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Surprise - Nationwide have apparently raised their underlying Mortgage Rates today by up to 0.45%, in response to the BoE Base Rate Inc on 11th May and yet 15 Days later still no announcement regarding their Savings Rates when all but one of all the other mainstream Building Societies have either increased their rates already or announced increases from 1st June.
So much for ‘Member Financial Benefits’ through Better Rates ! … I wonder how much profit Nationwide makes each day whilst they drag this out, or are we going to have to wait another 4½ Months and 2 further BoE Increases, as we did from Nov 22 - April 23, before Nationwide ‘rewards’ its Savers … mind you I guess the longer they wait, the less they will have to pay out, as their disenchanted Savers withdraw their funds and move them elsewhere !
Also seems odd to me how Nationwide’s business model clearly now gives so much more weight and importance to Current Account Holders with only £33 Bn on Deposit compared to its Savers with £154 Bn that surely must be more stable and cost them far less to manage.
In fact, perhaps I have answered my own question and their level of Savings Deposits @ £154 Bn is so great and perhaps comprises of so many longer standing more traditional Building Soc Savers that they believe they are ‘Bomb Proof’ and although they may lose some, this pool is so large, even if they hack off several thousands of savers, they are confident that this will have little to no effect on their Liquidity Ratio.
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These multiple threads, two with exactly the same subject, need merging. I think we get the message.4
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inkydolphin said:These multiple threads, two with exactly the same subject, need merging. I think we get the message.
I’ve not requested the one on the S&I board is merged, seeing as it is on a different board and @RG2015 rightly mentioned some people don’t check all the boardsIf you want me to definitely see your reply, please tag me @forumuser7 Thank you.
N.B. (Amended from Forum Rules): You must investigate, and check several times, before you make any decisions or take any action based on any information you glean from any of my content, as nothing I post is advice, rather it is personal opinion and is solely for discussion purposes. I research before my posts, and I never intend to share anything that is misleading, misinforming, or out of date, but don't rely on everything you read. Some of the information changes quickly, is my own opinion or may be incorrect. Verify anything you read before acting on it to protect yourself because you are responsible for any action you consequently make... DYOR, YMMV etc.4 -
So I upgraded my account from a FlexBasic to a FlexPlus back in February/March time. They never actually opened me a savings account although I do have a Help to Buy ISA (not cash ISA).
Do you need to request the savings account to be opened or should it open automatically?I never actually had an opportunity to deposit anything into a savings account, let alone £1000 -
ForumUser7 said:inkydolphin said:These multiple threads, two with exactly the same subject, need merging. I think we get the message.
I’ve not requested the one on the S&I board is merged, seeing as it is on a different board and @RG2015 rightly mentioned some people don’t check all the boards
I was amazed to find and 139 unread posts on Nationwide thread on this Board, and 218 unread posts on the one on the Savings & Investments Board.
I am sure also that I had already read several posts on both threads, so the mind boggles at what additional stuff people are saying.
What more can you say other than some will get the £100 and some won't.4 -
wizzywig27 said:So I upgraded my account from a FlexBasic to a FlexPlus back in February/March time. They never actually opened me a savings account although I do have a Help to Buy ISA (not cash ISA).
Do you need to request the savings account to be opened or should it open automatically?2 -
DS_MSE said:
Surprise - Nationwide have apparently raised their underlying Mortgage Rates today by up to 0.45%, in response to the BoE Base Rate Inc on 11th May and yet 15 Days later still no announcement regarding their Savings Rates when all but one of all the other mainstream Building Societies have either increased their rates already or announced increases from 1st June.
So much for ‘Member Financial Benefits’ through Better Rates ! … I wonder how much profit Nationwide makes each day whilst they drag this out, or are we going to have to wait another 4½ Months and 2 further BoE Increases, as we did from Nov 22 - April 23, before Nationwide ‘rewards’ its Savers … mind you I guess the longer they wait, the less they will have to pay out, as their disenchanted Savers withdraw their funds and move them elsewhere !
Also seems odd to me how Nationwide’s business model clearly now gives so much more weight and importance to Current Account Holders with only £33 Bn on Deposit compared to its Savers with £154 Bn that surely must be more stable and cost them far less to manage.
In fact, perhaps I have answered my own question and their level of Savings Deposits @ £154 Bn is so great and perhaps comprises of so many longer standing more traditional Building Soc Savers that they believe they are ‘Bomb Proof’ and although they may lose some, this pool is so large, even if they hack off several thousands of savers, they are confident that this will have little to no effect on their Liquidity Ratio.
It’s because swap rates have shot up because of the inflation rate being higher than expected leading to the expectation that there will be more increases in the future.
https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2023/05/25/nationwide-ups-mortgage-pricing-as-swap-rates-jump/4 -
Nothing to do with the Bank Rate change from before.It’s because swap rates have shot up because of the inflation rate being higher than expected leading to the expectation that there will be more increases in the future.
https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2023/05/25/nationwide-ups-mortgage-pricing-as-swap-rates-jump/3 -
MDMD said:DS_MSE said:
Surprise - Nationwide have apparently raised their underlying Mortgage Rates today by up to 0.45%, in response to the BoE Base Rate Inc on 11th May and yet 15 Days later still no announcement regarding their Savings Rates when all but one of all the other mainstream Building Societies have either increased their rates already or announced increases from 1st June.
So much for ‘Member Financial Benefits’ through Better Rates ! … I wonder how much profit Nationwide makes each day whilst they drag this out, or are we going to have to wait another 4½ Months and 2 further BoE Increases, as we did from Nov 22 - April 23, before Nationwide ‘rewards’ its Savers … mind you I guess the longer they wait, the less they will have to pay out, as their disenchanted Savers withdraw their funds and move them elsewhere !
Also seems odd to me how Nationwide’s business model clearly now gives so much more weight and importance to Current Account Holders with only £33 Bn on Deposit compared to its Savers with £154 Bn that surely must be more stable and cost them far less to manage.
In fact, perhaps I have answered my own question and their level of Savings Deposits @ £154 Bn is so great and perhaps comprises of so many longer standing more traditional Building Soc Savers that they believe they are ‘Bomb Proof’ and although they may lose some, this pool is so large, even if they hack off several thousands of savers, they are confident that this will have little to no effect on their Liquidity Ratio.
It’s because swap rates have shot up because of the inflation rate being higher than expected leading to the expectation that there will be more increases in the future.
https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2023/05/25/nationwide-ups-mortgage-pricing-as-swap-rates-jump/If you want me to definitely see your reply, please tag me @forumuser7 Thank you.
N.B. (Amended from Forum Rules): You must investigate, and check several times, before you make any decisions or take any action based on any information you glean from any of my content, as nothing I post is advice, rather it is personal opinion and is solely for discussion purposes. I research before my posts, and I never intend to share anything that is misleading, misinforming, or out of date, but don't rely on everything you read. Some of the information changes quickly, is my own opinion or may be incorrect. Verify anything you read before acting on it to protect yourself because you are responsible for any action you consequently make... DYOR, YMMV etc.2 -
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