• “Savers should act quickly to snap up the best rates in almost two years as banks battle for deposits in the run-up to Christmas,” says James Charles in The Sunday Times. Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks offer the best-buy – a five-year account paying 4.7% and a one-year account paying 3.6%. The best instant-access account is from Coventry building society with a rate of 3.15%, including a 1.15% bonus.
• Nationwide Building Society has launched a market-leading cash Isa, which pays a top rate of 3.1% if you have at least £25,000 of ISA savings to put away. If you deposit less than this amount, the interest rate is 2.75%. The minimum deposit is £1,000 and is available only to Nationwide cardholders.
• YourPoints World MasterCard is now available to anyone, having previously only been available to NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland customers. It offers a tempting rate of 0% on purchases and bank transfers for a period of 13 months, and a rewards system for flights, holidays and shopping at Harvey Nichols, M&S, Boots and Amazon. However, as Emma Wall in The Daily Telegraph notes, there are catches. Balance transfers from other NatWest or RBS cards are prohibited and after the initial period of 13 months watch out for the APR of 17.9%.
• Debt-counselling charities warn borrowers not to be lured into interest-free short-term loans, says Jill Insley in The Guardian. At Instant Loans Dir
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