Wednesday 10 March 2010
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Latest
05/01/10
Will rates for savers rise in 2010?
10/03/09
Average rate for an instant access account falls to just 0.17%
10/03/09
Nearly a quarter of Britons save nothing
09/03/09
Despair for prudent savers as Bank of England cuts interest rates to 0.5%
08/10/08
ING acquires British cash deposits held in Heritable Bank and Kaupthing Edge
08/10/08
Government guarantees 100% of Icesave deposits
03/10/08
Guarantee for savers increased
29/09/08
Bradford & Bingley savings business sold to Spanish bank Santander
01/07/08
Savings protection could rise to £50,000
30/06/08
Household savings ratio falls to lowest level in almost 50 years
05/06/08
Savers urged to avoid low interest accounts
22/12/07
Building Societies benefit from influx of deposits
06/10/07
Savings up to £35,000 now fully protected
24/09/07
Chancellor plans to guarantee savings up to £100,000
24/04/07
69% of easy access accounts pay insufficient interest to counteract the shrinkage caused by inflation
11/10/2006
Alliance & Leicester launch DirectSaver account paying 5.38% AER
25/08/06
Bank of England base rate rise not passed on
24/08/06
Brits missing out on up to £1.7 billion in interest each year
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