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Post by archie on May 5, 2020 9:07:45 GMT
...Pray you don't come down to earth with a bump as you join us mere mortals scraping £50 a month if we're lucky!  I must be towards the back of the processing queue, £100 turned up this morning. I think processing finishes on the 4th of the month usually.
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Post by registerme on May 5, 2020 9:09:36 GMT
I must be towards the back of the processing queue, £100 turned up this morning. I think processing finishes on the 4th of the month usually. I only shifted to automatic bank payments and email notification last month, because it lessened my need to walk to my local bank branch. COVID-19 etc.....
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Post by Greenwood2 on May 5, 2020 9:14:48 GMT
I must be towards the back of the processing queue, £100 turned up this morning. I think processing finishes on the 4th of the month usually. Updated online normally by the 2nd working day of the month on the prize checker.
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Post by archie on May 5, 2020 9:28:41 GMT
I think processing finishes on the 4th of the month usually. Updated online normally by the 2nd working day of the month on the prize checker. Partially, the summary page may still show prizes for previous month or date of the draw. If you dig into the prize list that should show the prizes for that month.
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Post by Greenwood2 on May 5, 2020 13:53:18 GMT
Updated online normally by the 2nd working day of the month on the prize checker. Partially, the summary page may still show prizes for previous month or date of the draw. If you dig into the prize list that should show the prizes for that month. I meant this one www.nsandi.com/prize-checker
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Post by voss on May 5, 2020 21:54:09 GMT
My all time average from the past 14 years is £51.70 a month (1.53% average return a month).
But I won just the 1 x £25 for May and zero for Apr. Did better earlier in the year with £150 for March, £100 for Feb and £75 for Jan (all in 25s). My total for last year was £875. I have the maximum amount. A friend of mine won a £500 last month.
Somebody who is not a friend of mine won £1m last month 
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Post by jlend on May 6, 2020 8:32:53 GMT
There is an Nsandi premium bond app you can install on your phone.
You can use it to easily check your last 6 months wins.
As an aside I have some of my national savings index linked certificates maturing this month. Am curious to know if others are keeping them?
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Post by registerme on May 6, 2020 8:58:21 GMT
As an aside I have some of my national savings index linked certificates maturing this month. Am curious to know if others are keeping them? I've been rolling mine over. 1. The opportunity cost of holding them is basically zero. 2. They're about as close to riskless as you can get. 3. At some point inflation will spike. I mean I guess I could sell them and reinvest the funds, but I'm already sat on a load of cash and looking to deploy it so....
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Post by carol167 on May 6, 2020 11:42:13 GMT
There is an Nsandi premium bond app you can install on your phone. You can use it to easily check your last 6 months wins. As an aside I have some of my national savings index linked certificates maturing this month. Am curious to know if others are keeping them? I cashed my one in. Was only £3k plus 3 years interest.
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Post by macq on May 6, 2020 12:09:05 GMT
I think processing finishes on the 4th of the month usually. I only shifted to automatic bank payments and email notification last month, because it lessened my need to walk to my local bank branch. COVID-19 etc..... Confidence in thinking your walking to the bank every month also unless its changed you can also have it paid into a NS&I account such as Direct saver if anybody wishes to leave it in One place
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Post by zlb on May 6, 2020 13:13:58 GMT
one of my friends says he heard the announcement on the radio that the PB prizes were not being reduced after all - but only short term owing to the virus; and someone mentioned it here, however it's difficult to find this reported officially online - am I missing an obvious link?
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Post by macq on May 6, 2020 13:21:44 GMT
one of my friends says he heard the announcement on the radio that the PB prizes were not being reduced after all - but only short term owing to the virus; and someone mentioned it here, however it's difficult to find this reported officially online - am I missing an obvious link? Ah link's my downfall but i did post after getting the email from NS&I - probably on their website but search using MSE or Which or thisismoney among others its been on using NS&I delay rate cuts
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Post by bernythedolt on May 6, 2020 13:28:39 GMT
one of my friends says he heard the announcement on the radio that the PB prizes were not being reduced after all - but only short term owing to the virus; and someone mentioned it here, however it's difficult to find this reported officially online - am I missing an obvious link? You get the following banner when you log on to your account...
"To support savers at this difficult time, we are not going ahead with the variable interest rate reductions that we previously announced. So our Premium Bonds, Direct Saver, Income Bonds and Investment Account will stay at their current rates. If you have any of these accounts, you don't need to do anything. "
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Post by zlb on May 6, 2020 15:05:30 GMT
one of my friends says he heard the announcement on the radio that the PB prizes were not being reduced after all - but only short term owing to the virus; and someone mentioned it here, however it's difficult to find this reported officially online - am I missing an obvious link? You get the following banner when you log on to your account...
"To support savers at this difficult time, we are not going ahead with the variable interest rate reductions that we previously announced. So our Premium Bonds, Direct Saver, Income Bonds and Investment Account will stay at their current rates. If you have any of these accounts, you don't need to do anything. " Thanks! Explains it. I never login, I just use the prize checker with my number.
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Post by lara on May 14, 2020 6:46:07 GMT
There is an Nsandi premium bond app you can install on your phone. You can use it to easily check your last 6 months wins. As an aside I have some of my national savings index linked certificates maturing this month. Am curious to know if others are keeping them? I roll mine over. The savings certificates and (premium bonds) help offset higher risk elements of my portfolio and with the index linking, you can't loose.
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