Chase 1.5% Easy Access

poshrule_uk

Opened the current account this morning and have created about 6 pots from my emergency fund to holiday money.

Account was really easy to open, I couldn't do transfers for the first 15 minutes as the app was being silly but after that it was smooth. Left a £1 in Marcus,

Albermarle

mlc2009 said:

can anyone who is more intelligent than me on these matters help me

how quickly do other banks usually release competing products? 

is there any chance any of the big banks, HSBC, Barclays also release competing rates? They have been abysmal for ages

You have to realise that many people never switch accounts or only very rarely. Especially so when it is a new name they have never heard of before.
Chase could have a flood of new customers, but would still be only a small % share of the market and probably will not take that long before you find that their market leading rates are not market leading anymore.( although will presumably be still ahead of the high st banks )

inspectorperez

Opened savings account this a.m. with instant response and new account number.

Two separate 4 figure investments made with again instant receipt confirmation by text on smartphone.

Even if the rate only lasts for 12 months, this is a simple way of managing excess funds and receiving a monthly income.

Since opening current account last October, have been very impressed with Chase and the app which I find intuitive and easy to navigate

Its_just_Barry

k_man said:

The Chase systems will be getting some hammer this morning.

Expect a few errors, timeouts, and something went wrong messages

ETA:
For clarity, not everyone will experience a problem, but there is an increased chance that some users may, due to increased load following the new savings account release.

Yeah, I’m getting the message I can’t open anymore Accounts with Chase, I only have 6 accounts & 4 savings, what I understand is, you can have up to 20 accounts & 10 savings?! They are looking into this for me.

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refluxer said:

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App saying device not compatible even though I have android 11. Well done to those who have signed up this morning. It has been highlighted in the Daily Wail, so this morning the Chase bank sever is going in meltdown I suspect.

I wonder why that is ? I just installed the Chase app on my phone which is running Android 10. Had a few issues with the application process but I suspect that is more to do with the current volume of new customers signing up, rather than due to any app/phone compatibility problems.

It is now 15:20 pm, been at it since 10:00 am this morning--- I have given up! ..I think i need to update google play store, having trouble though.

Se1Lad

Opened my account with no problems - took 20 minutes for them to complete the verification checks for the initial current account.  I then was able to open the savings account and a test £1 transaction arrived there 20 minutes later.  Larger transaction then took 40 minutes to clear.  I’ve reached my daily transfer limit from Virgin now, so will transfer the remaining money tomorrow.

gunjin

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refluxer said:

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App saying device not compatible even though I have android 11. Well done to those who have signed up this morning. It has been highlighted in the Daily Wail, so this morning the Chase bank sever is going in meltdown I suspect.

I wonder why that is ? I just installed the Chase app on my phone which is running Android 10. Had a few issues with the application process but I suspect that is more to do with the current volume of new customers signing up, rather than due to any app/phone compatibility problems.

It is now 15:20 pm, been at it since 10:00 am this morning--- I have given up!

Yup, I'm having tonnes of issues too. After a load of upload difficulties, I am still awaiting approval which I'm guessing is a manual process. 4 hours so far.  I suspect they got inundated today. Happy to be patient for what looks like a market smashing rate.

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gunjin said:

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refluxer said:

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App saying device not compatible even though I have android 11. Well done to those who have signed up this morning. It has been highlighted in the Daily Wail, so this morning the Chase bank sever is going in meltdown I suspect.

I wonder why that is ? I just installed the Chase app on my phone which is running Android 10. Had a few issues with the application process but I suspect that is more to do with the current volume of new customers signing up, rather than due to any app/phone compatibility problems.

It is now 15:20 pm, been at it since 10:00 am this morning--- I have given up!

Yup, I'm having tonnes of issues too. After a load of upload difficulties, I am still awaiting approval which I'm guessing is a manual process. 4 hours so far.  I suspect they got inundated today. Happy to be patient for what looks like a market smashing rate.

I cant even clear the first hurdle, that’s installing the app on my android 11 phone which I bought last week, phone is set to all default settings.

 

djpailo

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I cant even clear the first hurdle, that’s installing the app on my android 11 phone which I bought last week, phone is set to all default settings.

What phone is it? 

gunjin

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gunjin said:

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refluxer said:

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App saying device not compatible even though I have android 11. Well done to those who have signed up this morning. It has been highlighted in the Daily Wail, so this morning the Chase bank sever is going in meltdown I suspect.

I wonder why that is ? I just installed the Chase app on my phone which is running Android 10. Had a few issues with the application process but I suspect that is more to do with the current volume of new customers signing up, rather than due to any app/phone compatibility problems.

It is now 15:20 pm, been at it since 10:00 am this morning--- I have given up!

Yup, I'm having tonnes of issues too. After a load of upload difficulties, I am still awaiting approval which I'm guessing is a manual process. 4 hours so far.  I suspect they got inundated today. Happy to be patient for what looks like a market smashing rate.

I cant even clear the first hurdle, that’s installing the app on my android 11 phone which I bought last week, phone is set to all default settings.

 

I know it's not hugely helpful to say this but I have a OnePlus Nord phone with Android 11 and the app installed OK so it might not be the OS. Can you at least see it in Google Play?