Santander Easy Access Limited Edition

uzubairu

Saw this last night and opened it at 23:45.
Account was set up at 06;30 this morning.

Tandem funds transferred. 

silvercue

uzubairu said:

Saw this last night and opened it at 23:45.
Account was set up at 06;30 this morning.

Tandem funds transferred. 

How did you manage to do this?  Do you already have another account with them?  Part of the process I went through was sending off documents in teh post.

Stargunner

silvercue said:

uzubairu said:

Saw this last night and opened it at 23:45.
Account was set up at 06;30 this morning.

Tandem funds transferred. 

How did you manage to do this?  Do you already have another account with them?  Part of the process I went through was sending off documents in teh post.

If you are an existing customer is is normally an instant acceptance.

BULLY

Existing Santander customer here about only found out about this limited edition account an hour before it was pulled.(email).I checked this morning and account is open but states the interest rate is 5.08%? Still a good rate.

refluxer

BULLY said:

Existing Santander customer here about only found out about this limited edition account an hour before it was pulled.(email).I checked this morning and account is open but states the interest rate is 5.08%? Still a good rate.

5.08% is the gross rate for monthly interest and equates to 5.20% AER when allowed to compound.

pana37

opened last night around 11pm i got the same message 5 working days, however not received any email acknowledgement that opening account request. anyone else heard nothing yet?  

luckybert

pana37 said:

opened last night around 11pm i got the same message 5 working days, however not received any email acknowledgement that opening account request. anyone else heard nothing yet?  

Got an email the next day but still waiting for username and password to login to the online account.

Section62

subjecttocontract said:

Some on this forum have been able to open both sole & joint.
The rules is the rules but it ain't being policed very well !

We don't know what form the policing takes yet... some banks and building societies (Saffron BS being a notable example) allow accounts to be opened but then close (or downgrade) them later.

Deliberately breaching the T&C's for an easy access account with an (interest earing) limit of £250,000 doesn't make much sense when the consequences of doing so are unknown, and other accounts were available with interest rates only marginally less than this one.

refluxer

pana37 said:

opened last night around 11pm i got the same message 5 working days, however not received any email acknowledgement that opening account request. anyone else heard nothing yet?  

A relative of mine applied earlier yesterday evening and got a confirmation email around 4am this morning, so I would guess you'll probably hear later today provided you don't fail their online ID checks. 

taxmanpaul1

I signed up late last night (10ish) after I saw Martins message but did not get confirmation email until this morning, which shows 2.5% rate. I had not made any deposits as the online registration process said I should hear back within a couple of hours. I heard after 9am this morning. Maybe the offer was pulled before midnight.