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  • janusd
    janusd Posts: 1,344 Forumite
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    yes I have two RS with them… I didn't qualify for the previous Loyalty RS, but I will for this - so will have 3.

  • SJMALBA
    SJMALBA Posts: 1,201 Forumite
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    Mine is now open too (applied Thu just before midnight (not midday as previously stated ! )).
    It's still not showing online, so I added it manually, and it's now 'pending' (perhaps it would have been added automatically after this afternoon’s update?)

    My NA is showing and cleared for use, but, it's been showing since the first time I logged into their online system (IIRC?).

    COP match confirmed, but as the term starts from the first deposit, I'll also leave it until Monday.

  • mon3ysav3r
    mon3ysav3r Posts: 246 Forumite
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    Yes Dudley allow you to have multiple RS as long as they are different types of RS, not different issues of the same RS. I have three RS with them currently.

  • kermchem
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    Dudley BS have accounts you can open online and fund same day. Other accounts need a posted application form which might or might not be processed before the necessary date to be a member. You takes your choice!

  • mon3ysav3r
    mon3ysav3r Posts: 246 Forumite
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    Looks like Bucks are being busy today as my Buckinghamshire RS is also open and available, and COP validates.

    I made a payment from my current account, and then my bank blocked it as being a suspected scam.

    After a long phone call (initiated by myself, I hung up on the original call - itself flagged by my phone provider as a scam number!) the payment has been released. The red flag was apparently that this was the first payment ever made to this account (although I have made many payments to other Bucks accounts). The bank fraud team suggested sending a pound first so as not to trigger the warning, before sending the full amount, but I thought thats exactly what scammers do!.

    My bank fraud team didn't seem to understand how many smaller Building Societies use a clearing bank such as Barclays, and that some regular saver accounts (such as Ford) only allow one payment per month, so sending a smaller amount is not an option.

  • Ghostcrawler
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    mine was pending for 3 days today, so sent them an email asking why £250 has not showed up and they swiftly responded and made it available, they said they are still in backlog and working through. Linked bank will show as awaiting approval until next week when they will start working on it.

  • janusd
    janusd Posts: 1,344 Forumite
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    the postal/branch accounts can be opened by email and in my experience take a day or two to open…

  • SJMALBA
    SJMALBA Posts: 1,201 Forumite
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    Received an email circa 15 minutes after adding manually, to confirm that the account had been added to mybbs; however, when checked online, still not showing, but perhaps after the next update?


    Other than that, all seems ready to go...

  • allegro120
    allegro120 Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    I've not had any blockages for a number of years, but I had in the past by a variety of banks. It was obvious that most of them were triggered by sending £1 followed by a larger sum the same day. The blockages stopped when I changed strategy - delay a larger sum until next day. When CoP was introduced I stopped sending test money, no need for it anymore.

  • dealyboy
    dealyboy Posts: 2,030 Forumite
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    Bucks BS Regular Saver payment

    I made a first payment of £10 from my nominated account (Santander Everyday Saver) this morning at 9am, logged in to mybbs and added my account, received e-mail confirming account integrated at 1pm, made a further payment of £240 at 1.30pm … and when I next logged in at 3.30pm my balance was £250.

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