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Bradford and Bingley Life offer

Just seen an ad on the tele for Bradford and Bingley. Apparently they are offering a savings account at BoE rate + .25% for life.

I am always wary of "for life" offers, it seems they can change the T&C's like most providers with 30 days notice.

Its by no means a best buy at the moment anyway.

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  • RichyRich
    RichyRich Posts: 2,091 Forumite
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    Don't all ISAs adhering to stakeholder standards (what used to be CAT Standards) have a similar rate guarantee?

    BoE plus 0.25% is pish anyway. If you really need a rate guarantee Kaupthing Edge (top instant access account anyway) is guaranteed to be at least 0.3% above BoE until at least 2012 - surely a change of accounts every four years isn't too much hastle.

    You are also, of course, assuming that B&B will still be in existance "for life"
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