The New Top Easy Access Savings Discussion Area

Bridlington1

@soulsaver

Hodge Bank Easy Access Issue 1 £1 min 4.21% 

flaneurs_lobster

Futuristic said:

I've started closing down a lot of accounts elsewhere like Chip etc as they only offer better rates for new customers and don't see many competing for top spot anymore and rates sideways or down from here. 

Comments elsewhere on the site are mentioning that rates are (sporadically) starting to edge higher, might just be a few outliers jostling for market share.

SeriousHoax

dosh37 said:

Tried opening an Ulster Bank account again this morning. Same problem as yesterday.

Allowing tracking cookies and disabling Ublock Origin in Firefox made no difference.

Tried MS Edge. Same problem.

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I don't think I will bother with any further attempts.

Have you tried chrome browser.

SaveTheEuro

Santander's Edge Saver, paying 6% on up to £4,000, is facing changes as they encourage people to sign up to a current account with a monthly £17 fee:

With the launch of our new Santander Edge Explorer current account, we’ve changed the eligibility criteria of our Santander Edge saver. This means that Santander Edge Explorer current account holders can open a Santander Edge saver.

 

This also means that if you choose to upgrade to a Santander Edge Explorer current account, you can keep your Santander Edge saver.

 

We need to tell you about the changes to eligibility for the Santander Edge saver, because if you don’t meet them we might switch your Santander Edge saver to an Everyday Saver.

 

wiseonesomeofthetime

Saw this mentioned on another thread, and have now received an email confirming the changes.

SANTANDER EDGE SAVER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 

We’ve made changes to the eligibility of your Santander Edge saver

 

With the launch of our new Santander Edge Explorer current account, we’ve changed the eligibility criteria of our Santander Edge saver. This means that Santander Edge Explorer current account holders can open a Santander Edge saver.

 

This also means that if you choose to upgrade to a Santander Edge Explorer current account, you can keep your Santander Edge saver.

 

We need to tell you about the changes to eligibility for the Santander Edge saver, because if you don’t meet them we might switch your Santander Edge saver to an Everyday Saver.

 

Now, to have a Santander Edge saver you must:

 

• have a Santander Edge® or a Santander Edge® Explorer current account.

 

• be 18 or over and live in the UK.

 

• have a maximum of 3 Santander Edge saver accounts – one for each Santander Edge current account or Edge Explorer current account you have.

 

• As this is an online account, you’ll need to have Online and Mobile Banking. So, we recommend signing up, if you haven’t already.

 

The Santander Edge saver includes monthly interest paid on balance up to £4,000.

 

What happens next?

 

You don’t need to do anything if you want to carry on using your account. This change will happen in the background. It won’t affect how you use your account.

 

If you’re not happy with this change, you can close your account with no charge.

wiseonesomeofthetime

SANTANDER EDGE SAVER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 

Bear in mind, it does only say "might switch"

flaneurs_lobster

wiseonesomeofthetime said:

SANTANDER EDGE SAVER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 

Bear in mind, it does only say "might switch"

Doesn't all that mean "no change" for anyone with Edge Current Account(s) and associated Edge Savers?

solartom

SANTANDER EDGE SAVER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 

Does that mean i can have 3 Edge/EdgeSaver accounts now?

darren72

So, no real change as it says:

"* have a Santander Edge® or a Santander Edge® Explorer current account."

So nothing has changed? - You can still have the Edge Saver with the Edge current account.

clivep

solartom said:

SANTANDER EDGE SAVER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 

Does that mean i can have 3 Edge/EdgeSaver accounts now?

Santander:

You can only hold one Edge Explorer in sole OR joint names (unlike the Edge a/c). Hence why opening this would allow a maximum of 3 x Edge Savers.