Halifax 1 Year Bond 6.50%

bristolleedsfan

Milarky wrote: »

I think Nationwide often says it doesn't want to be the best, simply to be above average in the wider marketplace. Complacent, yes - arrogant, possibly - but they've got so many customers (over 11 million - that's 6 million new customers alone since they introduced signaways) they really don't need to be competing too hard at the moment do they? That's a successful brand by anyone's standard and I'd love to know which banks etc these new customers moved across from and which Nationwide product or products they have been taking out (maybe a lot of RBS/Barclays types?)

think its fair to say that everytime people received a conversion/merger bonus a extremely high number moved money to a remaining mutual in hope of another payout ( average person on the street doesnt know what a signaway is)

Is a fair point that the larger building societies always had a brand name which attracted customers without having to pay the best rates ( was same pre conversions with abbey,halifax,nationwide) which is y the smaller/medium sized building societies were bought.

i like your theories and explanations milarky :j in view of your comment

"but theve got so many customers etc, they dont need to be competing so hard atm"

why do u believe nationwide are spending so much money on constant expensive peak time advertising ?

antoniodos

I have tried the Halifax website but can find nothing about the 1 year Savings Bond. Any help please? antoniodos

bristol_pilot

You are about 3 years too late, my friend. Welcome to the site btw.

opinions4u

antoniodos wrote: »

I have tried the Halifax website but can find nothing about the 1 year Savings Bond. Any help please? antoniodos

This link takes you to Fixed Web Saver and Guaranteed Reserve. Both these products have a one year term.

This link takes you to the ISA range, which includes a fixed rate ISA with a one year term.

The 6.5% rate was a couple of years or so back!

Alternatively, try www.theaa.com/savings where there's a 2.8% easy access account with an underlying bonus of 2.3% which is effectively a minimum rate.

Lokolo_2

I wondered why such an old thread had been bumped, I nearly got excited when I saw the first few pages because of the nice rate, shame it was for 3 years ago :rotfl:

hethmar

LOL me too, I was gobsmacked at the rate!

JamesU

aaronmanz wrote: »

I wondered why such an old thread had been bumped, I nearly got excited when I saw the first few pages because of the nice rate, shame it was for 3 years ago

Not to worry. The 6.3%-7.9% index linked certificates currently advertised on MSE are a better deal anyway....even higher rate and only one year out of date:)

JamesU

Onawingandaprayer

...me too. Why ever did it get bumped? I broke out into a feverish sweat!:mad:

juicyjude

So did I, I was about to hot foot it down there!!!!! Hmmmm