MoneySavingExpert News

Savings safety

Premium bond holders will soon see their chances of winning increase, as the prize fund 'interest rate' will rise from 1% to 1.5% on 1 Oct.

21 September 2009

Savers who can make regular monthly deposits can earn an unbeatable 5.5% from Buckinghamshire Building Society, fixed for a year.

14 September 2009

Savers can earn over ten times the current Base Rate but huge numbers are still stuck in decrepit accounts paying paltry returns. In some cases, savers are earning no interest whatsoever.

8 September 2009

Egg has today upped the rate on its Savings Account to make it the top-paying, non-restrictive online account.

7 August 2009

Fixed savings rates have risen further despite the Bank of England base rate being held today at 0.5% for the fifth consecutive month.

6 August 2009

Banks and building societies will have to display much clearer information to savers about how their money is protected from next January, under rules announced today by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

24 July 2009

Natwest and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) are both launching a regular savings account on Monday that pays a fixed 5% before tax for a year.

22 July 2009

Savers have received another lift with the introduction of three best-buy accounts today.

17 July 2009

Savers can lock-in an interest rate of 5% for up to five years and still have some access to their money.

13 July 2009

Alliance & Leicester has launched the joint-top mass market savings account that gives you penalty-free access to your cash.

3 July 2009

Suggest a story

Got a money-related news story that affects you? Email us

Savings safety

Suggest a story

FREE Weekly
MoneySaving email

Clever ways to calculate your finances

Savings safety

Suggest a story

FREE Weekly MoneySaving email

Clever ways to calculate your finances

FREE Weekly
MoneySaving email