QUOTE(Deal Hunter @ Nov 21 2016, 01:12 AM)
No need to apologise as far as I am concern. Everybody expresses own ideas of how things work and we can all share and feedback the views, hopes, experiences and weird differences we meet at different places. If we get it wrong, it just means some bank communications or staff are not clear enough or are also clear but confused themselves - something we meet all the time.
If you read my reply to Kamen Rider, the compound interest formula for Maybank GIA would have i/366 instead of i/365 for days in 2016.
The value of i profit (interest rate) is probably not constant and varies according to dates set by Maybank.
And even if you managed to uplift and replaced each day for a short period where the profit (interest rate did not change), you will likely get less than the figure computed by the formula, because of the effect of how the tiny figures after the sen are treated by the bank.
There may also be a potential problem of whether Maybank will try to ensure it is really fresh fund from other banks if depositors start doing daily uplifting and placing with the original money and interest, even though it may be attractive, legal and good business for the bank. Practices and policies depend on bank people's perspectives and certainly some can be really bureaucratic and not well thought out or helpful.
If I remember correctly, the payment of profit each month at the date of placement, is into your CASA (savings or your current account you named), and it is not added to your principal. Thus there is also no compounding effect on a monthly basis.
thanks for all the reply, my main concern, if the GIA can meet condition (b) below, I will be happily to put in GIA, and of course interest calculate daily around 3.55% (+ or - a bit) i am happy already, as I want the liquidity at any time interest ~ 3.55% per annum, then it meeting my requirement....

read thru all the posts, so benefits of putting in GIA as below
a) Interest calculate daily with 3.55% per annum
b) Can be uplifted anytime and not penalty and still enjoy the interest
This post has been edited by Kamen Rider: Nov 21 2016, 05:44 AM