Bank of Scotland Vantage change

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Re: Bank of Scotland Vantage change

Postby planteria » Fri Jun 29, 2018 9:16 am

1.45% IA is good going Sarah. what's the very best available nowadays?

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Re: Bank of Scotland Vantage change

Postby Sarah » Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:42 am

Post Office Online Saver Issue 31 is the market leading easy saver account (according to latest MSE update).

That 1.45% rate for the Birmingham Midshires easy saver account was withdrawn within days:
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Re: Bank of Scotland Vantage change

Postby planteria » Fri Jun 29, 2018 2:14 pm

with you. if i bag the POS31 i plan to put my Annual Stoozepot there.

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Re: Bank of Scotland Vantage change

Postby Sarah » Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:03 am

BoS are increasing the top rate from 1.5% to 2.0% with effect from 1 October 2019. That's a slightly surprising change, although they're also adding a lower tier at 1.0% which is a cut for anyone keeping less than £4000 in their account. I only retained one of these accounts, nevertheless a little more interest is always welcome.

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Re: Bank of Scotland Vantage change

Postby Sarah » Mon Jul 29, 2019 4:31 pm

In another letter... Club Lloyds interest rates are also changing to the same tiers on the same date!

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Re: Bank of Scotland Vantage change

Postby DC. » Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:42 pm

@sarah
Be careful, they worded it funny.

I found this https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/ ... rest-on-u/

Looks like it works differently to the tiers that Lloyds used to do, i. e. not the whole balance.
If you have £5000 you will get an effective rate of 1.2%

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Re: Bank of Scotland Vantage change

Postby Sarah » Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:37 pm

Oh, that's sneaky! Boo, rubbish, etc! :evil:

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Re: Bank of Scotland Vantage change

Postby planteria » Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:13 pm

yes, it wasn't That sneaky though.. it's clear in their letter.
i've tended to keep £4/5k in ClubLloyds, and that's been handy as the origin and destination of my 'round robin' funds -- but i'm planning to stash more away with a local Co-op and run my current accounts pot a lot leaner, even if it means cycling the same money a couple of times to ensure i qualify for ClubLloyds fee-free, for example.

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Re: Bank of Scotland Vantage change

Postby Sarah » Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:58 pm

BoS Vantage and Club Lloyds dropping rates again from 1 October 2020; the new tiers become:

below £4000 - 0.6%
£4000 - £5000 - 1.5%
above £5000 - nada

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Re: Bank of Scotland Vantage change

Postby planteria » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:15 pm

it really isn't very appealing based upon those new rates..


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