TSB instant access

nansus

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I recently opened an "instant access" deposit account with TSB via their 24 hr on line.
Thje big problem with this account is that it is not as "instant access" as they say.
Be warned --in order to access your savings you must have a TSB current account costing €12 per quarter to maintain.
 
This is different to what other people have reported here. It does not need to be a PTSB current account, it can be a PTSB 'Demand Deposit Account' which does not incur fees. See below.

Unless things have changed at PTSB?

 
And just to point out that not all PTSB current accounts attract fees - there is a Free Fee Current Account available for qualifying customers (I don't know what the qualifying criteria are, I just know I met them when opening my own account!).
 
And just to point out that not all PTSB current accounts attract fees - there is a Free Fee Current Account available for qualifying customers (I don't know what the qualifying criteria are, I just know I met them when opening my own account!).

Old customers have these accounts. Not new customers.
 
Permanent TSB: Online Regular Saver
4.00% on €1 to €50,000
Note 1: Annual interest is credited to the account on the first Business Day after the 20th of November.
Note 2: Monthly payments up to €1,000
Note 3: This account is only available online. You need to use PTSB 'open24' to make withdrawals.
Note 4: Full details of this product are listed inside Permanent TSB online banking which are behind a secure login and therefore obviously cannnot be linked to.
Note 5:
Withdrawals from this account can only be made to another PTSB account and then to a non PTSB account. Hence, you must keep another PTSB account open. This does not have to be a PTSB current account which may incur fees, this can be a PTSB 'Demand Deposit Account' and the balance can be zero in this account.


I cant find any reference to the above anywhere on the TSB site, even when I log in to open 24. The only "deposit " accounts mentioned are "term" deposits.
The nearest relevent account mentioned is, an "instant access savings account" which needs an ATM card --still not allowing 3rd party transfers.
 
Ciaran,

Fee-free current a/cs are still advertised on the ptsb website, it doesn't mention that these accounts aren't available to new customers any more? I've been with them for just under a year myself.

The qualifying criteria are listed here (I didn't know them when I posted earlier)

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The account is listed here: https://www.permanenttsb.ie/media/p...ates/permanent-tsb-Deposit-Interest-Rates.pdf

This PDF document lists all PTSB deposit accounts.
 


Old customers get fee free accounts with zero conditions attached.

New customers get day to day banking charges and only get free banking if they jump through a dozen hoops.

See: http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=21774

 
Thanks for the clarification Ciaran - I hadn't known that there were zero condition free accounts.