What new 'fair value' 貯金 率 支配するs will mean for you - SYLVIA MORRIS explains
The clock is ticking for 貯金 providers. They now have just a few weeks left to get their 行為/法令/行動する together and start 申し込む/申し出ing loyal 顧客s a good 取引,協定.
That is because from July, the new いわゆる 消費者 義務 支配するs, which 要求する all 財政上の services 会社/堅いs to 申し込む/申し出 their 顧客s 'fair value', will 適用する to old 貯金 accounts 同様に.
The 規則s were put in place by the 監視者 the 財政上の 行為/行う 当局 (FCA) last July, but 貯金 providers were given a year to 適用する them to old accounts 同様に. But, sadly, I 警告する you this is no time to breathe a sigh of 救済.
But, sadly, I 警告する you this is no time to breathe a sigh of 救済.
In fact, checking your 率 定期的に to make sure you are not losing out will be as important as ever in the run up to ― and after ― the 支配する change.
支配する change: From July, the new いわゆる 消費者 義務 支配するs, which 要求する all 財政上の services 会社/堅いs to 申し込む/申し出 their 顧客s 'fair value', will 適用する to old 貯金 accounts 同様に
To me, it should mean providers must 支払う/賃金 the same 率 to loyal savers as they do to new ones.?
Wouldn't that make life so much easier? But the FCA says it is not a price 監視する and is not asking providers to do so.
In the run up to the 最終期限, providers are working to change their 製品s or come up with a methodology to show they are 申し込む/申し出ing fair value.?
In the 合間, many providers still 申し込む/申し出 stingy 率s to old 顧客s while giving new ones 広大な/多数の/重要な 取引,協定s.
Some 申し込む/申し出 the same 率s to old and new. But that doesn't mean 顧客s are getting the best 取引,協定s. And surprisingly, in some 事例/患者s, old 顧客s get better 率s than new ones.
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In the run up to the 最終期限, providers are working to change their 製品s or come up with a methodology to show they are 申し込む/申し出ing fair value.
In the 合間, many providers still 申し込む/申し出 stingy 率s to old 顧客s while giving new ones 広大な/多数の/重要な 取引,協定s.
Some 申し込む/申し出 the same 率s to old and new. But that doesn't mean 顧客s are getting the best 取引,協定s.?
And surprisingly, in some 事例/患者s, old 顧客s get better 率s than new ones.
See what I mean about having to keep a beady 注目する,もくろむ on your 率s to get a good 取引,協定: there is no 支配する of thumb to 決定する which type of account will 申し込む/申し出 you the best value.
の中で the worst is Virgin Money, which still gets away with 支払う/賃金ing as little as 0.25 per cent to 1.75 per cent on some of its old 平易な-接近 accounts.
If you are unlucky enough to be in one, switch to a better 取引,協定.?
Even if the bank 増加するs the 率s before the new 支配するs on の近くにd accounts come in, they are ありそうもない to 支払う/賃金 最高の,を越す 率s. New savers with the bank in a 類似の account can earn as much as 4.75 per cent.
You might be lucky and find you earn more than the 率 申し込む/申し出d to new savers.
There are 2,000 or more 平易な-接近 accounts now の近くにd to new savers. If you've got one of them, check your 率 now.
Sy.morris@dailymail.co.uk