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

35har1old

flaneurs_lobster said:

Bobblehat said:

AmityNeon said:

Whilst Progressive BS have handled their system upgrade atrociously, they are more 'progressive' in terms of moving away from SMS OTPs. Passkeys and hardware security keys may still be too niche for widespread adoption, but authenticator apps—which exist as desktop apps too, e.g. Ente Auth, OneAuth, KeePassXC (guide)—aren't something to actively resist if you prefer web banking.

I don't actively resist anything techy that my eyes can read! So, would Progressive BS allow me to use PC versions of the Apps you mention above to logon? Or is it something either I and/or Progressive would have to enable asap?

I've used authenticator apps on a smartphone for years but never one running on a PC, so thought I'd try one of these out and try and swap my ProgBS account from Google Authenticator to EnteAuth.

EnteAuth download and setup on a laptop is straightforward, trying to change authenticator app in my Progressive profile (there's a button for this) produces spinning dots which have been spinning for 20 minutes, so I'm assuming that's broken.

In theory it should display a code either as a QR code (usually for reading with a smartphone authenticator app) or the same code as a long text string which I could cut'n'paste into EnteAuth.

Well I tried.

Might work for someone who is setting up an authenticator from scratch but I can well understand that anyone who has cash in ProgBS and a working login method may not want to muck with their setup at the moment.

And, of course, in order to try to change your authentication method you need to be able to logintntn....

. My authenticator app with progressive only requires me to open the phone it brings up the approval screen instantly and with one swipe  it's approved

MarkFromCornwall

Aidanmc said:

Progressive BS,

Today is Thursday 5th June and it's currently displaying this:

Progressive Building Society’s online service is currently unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. If you need to contact us during this time, please call our online support team on 0800 0294 997, lines open Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm.

I think that's stretching the use of the word 'scheduled'.

Stargunner

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Same for me. 2nd issue 3 now open.

I mistakenly made a 7th payment of £200 to my issue 2 on the 1st June. I expected the money to be returned to me, but it was credited to the account which gave me a total of £1400.

£200 is now sitting in my issue 3 and £1228 is being paid to my nominated bank acc.

MisterMotivated

Stargunner said:

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Same for me. 2nd issue 3 now open.

I mistakenly made a 7th payment of £200 to my issue 2 on the 1st June. I expected the money to be returned to me, but it was credited to the account which gave me a total of £1400.

£200 is now sitting in my issue 3 and £1228 is being paid to my nominated bank acc.

Hopefully when some of their interest rates drop on 19th, they'll release a 6 Month Regular Saver Issue 4

flaneurs_lobster

35har1old said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

Bobblehat said:

AmityNeon said:

Whilst Progressive BS have handled their system upgrade atrociously, they are more 'progressive' in terms of moving away from SMS OTPs. Passkeys and hardware security keys may still be too niche for widespread adoption, but authenticator apps—which exist as desktop apps too, e.g. Ente Auth, OneAuth, KeePassXC (guide)—aren't something to actively resist if you prefer web banking.

I don't actively resist anything techy that my eyes can read! So, would Progressive BS allow me to use PC versions of the Apps you mention above to logon? Or is it something either I and/or Progressive would have to enable asap?

I've used authenticator apps on a smartphone for years but never one running on a PC, so thought I'd try one of these out and try and swap my ProgBS account from Google Authenticator to EnteAuth.

EnteAuth download and setup on a laptop is straightforward, trying to change authenticator app in my Progressive profile (there's a button for this) produces spinning dots which have been spinning for 20 minutes, so I'm assuming that's broken.

In theory it should display a code either as a QR code (usually for reading with a smartphone authenticator app) or the same code as a long text string which I could cut'n'paste into EnteAuth.

Well I tried.

Might work for someone who is setting up an authenticator from scratch but I can well understand that anyone who has cash in ProgBS and a working login method may not want to muck with their setup at the moment.

And, of course, in order to try to change your authentication method you need to be able to logintntn....

. My authenticator app with progressive only requires me to open the phone it brings up the approval screen instantly and with one swipe  it's approved

Very good. I was trying to use an authenticator installed on a laptop rather than a smartphone.

Which app do you have?

flaneurs_lobster

MarkFromCornwall said:

Aidanmc said:

Progressive BS,

Today is Thursday 5th June and it's currently displaying this:

Progressive Building Society’s online service is currently unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. If you need to contact us during this time, please call our online support team on 0800 0294 997, lines open Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm.

I think that's stretching the use of the word 'scheduled'.

Will it come back with SMS codes reinstated?

veggieblob

Progressive authenticator.  I just use the Google authenticator app.  It too brings up a number as soon as you tap on it and I opted for it when setting up my account.  Recommend if you are on android.

clairec666

MisterMotivated said:

Stargunner said:

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Same for me. 2nd issue 3 now open.

I mistakenly made a 7th payment of £200 to my issue 2 on the 1st June. I expected the money to be returned to me, but it was credited to the account which gave me a total of £1400.

£200 is now sitting in my issue 3 and £1228 is being paid to my nominated bank acc.

Hopefully when some of their interest rates drop on 19th, they'll release a 6 Month Regular Saver Issue 4

But probably with a lower interest rate than the issue 3  :'(

Still, even if it's 7%, it'll be worth having

Kim_13

clairec666 said:

MisterMotivated said:

Stargunner said:

Bigwheels1111 said:

Re Principality issue 3, issue 2 matured today & opened a second issue 3.
No Lisa problem.

Same for me. 2nd issue 3 now open.

I mistakenly made a 7th payment of £200 to my issue 2 on the 1st June. I expected the money to be returned to me, but it was credited to the account which gave me a total of £1400.

£200 is now sitting in my issue 3 and £1228 is being paid to my nominated bank acc.

Hopefully when some of their interest rates drop on 19th, they'll release a 6 Month Regular Saver Issue 4

But probably with a lower interest rate than the issue 3  :'(

Still, even if it's 7%, it'll be worth having

The form book would say it would be 7.5%, as both Issue 1 and Issue 2 were 8%. Hopefully not this month though as I don’t have any money 😂

CricketLady

Stargunner said:

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Same for me. 2nd issue 3 now open.

I mistakenly made a 7th payment of £200 to my issue 2 on the 1st June. I expected the money to be returned to me, but it was credited to the account which gave me a total of £1400.

£200 is now sitting in my issue 3 and £1228 is being paid to my nominated bank acc.

I wonder if they paid interest on that last £200 - I didn't pay an extra £200 in on the 1st of June, mine also matured today and I got £28.27 interest