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Notice Accounts

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  • Rheumatoid
    Rheumatoid Posts: 1,065 Forumite
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    soulsaver said:
    DavidAC said:
    RCI 95 day notice is still showing 5.6% on their site but Cynergy 5.55% 120 days and Oxbury 5.51% 90 days are the highest on MSE. Anyone from MSE, can you shed any light on this.
    B2468 said:
    Any idea why the RCI account isn't listed any more? I think it's the top notice account still?

    RCI 95 day 5.60% is NLA for new customers, still available for existing... atm.
    Can you make £1 test deposit?
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  • ranciduk
    ranciduk Posts: 745 Forumite
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    I just noticed Shawbrook have greatly increased their notice accounts layely

    https://www.shawbrook.co.uk/direct/savings/personal-savings/notice-savings-accounts/


  • janusd
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    edited 4 November 2023 at 1:51PM
    just noticed that FirstSave increased their notice rates on 13th October - don't think it's been mentioned here previously, nor did I receive any notification from them on the rate change.
    • 30-Day increased from 4.25% to 5.00%
    • 60-Day increased from 4.50% to 5.20%
    • 90-Day increased from 5.00% to 5.40%
  • DavidAC
    DavidAC Posts: 322 Forumite
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    Vanquis has a 90 day notice issue 2 at 5.5%. Is this higher than their issue 1? Looking at getting it but they only give 30 days notice for a rate reduction, so want to assess if they are likely to keep it competitive. Do you have to give notice to upgrade to the latest issue?
  • Is there really much point in using notice accounts at the moment

    I have 10k being credited from a 95 Day account from HTB tomoz at 4.30%

    Was just gonna dump it in the 5.20% Santander Easy Access Saver 
  • DavidAC
    DavidAC Posts: 322 Forumite
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    HTB is a lot lower than Vanquis, Santander a bit lower. If you don't need it for 90 days why not get the better rate of a notice account. Some notice accounts tell you the length of the notice period before a rate reduction. Vanquis do not, which is why I asked the question.
  • refluxer
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    daz_f said:
    Is there really much point in using notice accounts at the moment

    I have 10k being credited from a 95 Day account from HTB tomoz at 4.30%

    Was just gonna dump it in the 5.20% Santander Easy Access Saver 
    I don't have any notice accounts myself at the moment but, with easy access rates unlikely to increase dramatically anytime soon, I guess the best 90-120 day notice rates are currently a reasonable half-way house between the best easy access rates and the best 1 year fixed rate accounts, for those not wanting to lock their money away for a year.
  • daz_f said:
    Is there really much point in using notice accounts at the moment

    I have 10k being credited from a 95 Day account from HTB tomoz at 4.30%

    Was just gonna dump it in the 5.20% Santander Easy Access Saver 

    If you don't need the funds now they're a very good option what with EA and RS accounts unlikely to move for a while to what is currently available with notice accounts and for such a short term which gives flexibility.

    Clearly you're not one to keep up to date with changes having had money stuck at 4.30% when 5.35% to 5.60% have been available for months now.
  • Johnny-Cage
    Johnny-Cage Posts: 275 Forumite
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    edited 7 November 2023 at 7:29PM
    daz_f said:
    Is there really much point in using notice accounts at the moment

    I have 10k being credited from a 95 Day account from HTB tomoz at 4.30%

    Was just gonna dump it in the 5.20% Santander Easy Access Saver 

    If you don't need the funds now they're a very good option what with EA and RS accounts unlikely to move for a while to what is currently available with notice accounts and for such a short term which gives flexibility.

    Clearly you're not one to keep up to date with changes having had money stuck at 4.30% when 5.35% to 5.60% have been available for months now.
    Maybe but you don’t realise how long 95 days actually is to get your funds out to better accounts 
  • DavidAC
    DavidAC Posts: 322 Forumite
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    edited 7 November 2023 at 9:00PM
    You can easily get more than the usual 0.25% base rate rise in a 90 day notice than EA. If you think there is going to be more than one base rate rise in the next 3 months then stick with EA. In the mean time you could have been getting another 0.3% and the next MPC meeting is over one month away.
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