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High Interest Savings Account - 5.75% p.a. Interest on Balance up to $250,000 for 4 Months (New Customers Only) @ Rabobank

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The highest interest savings account I can find at the moment to park your extra savings from things you haven't spent on Ozbargain

HomeMe is 5.5% but comes with 2k monthly deposit seen here

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Using this for 4 months then switching to next highest.

EARN 5.75% P.A* variable rate on your first $250,000.

Bonus introductory variable rate for the first 4 months (up to $250,000)
*(if applicable), commences on the day your BSB & Account number are issued.
Ongoing high interest rate to keep your savings growing & you reaching your goals faster
No need to change your everyday banking
Three tiers of interest based on your balance
Supporting Aussie farmers with every dollar you save

*Current 4 month introductory variable rate for new personal customers on deposits up to $250,000, commences on the day your BSB & Account number are issued not from when the account is funded. Rate subject to change. Not available where you have closed a Rabobank Online Savings account within the previous 3 years.

Thanks @Monorail for previous deal at 5.50%.

If you find a higher and better interest account to park money please let us know.

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Comments

  • +3

    Home me doesn't require taps 4 times… Just put 2000$ then take out and grow home me

  • +1

    How does rabo stack up to other HISA banks like ubank, ing, macq? Customer service notably worse or better?

    • +1

      Have heard bad things about their KYC process which is outdated and slow if more complicated paperwork involved

      My account opened very quick though as I'm an Australian tax resident

  • +1

    Username checks out

  • +2
    • +1

      Thanks for the link.. I won't bother with them now

      • I won't bother with them now

        You make financial decisions based on anonymous reviews from the Internet? That doesn't seem like a very robust method…

    • and what bank has great reviews on there?

      • Judo and Bank Australia have 4+ ratings and pretty high term deposit rates.

    • Better stay away from Me, Up, CommBank then with lower rating reviews 😆

  • Does anyone have any experience with this "Digipass" that people are talking about in the reviews?

    • +7

      Yeah, it's a pain in the gluteus Maximus. They send you cheap plastic device a bit smaller than a business card that you need to use for extra security to access your online account. I got mine about a week after applying for the previous bonus interest deal about 4 months ago. You need to put in a 5 digit pin and then the bank sends you a number that you need to copy to the banking page on your computer/tablet. This is on top of needing to manually put in your account number everytime. Why they can't just send the code to your phone? They say it's for better security. I've had my banking app on my phone for years, and never had an issue.

      • +2

        This - had the HISA and 30 day Notice account, just gave up and now use Macquarie for cash and short term savings.

        You cannot transact without the Digipass, which kinda crippled the product for us.

  • +1

    So people with spare $250k+, is that the savings accumulated from all the years of OzBargain membership? ;-)

    • +3

      Lots of Boost SIM cashback profits.

  • +1

    Sign interest rates are on the rise again?

  • +8

    If you are thinking of doing this I would wait until after Tuesday see if rates go up or not before signing up just in case, don't want to blow your intro rate if it is about to go up.

    • +1

      Good call 52% chance of increase predicted

    • But how long it will take for Rabobank to pass it to OzBargainers?

      • In the past it hasn't been too long.

    • What do you mean by "blow your intro rate." Wouldn't the 5.6% be presumably bumped up to 5.xx% for the remainder of your 4-month introductory period? Or does it operate as a lock in rate?

      • I think it gets locked in like Macquarie

        • Update: subsequent to interest rates rising etc., Rabobank now offers 5.75%. It doesn't appear to be locked in, as my account (when looking at "Account Details" on the mobile app) says max rate is 5.75%

    • I was wrong, it seems to go up with rate increases.

      So it seems that you are best off trying to open it as close to the start of the month as possible to maximize the days of bonus interest you are able to get out of this deal. But not sure how long it would take to setup an account if you have to wait for this digipass thing.

      • Took 2-3 days for digipass to arrive and instant setup a bit fiddly

  • +1

    I signed up for this bank last year but I won't recommend it as their app is very outdated and you have to wait till they send you the passcode device before you can activate your account too much effort!

    • +1

      I cancelled it after a few days activation

  • Anybody had any luck getting the rate extended?

  • +1

    Looks like they've increased the rate to 5.75%

    • +2

      Yep, and if you signed up at 5.6%, I believe it's automatically increased, rather than being locked in at 5.6% as some suggested

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  • Post honeymoon rate had been quietly dropped. So sad!

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