A&L offers new premier customers bonus rate on PlusSaver account

Alliance & Leicester is welcoming new current account holders with an introductory interest rate of 6.00% gross pa/AER payable on its PlusSaver account until December 2008. PlusSaver is a savings account which is set up automatically when customers open either a Premier, Premier 21 or Premier Direct current account. This ‘Welcome bonus’ offer of 0.75% above the standard rate of 5.25%, will apply to balances up to £50,000 and applies to Premier accounts opened by the end of this year.

Customers who register to use Alliance & Leicester’s mobile banking via Internet Banking also receive a £5 credit to their current account. Mobile banking is currently free until the end of the year, and allows customers access to their finances 24 hours a day, wherever they are in the world.

Premier customers also receive the following benefits with the PlusSaver account:

24/7 access to their accounts through Alliance & Leicester’s secure telephone, internet and mobile phone banking systems
No notice period for withdrawals
No penalty charges for withdrawals
Regular saving option via standing order

Andy Bayes, Head of Current Account said: “This is a great opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to our new Premier customers for joining Alliance & Leicester, and to encourage those customers to get into the habit of saving. At a competitive rate of 6%, PlusSaver is one of the best places to save your hard earned money, and you have the added benefit of being able to get at your cash quickly and easily via one of our Premier current accounts.”

Bayes continued: “Access to a PlusSaver savings account is one of the many benefits our Premier account customers receive in addition to our best buy leading rates.”

To find out more information on Alliance & Leicester’s award winning Premier and Premier Direct current accounts, visit alliance-leicester.co.uk/currentaccounts.