Open account through MSE or Comparethemarket?

cisko65

Hi, some saving accounts can be opened from MSE and Comparethemarket (a Union bank of India account, for example) or other website. Is there a difference? Sometimes you get cashback/freebies etc. 
Thanks

colsten

The only places I am aware of that sometimes might pay you a bit of money for opening a savings account are, in no particular order:

• Quidco
• TopCashback
• Raisin UK
• HL Active Savings
• Refer A Friend offers (caution: some are scams)

If you open through MSE or a comparison site, they may or may not get a finder's fee. If they do, they will definitely not pass some or all of it on to you.

Alexland

colsten said:

If you open through MSE or a comparison site, they may or may not get a finder's fee. If they do, they will definitely not pass some or all of it on to you.

Opening via a MSE referral link might help pay for this forum...

NottinghamKnight

Alexland said:

colsten said:

If you open through MSE or a comparison site, they may or may not get a finder's fee. If they do, they will definitely not pass some or all of it on to you.

Opening via a MSE referral link might help pay for this forum...

I think it pays for itself very nicely, didn't someone sell it for £80 million plus a little while ago.....

cisko65

colsten said:

The only places I am aware of that sometimes might pay you a bit of money for opening a savings account are, in no particular order:

• Quidco
• TopCashback
• Raisin UK
• HL Active Savings
• Refer A Friend offers (caution: some are scams)

If you open through MSE or a comparison site, they may or may not get a finder's fee. If they do, they will definitely not pass some or all of it on to you.

Thanks. I used Raisin to open a bank account (with £100 cashback) when it was in the best saving list of MSE. Don't feel comfortable with choosing quidco and others currently not in the list. Anyway, still trying to understand whether there's a difference between opening a Union Bank of India account from MSE and Comparethemarket.

Eco_Miser

NottinghamKnight said:

Alexland said:

colsten said:

If you open through MSE or a comparison site, they may or may not get a finder's fee. If they do, they will definitely not pass some or all of it on to you.

Opening via a MSE referral link might help pay for this forum...

I think it pays for itself very nicely, didn't someone sell it for £80 million plus a little while ago.....

If they did, what did they get for the main site?

The way it pays for itself (for the new owner) is by the referral links.