Should you open a Nationwide FlexDirect account? Andy’s Analysis With savings rates dropping on easy access accounts, Nationwide’s FlexDirect has sprung back into contention. That 5% can be beaten, but not with a fixed rate. Th e £1,500 limit for this rate will be a frustration for ...
The Nationwide FlexDirect current account offers the highest interest rate on credit balances on our list. Itpays 5% AER(4.89% gross for a year) interest, but onlyon balances up to £1,500 and only for 12 months. After your first year, you’ll still get interest but it drops right b...
Last year at this time you could find high-interest current accounts paying 5% AER on some portion of your balance. Today the best you can do it is Nationwide’s FlexDirect account, which pays 2% on balances of up to £1,500 after a year (although that falls to just 0.25% after th...
Since the huge megabanks STILL pay essentially no interest, everyone should have a separate, no-fee online savings account to piggy-back onto your existing checking account. The interest rates on savings accounts can drop at any time, so I list the top rates as well as competitive rates from...
NatWest will make a similar hike, from 19.89% to 39.49% on 14 July, while Nationwide will wait until 17 July to raise overdraft rates on its FlexAccount from 18.9% to—you guessed it—39.9%. Barclays’s lower rate, of 35%, will take effect from next Thursday. ...
Using the examples above, on one hand you're getting charged $10,657 in interest alone after 15 years, but if you put that same amount into a high-yield savings account, you could make $1,232.67 in interest in the same amount of time. Information about the Chase Freedom Flex® and ...
The inquiry will be on your credit report for a while longer, about 2 years. Other than that, a personal loan should not hurt your credit as long as you make all your payments on time. Which type of loan is cheapest?Secured personal loans have lower interest rates than unsecured loans...
For example, Nationwide pays 4pc (5 pc) on the first [pounds sterling]2,500 of savings in your Flexdirect telephone and online current account, as long as you pay in at least [pounds sterling]1,000 a month. Santander pays up to 2.4 pc (3 pc) and Yorkshire and Clydesdale Banks 3.2...