The New Top Easy Access Savings Discussion Area

happybagger

I opened it as soon as I saw it on their website, on the morning of launch. It was opened by the end of the day and viewable online.
But it was launched when it wasn't "table topping" so I guess I got in early (and there was no "we may be a bit slow" banner then)

SH88SH88

Born2Save_3 said:

SH88SH88 said:

Kent Rel

My EA with Kent Rel was supposed to convert to the new platform over last weekend. Not heard anything from them, not particularly worried as I don't have a pressing need to move funds in/out ... just wondering if anyone else who was due for account conversion has heard anything. ?? 

I received an email stating the following :

"We previously confirmed your Easy Access accounts would be moving to our new Online Services in the near future.

We’re now confirming we expect this move to go ahead next year rather than this year.

Why has the move been delayed?

We’re moving customers to the new Online Services in stages, and only when we’re sure we can do this with no issues or disruption to your accounts and services.

 There may have been a change in your account status or even a technical issue which means we’ve had to delay your move for now.

We know we sent you communications about the move and you would have been expecting this to happen. We’re sorry if the change of timing we’re now confirming causes you any inconvenience or concern.

Please don’t worry – delaying the move for now will help us to make sure everything is fully ready, and we can make sure the move happens smoothly for you.

What do you need to do?

You don’t need to do anything. Just keep managing your accounts as you do today, using your current Online Services login details.

Your accounts terms and conditions and the way the accounts work will also stay the same for now.

We still plan to move your accounts to our new Online Services in the future. We’ll reach out to you again and give you plenty of notice when we plan to go ahead."

Hadn't heard one way or the other from Kent Rel, so ... did the obvious thing and tried to login on the 'old' platform. Greeted with a zero balance  (yikes !), but noticed the account  title said 'your account has moved'. Registered for the new platform,  did a test payment in and out. Verdict ? ... super speedy. Overall .... delighted (so far) with Kent Rel .....

Dicentra

Same here with Kent, received a text a week ago about the move last weekend, no follow-up email on Monday to say it was complete even though they said I would receive it.  So, simply logged in to the old system and saw zero balance with a note it had moved, so simply followed the registrar process and was straight forward.

DRS1

Born2Save_3 said:

 West Brom BS Triple Access Saver (Issue 1) 

After applying for this account how many days have you waited before hearing anything and/or the account being opened ?

I applied early yesterday and to be fair to WBBS they stated at the start of the process that it may take 3 to 5 working days due to the number of applications.

I got an email confirming the account was open the day after I applied.  Not news but I did want to add that the email said I could not fund the account until the following day.

happybagger

I haven't been notified of this yet but I see at Penrith BS, the rate on their Limited Access E-saver accounts (both Issue 1 and Issue 2) will drop from 4.21 to 4.00% on 1 December.

Both have been NLA for a couple of weeks.

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Kim_13

DRS1 said:

Born2Save_3 said:

 West Brom BS Triple Access Saver (Issue 1) 

After applying for this account how many days have you waited before hearing anything and/or the account being opened ?

I applied early yesterday and to be fair to WBBS they stated at the start of the process that it may take 3 to 5 working days due to the number of applications.

I got an email confirming the account was open the day after I applied.  Not news but I did want to add that the email said I could not fund the account until the following day.

This is probably so that a COP match is returned. In practice I expect they would accept funds on the same day (but I'd test it with a small amount first if not wanting to wait.)

CuparLad

Kim_13 said:

DRS1 said:

I got an email confirming the account was open the day after I applied.  Not news but I did want to add that the email said I could not fund the account until the following day.

This is probably so that a COP match is returned. In practice I expect they would accept funds on the same day (but I'd test it with a small amount first if not wanting to wait.)

Skipton use Barclays for clearing, so they need to allow time for Barclay's systems to update so they can accept payments to your specific account (payments are made to Skipton's Client account at Barclays and then accounted for based on your personal 9-digit Skipton account number).

cadguy77

West Brom BS Triple Access Saver (Issue 1)
https://www.westbrom.co.uk/savings/easy-access/triple-access-saver-issue-1
NLA 14/11/25
@soulsaver

BreakingGlass

West Brom Triple Access Saver Issue 1 4.55% NLA

See: https://www.westbrom.co.uk/savings/easy-access/triple-access-saver-issue-1

I actually opened one at 0530hrs this morning, and was just trying to do the same on my wife's behalf - too late!

savethepandas

Born2Save_3 said:

 West Brom BS Triple Access Saver (Issue 1) 

After applying for this account how many days have you waited before hearing anything and/or the account being opened ?

I applied early yesterday and to be fair to WBBS they stated at the start of the process that it may take 3 to 5 working days due to the number of applications.

West Brom BS

Four Access in July 
Applied 14:59 20th July (Sunday), open 16:39 21st July

Triple Access in November
Applied 15:00 Tuesday, open 11:33 today