... Standardlifebank.com, although a little slow to run, is extremely reliable and easy to use.
One of my favourite features of the bank, is that if you have rich friends with bank accounts there, you can link you accounts so that you can get a higher interest rate applied to each individual ... Read review
Advantages: Friendly and efficient Disadvantages: None
Every time I phone up this bank, I am greeted by a warm, friendly voice, usually with a Scottish accent, and this just inspires me to give them money.
The bank was recommended to me by a relative who is an Independent Financial Advisor, and I am so glad that he did. This band is always sending me information on changes to the interest rates, new services and things like that, but in a way that isn't imposing. They normally give you ... ...bits are and so you can judge for yourself. It's like giving you those bits of paper in the chocolates that tell you which ones you'll like and which ones you won't.
The people you talk to on the phone are great and you can make you transactions with no difficulty at all. The website is also the most reliable bank website I have seen, given that my brother has had trouble with Egg and Natwest, and my mum can't get LloydsTSB's website ... more
Every time I phone up this bank, I am greeted by a warm, friendly voice, usually with a Scottish accent, and this just inspires me to give them money.
The bank was recommended to me by a relative who is an Independent Financial Advisor, and I am so glad that he did. This band is always sending me information on changes to the interest rates, new services and things like that, but in a way that isn't imposing. They normally give you a letter at the front telling you what the important bits are and so you can judge for yourself. It's like giving you those bits of paper in the chocolates that tell you which ones you'll like and which ones you won't.
The people you talk to on the phone are great and you can make you transactions with no difficulty at all. The website is also the most reliable bank website I have seen, given that my brother has had trouble with Egg and Natwest, and my mum can't get LloydsTSB's website to do anything, and she designs the things. Standardlifebank.com, although a little slow to run, is extremely reliable and easy to use.
One of my favourite features of the bank, is that if you have rich friends with bank accounts there, you can link you accounts so that you can get a higher interest rate applied to each individual account, that is decided by the total amount in all of the accounts put together. Having old relatives with large savings are a particular bonus.
The only bad thing is having to plan in advance because of the three working day timespan to move your money, but I suppose this is pretty much what you would expect from any bank and cannot be helped.
I have had no problems at all with this bank and thoroughly recommend it to anyone.
Good rates, good service, good branches: all the benifits of a building society without the disruption of carpetbaggers!
It's not officially a building society, and like all plcs, has a duty to make profits for it's shareholders. It does a good job of hinding this fact t (*)
