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Malchester

In my experience they are not the fastest by any means. In fact I found them quite slow compared to other banks who use a clearing bank. A lot of others are quicker

Alicon88

Hi,
Is cahoot staying at 4.4% following the most recent interest rate cut?
Need to move some money from chip which went down to 3.8% for me

thank you for your help

janusd

Alicon88 said:

Hi,
Is cahoot staying at 4.4% following the most recent interest rate cut?
Need to move some money from chip which went down to 3.8% for me

yes - there has been no notification of any Cahoot rate changes, so it will at 4.4% for the next 2 months at least.

Bridlington1

@soulsaver

Barclays Rainy Day Saver reducing from 4.21% AER (4.13% gross) to 3.96% AER (3.89% gross) for balances below £5k from 11/3/26.

DRS1

I had an email today from Ulster Bank saying the interest rate on the Limited Edition Saver Iss 1 is going down (4.5% to 4.25%) but it doesn't say when.

masha

DRS1 said:

I had an email today from Ulster Bank saying the interest rate on the Limited Edition Saver Iss 1 is going down (4.5% to 4.25%) but it doesn't say when.

The Ulster rate drops on 6 March 2026. 

DRS1

masha said:

DRS1 said:

I had an email today from Ulster Bank saying the interest rate on the Limited Edition Saver Iss 1 is going down (4.5% to 4.25%) but it doesn't say when.

The Ulster rate drops on 6 March 2026. 

Thanks.

The email did suggest it had an effective date in it but I couldn't see it.

BreakingGlass

DRS1 said:

masha said:

DRS1 said:

I had an email today from Ulster Bank saying the interest rate on the Limited Edition Saver Iss 1 is going down (4.5% to 4.25%) but it doesn't say when.

The Ulster rate drops on 6 March 2026. 

Thanks.

The email did suggest it had an effective date in it but I couldn't see it.

Same for me, but this link was posted by someone (EDIT:  it was janusd) earlier in the thread, and has the dates:  https://www.ulsterbank.co.uk/savings/manage-your-savings/savings-interest-rates-changes.html   

SnowMan

West Brom triple access saver (issue 1) no longer available reducing from 4.55% AER to 4.3% AER (if up to 3 withdrawals made) on 3rd February 2026

West Brom 4 access saver (issues 2 and 3) no longer available reducing from 4.4% AER to 4.15% AER (if up to 4 withdrawals made) on 3rd February 2026

West Brom 4 access saver (issue 4) no longer available reducing from 4.28% AER to 4.15% AER (if up to 4 withdrawals made) on 3rd February 2026

https://www.westbrom.co.uk/-/media/wbbs/files/pdfs/savings-rates/unavailable/8763-03-24-01-interest-rates-for-savings-accounts-leaflet-nata-final.pdf

huw01

Just had an email from Ulster with the rate change, they just to forgot to include the date of the change in the email