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Nationwide flex instant saver 2

horsewithnoname
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I have £80 in this account, until late October had £5,000 in but going into the account on the app it says it has a nil balance, that I’m not being paid any interest and that they will close the account unless I find it.
I’ll ring them tomorrow, but I can see nothing in the t&c that suggest a minimum amount in or a need to pay in at any regular times.
Is £80 not worth their time? If anyone can help I’d be grateful. Thanks
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Two possibilities:
1) you no longer have a current account with Nationwide
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2) the account has matured at the end of the 12 month term.#2 Saving for Christmas 2024 - £1 a day challenge. £325 of £3662 -
I still have my 20+ years old flex direct, and the savings account matures in October 2023. It specifically says it is because it has a nil balance, is £80 now nil?
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horsewithnoname said:I still have my 20+ years old flex direct, and the savings account matures in October 2023. It specifically says it is because it has a nil balance, is £80 now nil?horsewithnoname said:I have £80 in this account, until late October had £5,000 in but going into the account on the app it says it has a nil balance, that I’m not being paid any interest and that they will close the account unless I find it.
Have you looked at your transaction list?
It is highly unusual of Nationwide to advice they will close an account that has a zero balance. I have half a dizen zero balance / dormant accounts with them. They never advised they’d close them - I wish they would! As it’s a right PITA to close a Nationwide account.
Are you sure it’s Nationwide who told you that the account will be closed?0 -
I think OP meant to say FUND it, not find it.
The joy of auto correct 😂3 -
After reading this thread, I opened my Flex Instant Saver 2 in the app and seem to have the same issue. The message says "You need to fund your account. You need to move money into this account by midnight on 04 December 2022 otherwise the account will be closed. You're not being paid interest on this account at the moment, because the balance is zero". So I just transferred £1 to it from my Flex Direct and the message has now disappeared. I then transferred the £1 back to the Flex Direct, and still no sign of that weird message.
PS: I do have other Nationwide accounts with a zero balance, and no such message is there.
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Just to clarify, the accounts summary screen was showing the correct balance. It was only after tapping to open the account that the next screen showed a zero balance, with that message covering what should have been the transactions section of the account.1
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There is a bug in Nationwide's systems with this account. It seems to not be recognising the initial payment when determining whether an opening payment has been made despite it being credited to the account.
Somebody else reported this problem a couple of weeks ago: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6401567/nationwide-flex-instant-saver-asking-for-a-payment
And I see mine has the same message.4 -
Band7 said:horsewithnoname said:I still have my 20+ years old flex direct, and the savings account matures in October 2023. It specifically says it is because it has a nil balance, is £80 now nil?horsewithnoname said:I have £80 in this account, until late October had £5,000 in but going into the account on the app it says it has a nil balance, that I’m not being paid any interest and that they will close the account unless I find it.
Have you looked at your transaction list?
It is highly unusual of Nationwide to advice they will close an account that has a zero balance. I have half a dizen zero balance / dormant accounts with them. They never advised they’d close them - I wish they would! As it’s a right PITA to close a Nationwide account.
Are you sure it’s Nationwide who told you that the account will be closed?My account list and when I go into the individual account shows my £80 balance, there is a message in the account saying they will close it unless I ( blummin auto correct doesn’t seem aware of the word F U N D) put money in it, and tells me I’m getting no interest on it, so it’s definitely nationwide telling me.0 -
dc_scotland said:Just to clarify, the accounts summary screen was showing the correct balance. It was only after tapping to open the account that the next screen showed a zero balance, with that message covering what should have been the transactions section of the account.0
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isasmurf said:There is a bug in Nationwide's systems with this account. It seems to not be recognising the initial payment when determining whether an opening payment has been made despite it being credited to the account.
Somebody else reported this problem a couple of weeks ago: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6401567/nationwide-flex-instant-saver-asking-for-a-payment
And I see mine has the same message.0
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