{"id":9802,"date":"2016-04-02T13:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/unhappy-returns-as-nsi-cuts-premium-bond-prizes\/"},"modified":"2016-04-02T13:19:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T06:19:08","slug":"unhappy-returns-as-nsi-cuts-premium-bond-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/unhappy-returns-as-nsi-cuts-premium-bond-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Unhappy returns as NS&I cuts premium bond prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs the scheme celebrates its 60th birthday, is it still worth a flutter, or would your cash be better elsewhere?There was bad news for Britain\u2019s 21 million-strong army of premium bond holders this week: the (already slim) odds of winning a prize are about to get even worse. National Savings & Investments has slashed the number of premium bond prizes, reducing people\u2019s chances of winning. At the same time it has cut the interest rates on many of its savings accounts.So is it still worth having a flutter on premium bonds? And if it isn\u2019t, what are the other options for your nest-egg cash, bearing in mind that savings rates are so dismal at the moment? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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As the scheme celebrates its 60th birthday, is it still worth a flutter, or would...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-2y6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43171,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/not-so-happy-days-nsi-slashes-premium-bonds-prize-pot\/","url_meta":{"origin":9802,"position":0},"title":"Not so happy days: NS&I slashes premium bonds prize pot","date":"February 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Britain\u2019s 21 million bond holders will have same chances but be more likely to win smaller sums in cut to \u2018prize fund rate\u2019Having a flutter on the premium bonds is about to get less attractive following a decision to slash the total prize pot. 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With rates in the doldrums, the news\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11406,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/are-nsis-security-measures-open-to-question\/","url_meta":{"origin":9802,"position":3},"title":"Are NS&I\u2019s security measures open to question?","date":"April 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r It seemed impossible to get any prize money paid directly into my bank accountMight I suggest you take a look into the labyrinthine bureaucracy of National Savings & Investments and its security procedures. 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