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davkong
post Jan 13 2021, 08:07 AM

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Hi all. My RHB My1 Flexi Home Loan does not have a linked current account. Instead, I was asked to open a Basic Savings Account aside from the loan account. Is this the case with you guys? I'm not sure if any fund inside this Savings Account will be used to offset interest for the loan. From my past experience, flexi home loan usually have a linked Current Account and not Savings.
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post Jan 13 2021, 08:52 AM

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QUOTE(Babizz @ Jan 13 2021, 08:45 AM)
It's the same.

Any current account funds are NOT used to offset the interest of the loan. This is also why u don't pay rm10 monthly.
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Thanks. After going through previous posts I sort of understand how it works now. I had a Standing Instruction to transfer monthly from another bank's account this RHB home loan. SO any extra amount that I transferred will be treated as advanced payment and hence wont be able to withdraw or offset interest? Interest will only be offset if I make the extra payments as principal prepayment?

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davkong
post Jan 13 2021, 11:16 AM

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QUOTE(RAGALIA @ Jan 13 2021, 10:45 AM)
Summary of RHB Full Flexi Account from Experience

You can open either current account or savings account, it doesn't matter. The main purpose of the account is to allow redraw facility (Principle Pre-payment) from your loan account into this account.

You can opt for accounts which doesn't require ANY monthly/annual fees (RM 0), however there're are limitations such as limited debit card ATM withdrawals etc.

I choose this option as I use other banks to withdraw money from ATM, so I can avoid any fees.

There are 2 payment types:
1. Regular / Advance Payment - Your monthly repayment amount
2. Principle Prepayment - Extra payment that you wish to pay to offset interest (Only in multiples of RM1000)

Don't worry about the multiples of RM1000 limit set by RHB bank, as this is just useless. Why do I say so? Initially, I tried doing extra payment using principle payment (RM 50,000) and the additional prepayment also reflected in the redraw bucket. (Available to redraw: RM50,000). The interest also reduced for this effect. I compare my loan outstanding with before additional prepayment and after additional prepayment. I also confirmed with RHB officer that the interest amount is calculated daily at 12:00am.

Here comes the funny part, after the additional prepayment, my monthly repayment was reduced to reflect the additional prepayment. (Say initially I need to pay RM 2000 monthly, now it is RM 1725). As it is a odd number, I decided to do my monthly payment in RM 1800 every month. (Doesn't matter from RHB current account or other banks). Surprisingly, the additional RM 75 (RM 1800-RM1725) is also reflected in the redraw bucket! From this I conclude that RHB only take your monthly payment amount and additional always put back into your redraw bucket to offset the interest. Now, whether this RM 75 does offset the interest I'm not sure because it's too small of a amount for me to notice the difference.

Hope this helps smile.gif
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Thanks guys, it's super clear now. Now I just need to reactivate my RHB savings account as it has been dormant, otherwise I wouldnt be able to redraw the prepayment amounts in the future.
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post Jan 13 2021, 12:53 PM

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QUOTE(47100 @ Jan 13 2021, 11:13 AM)
to further add on this rhb full flexi, any amount you had put into the principle payment, you can redraw it from your rhbNow easily.
no charge, instantly back to your current account.
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I just made a principal prepayment of RM1k to test if I can redraw it. When I click on Fund Transfer>Own Account>Loan Redrawal, it gives me error "No available account". I have dropped a message to customer service but wondering if anyone else faced the same problem before?

 

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