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Beeblebr0x

Opened a savings account with Cahoot but will have to wait for the unreliable post to receive two letters containing my login details.  I think I might just not bother funding it as I had the same experience with Santander and never received the letters.

Is it a common thing for banks to send login details in the post or do some use email?

allegro120

Beeblebr0x said:

Opened a savings account with Cahoot but will have to wait for the unreliable post to receive two letters containing my login details.  I think I might just not bother funding it as I had the same experience with Santander and never received the letters.

Is it a common thing for banks to send login details in the post or do some use email?

I opened my first Cahoot account on 18th Jan 2024, letter 1 of 2 was issued on 19th and letter 2 of 2 on 20th (Saturday).  The letters arrived on 23rd.  

Aidanmc

Beeblebr0x said:

Opened a savings account with Cahoot but will have to wait for the unreliable post to receive two letters containing my login details.  I think I might just not bother funding it as I had the same experience with Santander and never received the letters.

Is it a common thing for banks to send login details in the post or do some use email?

Just opened a Cahoot sunny day saver last night, also have to wait on letters to get online access.Its common enough with banks to send temporary login passwords/codes in the post. Your personal ID number would have been in the account opening email though.

Never had a Cahoot account before, always thought they were app only for some reason.

Can anyone tell me if withdrawals are same day? What about withdrawals at weekends?

Malchester

Aidanmc said:

Beeblebr0x said:

Opened a savings account with Cahoot but will have to wait for the unreliable post to receive two letters containing my login details.  I think I might just not bother funding it as I had the same experience with Santander and never received the letters.

Is it a common thing for banks to send login details in the post or do some use email?

Just opened a Cahoot sunny day saver last night, also have to wait on letters to get online access.Its common enough with banks to send temporary login passwords/codes in the post. Your personal ID number would have been in the account opening email though.

Never had a Cahoot account before, always thought they were app only for some reason.

Can anyone tell me if withdrawals are same day? What about withdrawals at weekends?

Withdrawals and deposits are instant. Cahoot has no app of its own but you can use Santander app logging in using Cahoot login in details and then fingerprint access after that. However you can't use both Cahoot and Santander on the app together. 

friolento

Malchester said:

Aidanmc said:

Beeblebr0x said:

Opened a savings account with Cahoot but will have to wait for the unreliable post to receive two letters containing my login details.  I think I might just not bother funding it as I had the same experience with Santander and never received the letters.

Is it a common thing for banks to send login details in the post or do some use email?

Just opened a Cahoot sunny day saver last night, also have to wait on letters to get online access.Its common enough with banks to send temporary login passwords/codes in the post. Your personal ID number would have been in the account opening email though.

Never had a Cahoot account before, always thought they were app only for some reason.

Can anyone tell me if withdrawals are same day? What about withdrawals at weekends?

Withdrawals and deposits are instant. Cahoot has no app of its own but you can use Santander app logging in using Cahoot login in details and then fingerprint access after that. However you can't use both Cahoot and Santander on the app together. 

If you have two iOS/Android devices and accounts with both Santander and Cagoot, you could use the Santander app on one for Santander and on the other for Cahoot. 

flaneurs_lobster

friolento said:

Malchester said:

Aidanmc said:

Beeblebr0x said:

Opened a savings account with Cahoot but will have to wait for the unreliable post to receive two letters containing my login details.  I think I might just not bother funding it as I had the same experience with Santander and never received the letters.

Is it a common thing for banks to send login details in the post or do some use email?

Just opened a Cahoot sunny day saver last night, also have to wait on letters to get online access.Its common enough with banks to send temporary login passwords/codes in the post. Your personal ID number would have been in the account opening email though.

Never had a Cahoot account before, always thought they were app only for some reason.

Can anyone tell me if withdrawals are same day? What about withdrawals at weekends?

Withdrawals and deposits are instant. Cahoot has no app of its own but you can use Santander app logging in using Cahoot login in details and then fingerprint access after that. However you can't use both Cahoot and Santander on the app together. 

If you have two iOS/Android devices and accounts with both Santander and Cagoot, you could use the Santander app on one for Santander and on the other for Cahoot. 

Should be said that the app access for Cahoot is pretty much "read only", you can't do things like set up payees or make payments.

janusd

flaneurs_lobster said:

friolento said:

Malchester said:

Aidanmc said:

Beeblebr0x said:

Opened a savings account with Cahoot but will have to wait for the unreliable post to receive two letters containing my login details.  I think I might just not bother funding it as I had the same experience with Santander and never received the letters.

Is it a common thing for banks to send login details in the post or do some use email?

Just opened a Cahoot sunny day saver last night, also have to wait on letters to get online access.Its common enough with banks to send temporary login passwords/codes in the post. Your personal ID number would have been in the account opening email though.

Never had a Cahoot account before, always thought they were app only for some reason.

Can anyone tell me if withdrawals are same day? What about withdrawals at weekends?

Withdrawals and deposits are instant. Cahoot has no app of its own but you can use Santander app logging in using Cahoot login in details and then fingerprint access after that. However you can't use both Cahoot and Santander on the app together. 

If you have two iOS/Android devices and accounts with both Santander and Cagoot, you could use the Santander app on one for Santander and on the other for Cahoot. 

Should be said that the app access for Cahoot is pretty much "read only", you can't do things like set up payees or make payments.

though you can transfer money between your Cahoot accounts - I appreciate that's not much use if you only have one account with them, but it's what I mainly use the app for, e.g transferring monthly interest from a Sunny Saver into a Simple Saver and/or my current account.

Alternatively for Santander, you might be able to use their business app to access your personal accounts - though you can't make transfers with it to external accounts.

shirley999

janusdesign said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

friolento said:

Malchester said:

Aidanmc said:

Beeblebr0x said:

Opened a savings account with Cahoot but will have to wait for the unreliable post to receive two letters containing my login details.  I think I might just not bother funding it as I had the same experience with Santander and never received the letters.

Is it a common thing for banks to send login details in the post or do some use email?

Just opened a Cahoot sunny day saver last night, also have to wait on letters to get online access.Its common enough with banks to send temporary login passwords/codes in the post. Your personal ID number would have been in the account opening email though.

Never had a Cahoot account before, always thought they were app only for some reason.

Can anyone tell me if withdrawals are same day? What about withdrawals at weekends?

Withdrawals and deposits are instant. Cahoot has no app of its own but you can use Santander app logging in using Cahoot login in details and then fingerprint access after that. However you can't use both Cahoot and Santander on the app together. 

If you have two iOS/Android devices and accounts with both Santander and Cagoot, you could use the Santander app on one for Santander and on the other for Cahoot. 

Should be said that the app access for Cahoot is pretty much "read only", you can't do things like set up payees or make payments.

though you can transfer money between your Cahoot accounts - I appreciate that's not much use if you only have one account with them, but it's what I mainly use the app for, e.g transferring monthly interest from a Sunny Saver into a Simple Saver and/or my current account.

Alternatively for Santander, you might be able to use their business app to access your personal accounts - though you can't make transfers with it to external accounts.

I can do that on their website though, what can you do in the app that you can’t otherwise do?  Or is it just nicer to look at?

Archerychick

flaneurs_lobster said:

friolento said:

Malchester said:

Aidanmc said:

Beeblebr0x said:

Opened a savings account with Cahoot but will have to wait for the unreliable post to receive two letters containing my login details.  I think I might just not bother funding it as I had the same experience with Santander and never received the letters.

Is it a common thing for banks to send login details in the post or do some use email?

Just opened a Cahoot sunny day saver last night, also have to wait on letters to get online access.Its common enough with banks to send temporary login passwords/codes in the post. Your personal ID number would have been in the account opening email though.

Never had a Cahoot account before, always thought they were app only for some reason.

Can anyone tell me if withdrawals are same day? What about withdrawals at weekends?

Withdrawals and deposits are instant. Cahoot has no app of its own but you can use Santander app logging in using Cahoot login in details and then fingerprint access after that. However you can't use both Cahoot and Santander on the app together. 

If you have two iOS/Android devices and accounts with both Santander and Cagoot, you could use the Santander app on one for Santander and on the other for Cahoot. 

Should be said that the app access for Cahoot is pretty much "read only", you can't do things like set up payees or make payments.

You can use the app to make payments to existing payees if the payment ref doesn’t matter, the trick is to change the payment ref slightly - I add / remove a 1 at the end. This is just transfer to my own current account so the payee ref doesn’t matter 

flaneurs_lobster

shirley999 said:

janusdesign said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

friolento said:

Malchester said:

Aidanmc said:

Beeblebr0x said:

Opened a savings account with Cahoot but will have to wait for the unreliable post to receive two letters containing my login details.  I think I might just not bother funding it as I had the same experience with Santander and never received the letters.

Is it a common thing for banks to send login details in the post or do some use email?

Just opened a Cahoot sunny day saver last night, also have to wait on letters to get online access.Its common enough with banks to send temporary login passwords/codes in the post. Your personal ID number would have been in the account opening email though.

Never had a Cahoot account before, always thought they were app only for some reason.

Can anyone tell me if withdrawals are same day? What about withdrawals at weekends?

Withdrawals and deposits are instant. Cahoot has no app of its own but you can use Santander app logging in using Cahoot login in details and then fingerprint access after that. However you can't use both Cahoot and Santander on the app together. 

If you have two iOS/Android devices and accounts with both Santander and Cagoot, you could use the Santander app on one for Santander and on the other for Cahoot. 

Should be said that the app access for Cahoot is pretty much "read only", you can't do things like set up payees or make payments.

though you can transfer money between your Cahoot accounts - I appreciate that's not much use if you only have one account with them, but it's what I mainly use the app for, e.g transferring monthly interest from a Sunny Saver into a Simple Saver and/or my current account.

Alternatively for Santander, you might be able to use their business app to access your personal accounts - though you can't make transfers with it to external accounts.

 Or is it just nicer to look at?

Yes       .