal to fill them up quickly by (ab)using double round ups. Make sure you opt for digital statements!

I did for RBS but forgot for Natwest. Received 22 letters with statements today. The pile is 5cm high. 

The thing that annoys me about Natwest/RBS statements is that they print them single sided and on A5 sheets with a fairly large font. If they just printed them double sided on A4 with a slightly smaller font they could have easily got the number of letters down to single figures.

I haven't seen a NatWest statement for over 20 years. They were printed landscape on an A5 sheet although they may not have been exactly A5.

The bank also used to issue a small ring binder to file them in. 

ForumUser7

Bridlington1 said:

I can't seem to see this mentioned anywhere, Bath BS are raising their regular saver rates from 1st March:
Homestart Regular Saver rising to 3.99%
16-25 Regular Saver rising to 6.75%
The Regular Saver rising to 3.59%

That’s great news! I’ve just seen it on the website now. Did you get an email? Usually they tend to email, but I didn’t get one this time

Bridlington1

ForumUser7 said:

Bridlington1 said:

I can't seem to see this mentioned anywhere, Bath BS are raising their regular saver rates from 1st March:
Homestart Regular Saver rising to 3.99%
16-25 Regular Saver rising to 6.75%
The Regular Saver rising to 3.59%

That’s great news! I’ve just seen it on the website now. Did you get an email? Usually they tend to email, but I didn’t get one this time

No email yet. I just typed Bath BS into my web browser as I wanted to log into online banking and it automatically came up with the regular savers page. I noticed the new rate change on there.

BestSeagull

pecunianonolet said:

For those with Natwest/RBS Reg savers and using Paypal to fill them up quickly by (ab)using double round ups. Make sure you opt for digital statements!

I did for RBS but forgot for Natwest. Received 22 letters with statements today. The pile is 5cm high. 

Do you mind explaining how double round ups work please?