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The New Top Easy Access Savings Discussion Area
This thread is for discussion of the Easy Access Savings Guide A previous version of this thread which ran from Nov 2007 to June 2024 can be found here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/596724/the-top-easy-access-savings-discussion-area/p1
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Save £12k in 2026 challenge (or any other amount to challenge yourself!)
Here are the details below of the savings challenge @enthusiasticsaver and I have been running this year and will continue to run next year. This is the new Challenge thread for savers in 2026. The aim is to get more people saving throughout the year and this thread gives a space for people to record and track their…
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The Savings & Investments Sticky
FCA Unauthorised Firms and Individuals List The Top Instant Access Savings Discussion Area How much can you save? Share Dealing Discussion Area Regular Savings Accounts: The Best Currently Available List! Top Child Trust Funds Article Discussion Area >
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The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread
Welcome to this thread The main purposes of this thread are two-fold: To provide a list of the top regular savers currently on offer To provide a place for all forum users to discuss regular saver accounts and ask any questions about them that you may have This thread is intended to complement Martin Lewis' article which…
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Savings v investments - what’s a good proportion of each?
Obviously this will vary hugely according to age, situation, plans, health etc. But all things being equal, what do you regard as a healthy proportion of your assets being held in savings versus investments. For discussion’s sake, let’s assume no debts or mortgage, and an emergency fund in place already. In my own case, I…
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Royal London STMMF NAV/Price?
Hi…. Anyone noticed that the Royal London STMMF hasn't updated it NAV/price since 6 May? It is not something I have noticed previously, so was curious if this is something that just happens periodically or is unusual?
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Large-ish transactions in Gilts / ILGs
I'm likely to be buying and selling some Gilts/ILGs soon. The amounts will be close to £100K type of thing. The platforms are Iweb & AJ Bell Is there likely to be much benefit pricewise in making as big a transaction as possible? As you can't see the settlement price on these I'm tempted to break them down into a few…
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Fixed Rate Bonds - confused by HMRC advice
Hello, after a conversation with HMRC, I am really confused about filing a tax return for interest earned on fixed rate bonds. I thought that I only needed to file information about interest accrued on fixed rate bonds in the year that the account matures and the interest becomes available. However, having received a late…
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Transfer Sipp from HL to Fidelity
I am thinking of transferring my SIPP from HL to Fidelity and take advantage of their cashback offer. I am assuming there will not be any exit fee to pay HL? Fidelity states that the cashback will be paid 90 days after 05.04.2026, so I can leave after the cashback has been paid should I wish to?
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Top Easy Access acs Ranked: Top of The Pots - **No Chat**
I've had a few suggestions/requests to start a separate 'No Chat' thread, as the ToTP list gets drowned in 'chat' in the 'Top Easy Access discussion' thread. The aim is to maintain an easy-to-find ranked list of the c.Top 10, available to open & manage online, Easy Access accounts, with links. The purpose of this thread is…
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INTEREST PAYMENTS ON SAVINGS ACCOUNT
I opened a normal savings account with Cahoot in June 2025 (not ISA) with interest to be payed monthly. I still have this account. Will the tax man want the interest from Cahoot, for my PSA, each April? That is from June 2025 to April 2026….and then from April 2026 to April 2027 ?
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Tembo HomeSaver Account 5.75% - advice/thoughts?
Hi, I saw this Tembo Home Saver Account advertised online. Link at end of this post. Would welcome anyone's opinions on the account, including safety of any deposits with Tembo? The account is for depositing a maximum of £20K - so well within the FCA protected £120K limit. And their site says savings are protected with…
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The Cashback for Bank or Investment Accounts Discussion Thread
What's included in this list? This is a list of cashback offers that might be of interest to forum users, focusing on: * Savings accounts including ISAs; other bank accounts may be included too * Investments including pensions, but note there’s already a related thread on the Pensions board * Offers you can get in addition…
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Any advice on which investment app to choose?
Hello all Over the last few months I’ve been doing lots of reading about investing to try and get a basic understanding of things. I’m now at a point where I’m about to open a Stocks & Shares ISA and start investing some money. Having looked at the websites of various investment apps I’ve narrowed it down to Vanguard,…
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Good sound investment advise
My son turns 18 and has built up £25000 in his junior ISA which comes to an end on his birthday. Going forward can anyone advise what would be good sound to invest this money. We don't mind a little risk in investment.
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Barclays, upto £2500 cash back for a cash, investments, or ISA transfer
https://www.barclays.co.uk/smart-investor/campaign/transfer/?campaign=SI_Email_Acquire_Campaign_email_Premier-2915-competitor_&chnnl=EMC Got an email about this, this morning. Need to transfer over £200k to get the maximum cash back and it’s paid out within 12 weeks after the end of the offer window I think, so around end…
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Multiple Regular Savers - maintenance
Hello, I've recently started my journey on getting multiple regular savers. I was wondering for a newbie (who is happy to be incredibly organised and can be), what would be the key information one would write down for each and every regular saver in their spreadsheet? (I tried searching the forums and I'm sure this has…
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FAO those that left HL
Right, thats it, sick and tired of HL now. I'm off. Was waiting to see how my charges looked once increased before deciding what to do with my SS ISA F & S account, cash ISA along with the wifes SIPP. Final straw was last week, wife withdrew a small sum £3K from a cash ISA, took 3 days even allowing for bank holiday to get…
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The Faster Payments Cut Off Times List
Welcome to this thread. The purpose of this thread
is to provide a regularly updated list of the cut off times for faster payments
made into the savings accounts offered by various banks and building societies
to begin earning interest the same day. Given the sheer number of banks/building societies
there's bound to be…
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Need help maximising savings
Hi all ========================================================================= UPDATE: Based on advice on here, and shopping around (not eligible for new customer rates with current top-paying providers as existing customer), thoughts please on the following plan: £87,400 (Trading212, Leeds BS & Moneybox ISA's) Transfer…
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Index linked savings certs renewal
The perennial question of whether to renew a maturing certificate. I'm aware of the new being locked in for the whole 3/5 years aspect. You can get savings accounts with higher rates currently, even factoring in a 22% basic rate tax, but only just. I am a basic rate taxpayer. I know no one has a crystal ball, but I'd be…
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Santander Edge Saver ending.
One of my Santander Edge savers is ending. My 6% interest will drop to 3.5%. What's the process ? Wait until it matures then close it and open a new 6% one ?
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Life insurance policy payout
Unfortunately I am looking to put a claim in for one of my parents who is terminally ill. The life insurance policy was written into discretionary trust with me and my sibling being trustees and also beneficiaries (50-50). The claim form has a section to enter bank details for the payout with just space for one account…
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