{"id":67282,"date":"2017-09-24T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T06:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/leeds-building-society-makes-rate-promise\/"},"modified":"2017-09-24T14:07:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T07:07:33","slug":"leeds-building-society-makes-rate-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/leeds-building-society-makes-rate-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds building society makes rate promise"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMinimum of 0.5% will be guaranteed on savings accounts from the end of OctoberBeleaguered savers have been given a small ray of hope in the current era of low interest rates after Leeds building society said it would guarantee a minimum of 0.5% on savings accounts.The society, the fifth largest in the UK, will raise the minimum rate it pays from 0.4% across Isas and non-Isa accounts from the end of October. The new rate is twice the Bank of England base rate. The move comes at a grim time for those with savings accounts \u2013 the last time the Bank raised interest rates was in July 2007. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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