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  • 10_66
    10_66 Posts: 3,508 Forumite
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    Monmouthshire Building Society

    App Exclusive for existing customers prior to 20.08.25

    £50 min £1000 max per month. Maximum balance £12k.

    7% Variable

    Under exclusive accounts in app 

    Just tried, and already the app's overloaded saying "sorry something went wrong please try again"  :s
  • OrangeBlueGreen
    OrangeBlueGreen Posts: 127 Forumite
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    edited 21 August at 3:34PM
    Monmouthshire Building Society

    App Exclusive for existing customers prior to 20.08.25

    £50 min £1000 max per month. Maximum balance £12k.

    7% Variable

    Under exclusive accounts in app 
    This seems very generous but I'm still not over the previous one. More or less a month later and I've had no letter to confirm it's all open. I notice this is app only though so should hopefully be more straightforward. Do we think they've launched this because of all the issues?
  • exel1966
    exel1966 Posts: 5,100 Forumite
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    edited 21 August at 3:40PM
    exel1966 said:
    Monmouthshire Building Society

    App Exclusive for existing customers prior to 20.08.25

    £50 min £1000 max per month. Maximum balance £12k.

    7% Variable

    Under exclusive accounts in app 
    And as we're dealing with MONBS the app is currently down, undergoing maintenance !!!
    Nah, app's fine. Opened the account in five minutes.

    AND, they've removed the need for 2FA after biometric login.

    All good.
    You got lucky, it's down with a maintenance message and 2FA is still there if using PIN.

    Our system is currently under maintenance, please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
  • jim1999
    jim1999 Posts: 270 Forumite
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    exel1966 said:
    exel1966 said:
    Monmouthshire Building Society

    App Exclusive for existing customers prior to 20.08.25

    £50 min £1000 max per month. Maximum balance £12k.

    7% Variable

    Under exclusive accounts in app 
    And as we're dealing with MONBS the app is currently down, undergoing maintenance !!!
    Nah, app's fine. Opened the account in five minutes.

    AND, they've removed the need for 2FA after biometric login.

    All good.
    You got lucky, it's down with a maintenance message and 2FA is still there if using PIN.

    Our system is currently under maintenance, please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
    I think it's having some issues, sometimes it's coming up with maintenance and sometimes it's working.

    Perhaps we've overloaded them  :p
  • Slinky
    Slinky Posts: 11,356 Forumite
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    Haven't read the full terms on account of it keep crashing. Can we fund today and again on 1st September?
    Make £2025 in 2025
    Prolific £841.95, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £456.58, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £60, Shopmium £52.74, Everup £95.64 Zopa CB £30
    Total (1/11/25) £1954.45/£2025 96%

    Make £2024 in 2024
    Prolific £907.37, Chase Int £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus ref £50, Octopoints £70.46, TCB £112.03, Shopmium £3, Iceland £4, Ipsos £20, Misc Sales £55.44
    Total £1410/£2024 70%

    Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%




  • mon3ysav3r
    mon3ysav3r Posts: 161 Forumite
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    I am an existing Monmouthshire BS online customer who uses the website for a Regular Saver Issue 8.

    If I login to the app using the "Existing Customer" button will it stop me from using the website myaccounts.monbs.com online access?
  • schiff
    schiff Posts: 20,319 Forumite
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    Email from Newcastle BS - interest rate on RS Issue 1 - no change from existing 5.25% wef 4/9/25
  • s71hj
    s71hj Posts: 1,075 Forumite
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    exel1966 said:
    Monmouthshire Building Society

    App Exclusive for existing customers prior to 20.08.25

    £50 min £1000 max per month. Maximum balance £12k.

    7% Variable

    Under exclusive accounts in app 
    There is also a Branch/Agency Exclusive RS1 up to £500pm at 7% available to members prior to 20/08

    • Accounts are limited to 1 per customer, this can be sole or joint. There is no limitation to having this Regular Saver alongside other Regular Saver accounts.
    This forum has not for the first time broken the app
  • masonic
    masonic Posts: 28,500 Forumite
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    MonBS: I managed to get through the application on the second attempt, only for the app to continue to the accounts screen, say I have no open accounts and then drop into maintenance mode. I think they've coded maintenance into the app as a fallback any time something goes wrong. Forcing a stop and restarting usually brings it back to life.
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