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Post by cassiopeia on Apr 14, 2020 15:38:49 GMT
There seems to be three classes of money,
a) that held in the holding account which is ring-fenced at Barclays and presumably safe
b) the money loaned. If Rate-setter went bust, this would still be owed by individuals, so another company taking over would presumably be able to reclaim this over time, so it wouldn't necessarily be lost?
c) money held in the queue. This is what I'm worried about because I've been unable to access this and withdraw this since Thursday and it's accumulating. Is this money held in Ratesetter's own account which would be lost if Ratesetter folded?
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Post by r00lish67 on Apr 14, 2020 15:49:13 GMT
There seems to be three classes of money, a) that held in the holding account which is ring-fenced at Barclays and presumably safe b) the money loaned. If Rate-setter went bust, this would still be owed by individuals, so another company taking over would presumably be able to reclaim this over time, so it wouldn't necessarily be lost? c) money held in the queue. This is what I'm worried about because I've been unable to access this and withdraw this since Thursday and it's accumulating. Is this money held in Ratesetter's own account which would be lost if Ratesetter folded? The only money shown in the queue that you will be unable to withdraw is money that is pending to be 'rolled over'. It's already matched to your borrower, and is effectively just being continued to be lent out - there's no way to cancel that lend order. It's poorly displayed as it seems to suggest you should have access to each chunk at the next repayment date, which is not actually the case and probably just a hangover from how RS used to work. So your c) is actually really just more b) money. Once the system catches up it'll disappear from the queue. edit: you normally might not even notice any money there, but I assume they're working through the backlog after the Easter holiday in this case, so things are slower than normal.
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Post by cassiopeia on Apr 14, 2020 16:06:38 GMT
I've cleared this up with Ratesetter on the phone. Normally money shouldn't wait in the queue for long, but it ca be withdrawn early in the morning just like money in the holding account. However, due to site issues this morning I was unable to withdraw it quickly enough, so it's been re-invested. annoying;y I assumed the whole site was down, and only needed to use a different browser!
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Post by oppsididitagain on Apr 14, 2020 16:14:18 GMT
I've cleared this up with Ratesetter on the phone. Normally money shouldn't wait in the queue for long, but it ca be withdrawn early in the morning just like money in the holding account. However, due to site issues this morning I was unable to withdraw it quickly enough, so it's been re-invested. annoying;y I assumed the whole site was down, and only needed to use a different browser! Are you sure its bee re invested ? Remember RS changed the way the rolling/access account works about 18 months ago. So it seems like all the money is paid back and then re lent - However this is incorrect, its just how RS have programmed that account. IF it's been re lent, an easy fix to stop this happening again, go into your reinvestment settings and change the reinvestment rate to be a lot higher than the market. I use 6%. So when you money is paid back, it goes to market at 6% and then I manually cancel those orders, and withdraw the money
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Post by cassiopeia on Apr 14, 2020 18:20:14 GMT
I had it on the highest rate 8%. However, it was there most of the day so it was reinvested.
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Post by beagle on May 11, 2020 19:41:07 GMT
it doesnt sound right - i think your money was reinvested based on existing deals, they changed this last year. i would call them
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