Monzo/Starling Banking/Revolut

[Reuben klang]

According to t&c posted elsewhere you're not eligible if you had over £500 in Chase savings on some random date in March.

That’s nice of them!

 

[200sols]

That’s nice of them!

They've been rubbish for ages now.

 

[visibleman]

According to t&c posted elsewhere you're not eligible if you had over £500 in Chase savings on some random date in March.

Yup, just spotted their T&C's -

Eligibility​

You can get this offer if:

1. you became a Chase customer and opened a Chase current account on or before 29 February 2024 and:
2. you didn’t have a Chase saver account on 8 March 2024; or
3. you had one or more Chase saver accounts but the balance across all of those Chase saver accounts was below £500 on 8 March 2024.

https://www.chase.co.uk/gb/en/legal/chase-saver-with-boosted-rate-terms-and-conditions/

It seems a bit ***** of them but i guess it's just a ploy to try and attract a few extra customers, oh well...

 

[ChrisD.]

Did you already have a Chase savings account prior to the rate increase?

Who knows, maybe they're slowly rolling it out to customers...

I did, but I emptied it a few months ago.

 

[englishpremier]

Is this for new savings accounts/customers only?
Already got one of their 4.1% savings accounts and haven't had any emails nor see anything in the app about this.


Is T212 FSCS protected on uninvested interest generating money? I always thought they used QMMF's for uninvested cash, so it becomes unprotected

The issue for some is they can use QMMF's. All most my deposits are were banked until yesterday. Now it shows 99.8% banked and 0.2% in QMMFs.

The banked money is protected. The money in the QMMF isn't.

 

[jpaul]

Interesting new banking option - bnp I'm afraid .. the ccv changes regularly
hadn't realised there was much fraud there, but maybe other benefits ?
probably won't give them £12/pa

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Protection against fraud​

So, you can safely entrust your bank card information for this type of purchase: even in the event of hacking, data theft or fraudulent use, your card will be unusable, since the cryptogram will have changed in the meantime!

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Same features​

Finally, your card of course retains all its existing functionalities: choice of immediate or deferred debit, payment and withdrawal limits, insurance and assistance, contactless payment, etc.

 

[englishpremier]

That sounds like a nightmare in terms of customer use for regular and online payments.

 

[200sols]

The issue for some is they can use QMMF's. All most my deposits are were banked until yesterday. Now it shows 99.8% banked and 0.2% in QMMFs.

The banked money is protected. The money in the QMMF isn't.

If I wanted my money in a MMF I'd do it myself. They're effectively investing your cash if they put it in those.

 

[dlockers]

Guys,

I have a mega idea for an app. I gift the idea so someone can serve me.

Basically it takes like 5 mins to do any transaction because I have to check:
1. AMEX Cashback
2. BarclayCard Rewards
3. RBS Rewards
4. Monzo Cashback
5. Revolut (boo hiss)
6. Perks at Work
7. QuidCo
8. MBNA Smart Rewards (closed it now)

It'd be great to just whack in a retailer to an aggregator. I guess it'd make several mil so I'll take a mil upfront and call it quits.

 

[ChrisD.]

QuidCo

TCB has nearly always paid higher than Quidco in my experience.

 

[dlockers]

TCB has nearly always paid higher than Quidco in my experience.

This man is loyal

 

[Martynt74]

Could be £4k



Kills me there's no Spanish equivalent

 

[jpaul]

How would you pareto the types of products you have earned 3K on ? - is it really a badge of honour

 

[dlockers]

How would you pareto the types of products you have earned 3K on ? - is it really a badge of honour

Mostly furry comics, furry novelties, furry ceramics, furry costumes, general miscellaneous furry items etc.

 

[jpaul]

OK daughters toys, if that isn't a euphemism for power tools for diy .....
. reminded me my Quidco account is dormant, so long I haven't used it, need to get them to pay the monies into b/a

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Assembling some funds for house deposit : need to find better banking solutions (maybe they are secure though)

$Dividend cheques - depositing occasional dividend checks - saw I had payed Lloyds international commission of $60 on some K$'s, and now $12 to transfer that to currencies direct.​

Also that BNP bank has limit of e20K/day for electronic SEPA transfer to currencies direct, not e100K I expected https://www.atlar.com/guides/sepa-bank-payments​

 

[Diddums]

Does Chase have a referral scheme? If so, first to PM me their referral gets the gravy.

And no, that doesn't mean you, you unjoined bot. Active posters only ktnx.

 

[ChrisD.]

They don’t do it anymore sadly.

 

[jpaul]

Chase - are their costs to pay in cheques or for IBAN transfers low though ?

will probably ask in a mobile phone thread too -
has anyone had any issues with Bank mobile Apps not functioning correctly to receive push authorisation codes for transactions if you are using wi-fi calling eg. no 4G/2G signal

 

[tlrBeta]

Interesting new banking option - bnp I'm afraid .. the ccv changes regularly

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Great example of building something not needed

 

[jpaul]

Interesting, when i ran a comparison with Wise/Currencies direct for €30k it was better with Wise although i don't recall the amount. I then spoke to Currencies Direct who suggested they were only cheaper over around £60k

Will have a look at Revolut, but always hear such grim stories that saving a few hundred quid over Wise might not be worth it!

finally making some transfers : and the winner seems to be Xe.com, vs currencies direct;
after monitoring over a couple of days Xe.com seem to apply typical 0.5% shift/commission on spot exchange rates and Currencies direct 1.0%,
so effectively you loose twice as much on the exchange, w/>60k examples.

example today spot exchange 0.8532£/e , XE 0.8482, CD 0.847