The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread

35har1old

clivep said:

Nationwide

Regular saver matures later this month. 13th payment has been returned. In the past Nationwide has allowed the 13th payment. Is this a change in policy?

How long did it take to be returned?

jameseonline

allegro120 said:

jameseonline said:

NatWest and RBS don't have a minimum amount to fund every month, I've never had standing orders setup for either, just manually paid in from NatWest and RBS current accounts.

Think the only standing orders setup I've had before are HSBC, First Direct & TSB, TSB being 1 you can get rid of but the other 2 you have to keep unless closing but then you also don't earn the interest rate etc

You can cancel HSBC SO too.  It's just First Direct, I can't think of any other RS that requires SO.

I've not been with either for a while due to  HSBC mainly doing 5%, as for First Direct I have commitment issues so best not to start then get penalties, but I've successfully completed First Direct in the past a few times

Speculator

roked said:

I closed my Coventry seasonal RS today due to the rate dropping below my threshold and wanted to use the funds for other RS's anyway. Surprised to see that I seem to have only got a two-week penalty on interest instead of a full month. Not complaining

There should be no penalty for closing due to the rate drop.

35har1old

mon3ysav3r said:

Slinky said:

I've just tried logging in to Progressive to check my SO has arrived today, and after putting in my password it's come up with a Salesforce page asking me to change my password.  Never had this before, I've abandoned the login. Is this genuine?

Yes it appears to be genuine.

It did the same to me a week or so ago, I changed my password and all is good.

I have worked my entire life working in IT, and I was surprised that they use Salesforce for authentication it makes no sense, but then I thought this is the only institution to stop using SMS message 2FA and swap to WhatsApp ....

Site doesn't operate correctly if in private window won't go back to accounts.
They haven't stopped using SMS messages
Both take equally as long to come through 
Online services don't appear to run 24 hrs a day 

35har1old

masonic said:

Slinky said:

Well that's odd. Having abandoned the login attempt without changing the password, when I went back to try and login again, the account page was already open without me changing the password. Feels a tad dodgy.

They are using Salesforce to power the online banking site. It is probably just that the password change is poorly enforced. You may get nagged again during your next login session.

Any authenticator works but Salesforce is already open when you open the phone and it only requires a swipe to proceed

35har1old

WillPS said:

Hattie627 said:

s71hj said:

Re Monmouthshire branch exclusive RS, still nothing showing for me and my wife in the App. Posted forms last Wed am and based on others experience was hoping for something by now. 

Ditto. Posted application form plus cheque last Wed am and nothing showing on app so far. Postal service where I am is not particularly reliable. I will phone Monmouthshire if nothing showing by midweek.

It's entirely possible the forms haven't been delivered yet, particularly if you used second class/freepost/reply paid service. Royal Mail ask for 10 postage days to pass before they'll entertain that an item was delayed or lost.

Also entirely possible Monmouthshire are now backed up with postal applications.

Perphaps they are now enforcing the terms of the account 
Not suitable if you want to open by phone app or post

35har1old

Speculator said:

roked said:

I closed my Coventry seasonal RS today due to the rate dropping below my threshold and wanted to use the funds for other RS's anyway. Surprised to see that I seem to have only got a two-week penalty on interest instead of a full month. Not complaining

There should be no penalty for closing due to the rate drop.

Should have got a letter saying the above

masonic

35har1old said:

masonic said:

Slinky said:

Well that's odd. Having abandoned the login attempt without changing the password, when I went back to try and login again, the account page was already open without me changing the password. Feels a tad dodgy.

They are using Salesforce to power the online banking site. It is probably just that the password change is poorly enforced. You may get nagged again during your next login session.

Any authenticator works but Salesforce is already open when you open the phone and it only requires a swipe to proceed

This was a discussion about being prompted to change your password when logging in.

Bridlington1

The Archived History Of Regular Savers Thread *** NO CHAT*** thread 2 Year Anniversary Announcement

Today marks the 2 year anniversary of the launch of The Archived History Of Regular Savers Thread *** NO CHAT*** thread (formerly known as An Archived List Of Regular Saver Ts&Cs).

First of all I'd like to take the opportunity to thank you all for your many contributions to this thread and to those who have supplied me archived regular saver Ts&Cs over these past 2 years.

To mark the occasion I thought I'd choose today to unveil the Regular Saver Timeline Spreadsheet (see link below).
https://onedrive.live.com/:x:/g/personal/ED08144CBC200A55/Ed665hLRtetMsfbEnuq6KloB1ekV2QDxBDow5qRw42QIxw?resid=ED08144CBC200A55!s12e6badeb5d14cebb1f6c49eeaba2a5a&ithint=file,xlsx&e=ROWpne&migratedtospo=true&redeem=aHR0cHM6Ly8xZHJ2Lm1zL3gvYy9lZDA4MTQ0Y2JjMjAwYTU1L0VkNjY1aExSdGV0TXNmYkVudXE2S2xvQjFla1YyUUR4QkRvdzVxUnc0MlFJeHc_ZT1ST1dwbmU

This is a read-only spreadsheet, which shall run alongside the two main regular savers threads, providing a visual representation of all of the regular savers that have appeared on the first page of the main regular savers thread since 1st January 2025. 

Each row represents a regular saver, each column represents one day of the year, which are then separated into months. Each regular saver that has appeared on page 1 of the main regular savers since 1/1/25 is included on the timeline and appears as the colour of the month it was launched in on all the days it has been on page 1 of the thread and black on the days it wasn't included. Each listing shows the account name and interest rate(s) that are/have been applicable to it on the days it is included on the main regular savers thread.

The accounts in navy at the top of the spreadsheet are those that were added prior to 1/1/25, the remaining accounts are sorted chronologically in order of the date they were added to page 1 of the thread.

When an account is removed from the list a link to the archived Ts&Cs is then included as a note on its listing.

This spreadsheet is to be updated at the end of each month at the same time as I do my monthly regular saver summaries so should therefore be correct as of 31/8/25.