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a&l reg saver vs current
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shazkhan111
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Am i correbt in saying that you cannot have the a&l regsaver paying 12% as well as their current account paying 8.5%.
So which is better to have based on £2500 max in current account and £250pm in 12%?
So which is better to have based on £2500 max in current account and £250pm in 12%?
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250 per month in regular saver would yield 6.5% gross (5.2% AER) when taking an average balance of £1625 for a year. Total Interest £156
£2,500 for a year at 8.5% gross (6.8% AER) in the current account would earn you a total of £170 Interest for a year.
So the current account at 8.5% wins by £14 over a year.Had £80,000 in Savings - All GONE!!! BYE BYE:A Single, 27, Aspie, Gooner :A0 -
On the other hand, if you have £2,500 to put into the current account it could also form the basis for drip-feeding from elsewhere into the regular saver. (And you would need another two lots of £250 of course for the final months.) While in the non-A&L account, it could still be earning interest, say at 6% gross. I reckon that's about £56.25 gross extra interest.
In that case, it looks like the savings account is the better option.0 -
shazkhan111 wrote: »Am i correbt in saying that you cannot have the a&l regsaver paying 12% as well as their current account paying 8.5%.
Yes, here is an extract from their T&C's:-
*Premier Regular Saver with an interest rate of 12.00% gross p.a./ AER is available to customers only at the time of opening a new Premier Current Account. To apply for a Premier Regular Saver account applicants must not hold or have held any A&L current account in the three months preceding a new Premier Current Account application.0 -
So the current account at 8.5% wins by £14 over a year.
However, it's not easy keeping exactly £2500 in a current account. If you do use it as a current account with payments going out all the time, it'll be hard to keep the balance at exactly £2500. Anything above £2500 will attract a minimal rate of interest.
Doing a rough calculation, if you manage to keep the balance at an average £2300, the interest will be the same as you'd have got from the 12% regular saver at £250 a month. So provided you keep the average above £2300 (but not very much above £2500) you're winning.0 -
Plus you have to pay in at least £500 per month to fund the Premier Direct account, so you would have to withdraw and pay in £500 each month which could cut down the interest you earn.0
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You could do what I did and deposit £2,500 in the current account and leave it there, then pay in £500 every month and withdraw it again a day or so later. Interest loss minimal as those monies over £2,500 attract 0.1% only anyway. I did not use the A&L current account for anything else and kept my day-to-day finances with a different bank, so basically used the A&L account as a savings account for £2,500.Reclaimed thanks to this site:
£175 Abbey Mortgage Repayment Fee, £170.03 Capital One Bank Charges £418.07 Lloyds TSB Bank Charges, £2,671.55 Mis-sold Endowment Policy, all for OH0 -
Interest loss minimal as those monies over £2,500 attract 0.1% only anyway.
two 3-day transfers loses you 8 days interest because you catch a weekend also.
So you could be losing 8 days of 6%+ every month on £500 (about £8 year?)
Probably worth it for the extra 2.5% on the £2500 for 1 year, (£62.50)0 -
Not if you transfer it from a bog-standard 0.1% high-street account as I have done, but I do see your point.Reclaimed thanks to this site:
£175 Abbey Mortgage Repayment Fee, £170.03 Capital One Bank Charges £418.07 Lloyds TSB Bank Charges, £2,671.55 Mis-sold Endowment Policy, all for OH0 -
You could do what I did and deposit £2,500 in the current account and leave it there, then pay in £500 every month and withdraw it again a day or so later. Interest loss minimal as those monies over £2,500 attract 0.1% only anyway. I did not use the A&L current account for anything else and kept my day-to-day finances with a different bank, so basically used the A&L account as a savings account for £2,500.
I am doing the same as above, could you advise just opened the account, and been given £1,500 o/d limit..... (interest free 12 months) I know its messing about but drip feed 250 a month into e saver from o/d... until i reach max o/d, whilst keeping 2,500 in current at 8.5%... Would this work out ???? yes also deposit 500 then withdraw to avoid the charge..............................0
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