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  • exel1966
    exel1966 Posts: 5,068 Forumite
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    I seem to remember that a withdrawal from the NW digital regular saver resulted in a loss of interest for that month. I presume I'm getting it mixed up with another account seeing as people seem to just cream off anything over 5k every month.
    Loss of interest only applies in the month you close the a/c.
  • figgyc
    figgyc Posts: 46 Forumite
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    Hattie627 said:
    Anyone know when Melton BS online will be back up and running? I sent payments to two accounts on 1st October but haven't been able to check that they have been credited. Don't want to phone and bother the staff at a difficult time for them 
    Back online, needs existing users to reactivate their access.

    I've tried and failed.

    Anyone able to get access? If it's just me I'll give them a call.

    It's worked for me.
    For "account number" they don't mean the account number you send money to, they mean the number in the reference.
    i.e I had Melton on my spreadsheet as xx-xx-xx xxxxxxx ARGyyyyyyyXXX. And to register I typed 0yyyyyyy as my "account number". That was the only bit I found confusing.
  • BestSeagull
    BestSeagull Posts: 251 Forumite
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    edited 8 October at 11:24AM
    Hattie627 said:
    Anyone know when Melton BS online will be back up and running? I sent payments to two accounts on 1st October but haven't been able to check that they have been credited. Don't want to phone and bother the staff at a difficult time for them 
    Back online, needs existing users to reactivate their access.

    I've tried and failed.

    Anyone able to get access? If it's just me I'll give them a call.
    I tried just now and managed to get access. The bad news is that, contrary to what I was advised prior to the website update, my October deposits are not showing.

    What might be tripping you up, and did me until I corrected it, is that I entered my mobile number with the leading zero. I got a message, not at this point but at the end of the page saying incorrect data had been entered and that was really the only thing I could think to change, so I removed the leading zero and it allowed me to continue.

    The website is was really slow to load for me and at first I could only see 2 of my accounts so thought they had lost them altogether but there is a button to click to see more of them.

    First impression is not good but time will tell I suppose.
  • flaneurs_lobster
    flaneurs_lobster Posts: 7,219 Forumite
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    figgyc said:
    Hattie627 said:
    Anyone know when Melton BS online will be back up and running? I sent payments to two accounts on 1st October but haven't been able to check that they have been credited. Don't want to phone and bother the staff at a difficult time for them 
    Back online, needs existing users to reactivate their access.

    I've tried and failed.

    Anyone able to get access? If it's just me I'll give them a call.

    It's worked for me.
    For "account number" they don't mean the account number you send money to, they mean the number in the reference.
    i.e I had Melton on my spreadsheet as xx-xx-xx xxxxxxx ARGyyyyyyyXXX. And to register I typed 0yyyyyyy as my "account number". That was the only bit I found confusing.
    "Confusing" is not the term I'd use. Well done for deducing what was actually required, would have been nice if the same instructions had been forthcoming from Melton.
  • BestSeagull
    BestSeagull Posts: 251 Forumite
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    10_66 said:
    Hattie627 said:
    Anyone know when Melton BS online will be back up and running? I sent payments to two accounts on 1st October but haven't been able to check that they have been credited. Don't want to phone and bother the staff at a difficult time for them 
    Back online, needs existing users to reactivate their access.

    I've tried and failed.

    Anyone able to get access? If it's just me I'll give them a call.
    I've just tried, said my credentials are incorrect.
    You need to re-register.
  • BestSeagull
    BestSeagull Posts: 251 Forumite
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    figgyc said:
    Hattie627 said:
    Anyone know when Melton BS online will be back up and running? I sent payments to two accounts on 1st October but haven't been able to check that they have been credited. Don't want to phone and bother the staff at a difficult time for them 
    Back online, needs existing users to reactivate their access.

    I've tried and failed.

    Anyone able to get access? If it's just me I'll give them a call.

    It's worked for me.
    For "account number" they don't mean the account number you send money to, they mean the number in the reference.
    i.e I had Melton on my spreadsheet as xx-xx-xx xxxxxxx ARGyyyyyyyXXX. And to register I typed 0yyyyyyy as my "account number". That was the only bit I found confusing.
    "Confusing" is not the term I'd use. Well done for deducing what was actually required, would have been nice if the same instructions had been forthcoming from Melton.
    They actually do have a step by step guide, here-

    https://www.themelton.co.uk/tmbs-content/uploads/2025/10/Online-user-profile-insert-v4.pdf?_gl=1*1ndznu4*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTY2MTQ1MjU1OC4xNzU5OTIwNjQ3*_ga_ZT44ZJHT90*czE3NTk5MjA2NDYkbzEkZzAkdDE3NTk5MjA2NDYkajYwJGwwJGgw
  • flaneurs_lobster
    flaneurs_lobster Posts: 7,219 Forumite
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    figgyc said:
    Hattie627 said:
    Anyone know when Melton BS online will be back up and running? I sent payments to two accounts on 1st October but haven't been able to check that they have been credited. Don't want to phone and bother the staff at a difficult time for them 
    Back online, needs existing users to reactivate their access.

    I've tried and failed.

    Anyone able to get access? If it's just me I'll give them a call.

    It's worked for me.
    For "account number" they don't mean the account number you send money to, they mean the number in the reference.
    i.e I had Melton on my spreadsheet as xx-xx-xx xxxxxxx ARGyyyyyyyXXX. And to register I typed 0yyyyyyy as my "account number". That was the only bit I found confusing.
    "Confusing" is not the term I'd use. Well done for deducing what was actually required, would have been nice if the same instructions had been forthcoming from Melton.
    They actually do have a step by step guide, here-

    https://www.themelton.co.uk/tmbs-content/uploads/2025/10/Online-user-profile-insert-v4.pdf?_gl=1*1ndznu4*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTY2MTQ1MjU1OC4xNzU5OTIwNjQ3*_ga_ZT44ZJHT90*czE3NTk5MjA2NDYkbzEkZzAkdDE3NTk5MjA2NDYkajYwJGwwJGgw
    Indeed they do, says to enter your 8 digit account number. Others cleverer than I have deduced that this means the 7 digit numeric bit from the 13 character account id preceded by a zero.

    Obvious really.
  • BestSeagull
    BestSeagull Posts: 251 Forumite
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    edited 8 October at 12:03PM
    figgyc said:
    Hattie627 said:
    Anyone know when Melton BS online will be back up and running? I sent payments to two accounts on 1st October but haven't been able to check that they have been credited. Don't want to phone and bother the staff at a difficult time for them 
    Back online, needs existing users to reactivate their access.

    I've tried and failed.

    Anyone able to get access? If it's just me I'll give them a call.

    It's worked for me.
    For "account number" they don't mean the account number you send money to, they mean the number in the reference.
    i.e I had Melton on my spreadsheet as xx-xx-xx xxxxxxx ARGyyyyyyyXXX. And to register I typed 0yyyyyyy as my "account number". That was the only bit I found confusing.
    "Confusing" is not the term I'd use. Well done for deducing what was actually required, would have been nice if the same instructions had been forthcoming from Melton.
    They actually do have a step by step guide, here-

    https://www.themelton.co.uk/tmbs-content/uploads/2025/10/Online-user-profile-insert-v4.pdf?_gl=1*1ndznu4*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTY2MTQ1MjU1OC4xNzU5OTIwNjQ3*_ga_ZT44ZJHT90*czE3NTk5MjA2NDYkbzEkZzAkdDE3NTk5MjA2NDYkajYwJGwwJGgw
    Indeed they do, says to enter your 8 digit account number. Others cleverer than I have deduced that this means the 7 digit numeric bit from the 13 character account id preceded by a zero.

    Obvious really.
    I am not a fan of this change, and the instructions are hard to find but if you do manage to find them, they do say to do this, my bold.

    "At this stage, you’ll need your 8 digit

    account number. You can use either your

    mortgage or savings account number.

    This can be found in most email or letter

    correspondence from us. Please note,

    you’ll need to add a ‘0’ at the beginning

    of your account number"

  • BestSeagull
    BestSeagull Posts: 251 Forumite
    100 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    figgyc said:
    Hattie627 said:
    Anyone know when Melton BS online will be back up and running? I sent payments to two accounts on 1st October but haven't been able to check that they have been credited. Don't want to phone and bother the staff at a difficult time for them 
    Back online, needs existing users to reactivate their access.

    I've tried and failed.

    Anyone able to get access? If it's just me I'll give them a call.

    It's worked for me.
    For "account number" they don't mean the account number you send money to, they mean the number in the reference.
    i.e I had Melton on my spreadsheet as xx-xx-xx xxxxxxx ARGyyyyyyyXXX. And to register I typed 0yyyyyyy as my "account number". That was the only bit I found confusing.
    "Confusing" is not the term I'd use. Well done for deducing what was actually required, would have been nice if the same instructions had been forthcoming from Melton.
    They actually do have a step by step guide, here-

    https://www.themelton.co.uk/tmbs-content/uploads/2025/10/Online-user-profile-insert-v4.pdf?_gl=1*1ndznu4*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTY2MTQ1MjU1OC4xNzU5OTIwNjQ3*_ga_ZT44ZJHT90*czE3NTk5MjA2NDYkbzEkZzAkdDE3NTk5MjA2NDYkajYwJGwwJGgw
    Indeed they do, says to enter your 8 digit account number. Others cleverer than I have deduced that this means the 7 digit numeric bit from the 13 character account id preceded by a zero.

    Obvious really.
    I am not a fan of this change, and the instructions are hard to find but if you do manage to find them, they do say to do this, my bold.

    "At this stage, you’ll need your 8 digit

    account number. You can use either your

    mortgage or savings account number.

    This can be found in most email or letter

    correspondence from us. Please note,

    you’ll need to add a ‘0’ at the beginning

    of your account number"

    The sentence that you've bolded has been added in the last hour (yes I've got a copy of the earlier version).

    At least they are being reactive to the problems.
    That does say a lot for their customer service. 
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