The Old Regular Savers Discussion Thread 28/12/24-29/1/26

Bridlington1

Saffron BS Interest Rate Reductions 28/1/26:

Account	Old Rate	New Rate	Date
Saffron BS 12 Month Members Regular Saver	3.95%	3.70%	28/01/2026
Saffron BS Braintree Regular Saver	4.00%	NO CHANGE	28/01/2026
Saffron BS Children's Regular Saver	4.20%	3.95%	28/01/2026
Saffron BS Small Saver	4.15%	3.90%	28/01/2026

mhoc

West Bromwich winter ready

Having sorted out the issue with ID 2 days ago my OH had not had any welcome emails so we decided to phone again this afternoon. All the details discussed again and the assistant said it would be sorted.
Feeling not very confident about this but as soon as OH came off the phone a text came though and then checked the emails and there was the welcome email with the account number and sort code - so it looks like the application has sat on someone's desk for 2 days being ignored.
Funded it and set up the SO - COP not recognizing the number but that was to be expected.
Then I went to set up the PIN and got all the way through to submit only to get the screen saying something gone wrong and to try again later ... which I will do but over the weekend.
Sure this is the same sequence of events as I did with mine - didnt wait for a follow up email with instructions on how to to set up the pin, just went ahead and did it 
Otherwise its another call to WestBrom on Monday 

mon3ysav3r

West Bromwich winter ready - they do seem to be slow in opening these, I have just had to chase them having filled in the application online on the 5th 

Born2Save_3

FurnessBS 160 Year Anniversary RS

There should be a new RS released on 20/1/26, 6.75%A, £160 monthly, with 10 month duration. Named '160 Year Anniversary RS'. Information seemed to be definite, but may be subject to change.

Slinky

That's handy, I've got their Christmas saver maturing soon.

Bob2000

Born2Save_3 said:

FurnessBS 160 Year Anniversary RS

There should be a new RS released on 20/1/26, 6.75%A, £160 monthly, with 10 month duration. Named '160 Year Anniversary RS'. Information seemed to be definite, but may be subject to change.

Will this be available  to all or just current members? If you know.

alfred64

mon3ysav3r said:

West Bromwich winter ready - they do seem to be slow in opening these, I have just had to chase them having filled in the application online on the 5th 

Instore took about five mins to get sorted and funded. I understand that if the issue had been branch opening only the monthly maximum would have been at least double.

where_are_we

Another 10 month RS and less than £250 a month. Hope this isn`t going to becoming the norm for RS`s. On the other hand the interest rate is excellent so I am not complaining too much!

Born2Save_3

Bob2000 said:

Born2Save_3 said:

FurnessBS 160 Year Anniversary RS

There should be a new RS released on 20/1/26, 6.75%A, £160 monthly, with 10 month duration. Named '160 Year Anniversary RS'. Information seemed to be definite, but may be subject to change.

Will this be available  to all or just current members? If you know.

I didn't ask and person didn't say. I expected the usual response, but person was forthcoming. I was asking about maturity options for a Xmas RS Issue 2 and if there would be another RS.  I didn't ask and wasn't told if there would be any other restrictions like postal/branch applications or post code restrictions. To be fair to Furness BS though, they seem be embracing online solutions more recently.

If you're not already a member, there are a couple of accounts you can open online with a min bal of £1 :

https://www.furnessbs.co.uk/savings/savings-interest-rates/product-overview/1-year-regular-saver-6

https://www.furnessbs.co.uk/savings/savings-interest-rates/product-overview/triple-access-saver-issue-2

MrWannabe

mon3ysav3r said:

West Bromwich winter ready - they do seem to be slow in opening these, I have just had to chase them having filled in the application online on the 5th 

If not done so already, check your junk mail folder.  I applied for WB Winter Ready & was surprised to notice that the ‘welcome/your account is now open’ email had landed in my junk mail folder as opposed to my normal inbox.