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Santander OTP code every time I want to look at my account
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sausage_time said:robatwork said:I sympathise as I have a similar issue, and Santander are intransigent regarding their use of SMS for one time codes.
My house seems to be in a blackspot of phone reception, and while wi-fi calling makes calls very reliable, SMS doesn't use that network (despite promises otherwise for years - another story for another day). I can only receive SMS reliably on occasion upstairs, or about 200m away at the end of the road.
When I get sent an OTP that means a trip upstairs or more likely wandering up the road waving my phone around like it's 1997. And hoping I make it back to the PC before it's timed out.
Just about every other institution or important login that I use has a decent alternative. They will offer to call and read out the OTP. Or send in WhatsApp. Or use Authenticator like like a proper grown-up security proposition. But not Santander. I've asked them a few times if they will offer another OTP method.
It's a shame as I'm actually very happy with them as my main bank, and this isn't quite annoying enough to leave.1 -
robatwork said:sausage_time said:robatwork said:I sympathise as I have a similar issue, and Santander are intransigent regarding their use of SMS for one time codes.
My house seems to be in a blackspot of phone reception, and while wi-fi calling makes calls very reliable, SMS doesn't use that network (despite promises otherwise for years - another story for another day). I can only receive SMS reliably on occasion upstairs, or about 200m away at the end of the road.
When I get sent an OTP that means a trip upstairs or more likely wandering up the road waving my phone around like it's 1997. And hoping I make it back to the PC before it's timed out.
Just about every other institution or important login that I use has a decent alternative. They will offer to call and read out the OTP. Or send in WhatsApp. Or use Authenticator like like a proper grown-up security proposition. But not Santander. I've asked them a few times if they will offer another OTP method.
It's a shame as I'm actually very happy with them as my main bank, and this isn't quite annoying enough to leave.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Credit Cards, Savings & investments, and Budgeting & Bank Accounts boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.
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I must put my banking cards on the table and say I've had accounts with most if not all the top 10 banks (switching deals mainly) and had a good play with their Apps. Santander's app is superior to all the others and they are excellent in almost every other respect, even when I've needed to call when they blocked some payments. So it's not bad enough to make me move my main day-to-day account away, but when it happens my neighbours do get a dose of healthy Anglo Saxon.0
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Same, but different
, in that Cahoot are part of Santander, but, in the absence of an app, I have had to receive two separate OTP, for two separate logins, about 15 minutes apart, via online banking.
Seems that I can tell Cahoot whether I am sharing my device (laptop), but cannot tell it that I am not and to trust the device 🤷♂️0 -
Stargunner said:Do you not have the Santander app on your mobile phone, because if you did Santander would ask you to approve the log in via the app which would be connected to your wifi
But you still need your mobile phone next to you.
I am 80 years old and have my computer upstairs and usually leave my phone downstairs0
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