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CHIP cash ISA

Digital_Payback
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Does anyone know if I can sign up / open a flexible 5.10% CHIP Cash ISA now, and not fund it until after April 6th, or do I have to fund it with at least £1 (which I don’t want to do).
I can’t seem to have that clarified anywhere.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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There doesn't seem to be anything in the product documentation which specifies that the account must be funded within n days, so I don't see how they can enforce any such limit....1
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Almost all ISAs seem to purposely avoid specifying the funding window, as if they want to stop people doing exactly that.1
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Based on the withdrawal rules it looks like the will only close your account if you have a zero balance for 6 months or more.
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I think you have 30 days from when you opened the isa to fund it. so you can open it now and fund it in the new tax year 6th April. I have recently opened a cash isa from Chip to do this and will not fund it until the new tax year starts. it seems to me that they ask if you have funded a cash isa already just to make sure that you dont mistakenly add this new money against current ISA rules that will change new tax year1
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