Savings Bonds
YBS new 18 month fixed rate savings bond
Yorkshire Building Society is today launching a new 18 month fixed rate bond which can be opened either online or by telephone paying interest at 3% gross/AER.
Legal & General Fund Tracker Capital Guaranteed Bond
Legal & General has launched a new style Capital Guaranteed Bond, The Fund Tracker Capital Guaranteed Bond 1 with a choice of two options. Either 100% participation or a set minimum return.
Barnsley offers new fixed rate online savings bonds
Barnsley Building Society has launched two new fixed rate e-bonds. Both bonds are available to new and existing customers and offer a monthly interest option for those who rely on their savings for income.
National Counties 5 year Stepped Rate Bond
National Counties Building Society has launched a Stepped Rate Bond with an interest rate which rises over the 5 year term to 6.00% gross.
Nationwide increases bond rates
Nationwide Building Society has announced details of new rates for its one year Fixed Rate Bond, one year e-Bond and one year Guaranteed Savings Bond, which all offer guaranteed interest rates for savers.
Santander launches two year fixed rate savings bonds
From Tuesday, 1 September, Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley Savings are launching a brand new two year fixed rate bond paying a highly competitive 4.20 per cent gross/AER.
Leeds 4.30% three year fixed rate savings bond
Leeds Building Society has launched a new branch based 3-Year Fixed Rate Bond paying a guaranteed return of 4.30%, which also allows savers access to up to 10% of the capital invested at any time, without notice or penalty.
Barclays Wealth offers income seekers a six-year solution
Barclays Wealth is extending the investment term of its popular Regular Income Bond to enable balanced investors to secure an attractive rate of interest for six years.
Barnsley’s 5-year fixed rate e-Bond offers 5.40%
Consumers looking for a guaranteed return on their savings are urged to look at some of the excellent rates currently available on fixed rate savings before they are pulled from the market.
Standard Life adds new panel for structured deposit accounts
Standard Life has this week added a panel of structured deposit accounts to its International Bond. Structured deposits combine capital protection with the potential for capital growth dependent on the performance of the underlying investment, e.g. the FTSE being a certain level at the end of the fixed term.
Leeds three year postal bond paying 4.30% guaranteed
Leeds Building Society has launched a new 3-Year Fixed Rate Postal Bond paying a guaranteed return of 4.30%, which also allows savers access to up to 10% of the initial amount invested at any time, without notice or penalty.
Leeds launches new fixed rate savings bonds
Leeds Building Society has launched new two and four-year fixed rate bonds paying guaranteed returns of 3.50% and 4.00% respectively.
Principality launches 5.10% fixed rate savings bond
Principality Building Society has launched a market-leading bond with a fixed interest rate of 5.10% AER until 31 October 2012. Savers can also choose to have their interest paid monthly, to help boost their income.
Fixed rate savings - timing is everything
£50,000 invested for 5 years at the interest rate low point (Feb/Mar 09) could see you £7,000 (net of 20% tax) worse off than if you'd invested your money just eight months earlier or £4700 worse off than if you'd deferred your decision until today.
Battle continues to secure savers' money
The battle between banks and building societies to attract savers' money shows no signs of easing, with new competitive deals being launched each day.