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Metro Bank now offers the best easy-access and one year-fixed rate deals Its easy-access account pays 5.22% and its one year fix pays 5.91% A savings expert says the bank is trying to raise cash through retail savers   By Helen Kirrane Updated: 13:46 GMT, 21 November 2023 For the first time, Metro Bank is offering … Read more

Only two providers are offering one-year fixed-rate accounts paying over 6% Union Bank of India pays 6.05% and Habib Bank Zurich pays 6.03% A savings expert said these rates could be pulled as soon as Friday  By Helen Kirrane Updated: 18:04 GMT, 31 October 2023 The race to get a top paying one-year fixed rate … Read more

Eight new King Charles III coins were unveiled by The Royal Mint last week, in the biggest change to UK coinage in decades. Soon, they will start to appear in change throughout Britain.  The new design of the nation’s coins will replace the current shield formation introduced in 2008. The 1p coin through to the … Read more

Best fixed-rate savings accounts to open now as top deals could vanish By Helen Kirrane Updated: 18:13 BST, 21 September 2023 Products featured in this article are independently selected by This is Money’s specialist journalists. If you open an account using links which have an asterisk, This is Money will earn an affiliate commission. We … Read more

The Bank of England has held the base rate at 5.25 per cent, after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) finally pushed pause on its continuous rate hiking. The decision comes following 14 consecutive base rate hikes since December 2021 and will likely be met with a degree of relief among borrowers and disappointment among savers. In … Read more

Grab a one-year fixed savings rate of 6.34% with this simple trick… and BEAT the top NS&I deal Raisin UK is offering a £25 sign up bonus on top of its 6.1% rate for a one year fix This brings the rate up to 6.34% for one year on £10k, beating the top NS&I deal … Read more

NS&I boosts Green Savings Bonds rate to pay 5.7% interest Previous issue of the three-year fix paid 4.2% Money invested in Green Saving Bonds helps finance green projects NS&I says £915m have been saved into them in last two years  By Helen Kirrane Updated: 15:32 BST, 22 August 2023 National Savings and Investments has launched … Read more

Shawbrook Bank launches new best buy easy-access account, cash Isa and fixed Isa Shawbrook and Saffron Building Society have upped easy-access rates to 4.6% Shawbrook now top best buy tables for easy access accounts and cash Isas  By Helen Kirrane Updated: 14:06 BST, 1 August 2023 Two new best buy easy-access savings accounts have launched … Read more

I’m an aspiring first time buyer with a £50,000 deposit currently built up.  I have £15,000 in a Lifetime Isa with the 25 per cent government bonus included.  About £20,000 has been gifted to me by my mum and dad which is currently sitting in my bank’s savings account paying 2.25 per cent and I … Read more

Fixed-rate savings surge: Interest on the typical one-year bond hits a 15 year high with new 4.66% best buy paying MORE than the top five-year deal Average one-year fix now pays 3.9%, up from 1.08% a year ago  The best deal pays 4.66%, which is more than savers can get on a five-year fix  Bank … Read more