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Premium Bonds

NS&I to increase Premium Bond prize rate AGAIN to 3.3% – here's all you need to know

The odds of each £1 Premium Bond number winning a prize will remain at 24,000-to-one, but there will be more higher value prizes available.

14 February 2023

NS&I to increase the Premium Bond prize rate to 3.15% – here's all you need to know

The odds of each £1 Premium Bond number winning a prize will remain at 24,000-to-one, but there will be more higher value prizes available.

24 January 2023

NS&I to increase the Premium Bond prize rate to 3% – here's all you need to know

The odds of each £1 Premium Bond number winning a prize will remain at 24,000-to-one, but there will be more higher value prizes available.

13 December 2022

Revealed: £80 million of Premium Bond prizes remain unclaimed – here's how to check if you've won

More than two million Premium Bond prizes are sitting unclaimed, according to the latest figures from National Savings and Investments.

29 November 2022

NS&I to increase the Premium Bond prize rate to 2.2% – here's all you need to know

After the rise, the odds of each £1 Premium Bond number winning a prize will increase from 24,500-to-one to 24,000-to-one.

27 September 2022

NS&I to increase the Premium Bond prize rate to 1.4% – here's all you need to know

After the rise, the odds of each £1 Premium Bond number winning a prize will increase from 34,500-to-one to 24,500-to-one.

24 May 2022

More than £74 million in Premium Bond prizes sitting unclaimed – how to check if you've won

More than 2 million Premium Bond prizes worth a combined £74 million remain unclaimed, according to the latest figures from NS&I. If you have or have ever had Premium Bonds, here's how to check if you've won.

18 November 2021

Martin Lewis: Premium Bonds – are they worth it? New analysis

Premium Bonds can beat easy-access accounts if you're saving over £4,000, MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has revealed.

12 November 2021

NS&I Green Savings Bond goes on sale but it only pays 0.65% AER fixed over three years

The Treasury has launched a new Green Savings Bond that will be welcome news for those wanting to support green projects but the bond only pays interest of 0.65% a year, which is far below the top-paying three-year fixed savings deals. MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has branded the rate "pants".

26 October 2021

NS&I to slash savings rates and Premium Bond prizes

National Savings & Investments (NS&I) will dramatically cut the interest it pays on many of its savings accounts, slashing its top easy-access rate to just 0.01% in November. And Premium Bond holders will also have a significantly lower chance of winning a prize from December, with the prize rate to be cut to 1%

21 September 2020