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Coventry Building Society
Hundreds of thousands of savers who opened best-buy accounts over the past two years are now earning well below the current top-paying rates, a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation shows.
11 June 2010
Savers with a fixed-rate cash Isa who don't use their full allowance immediately could lose much of their tax-free entitlement or pay steep penalties to keep it.
20 April 2010
One of the top-paying savings accounts where your money is not tied away for a year has been pulled today in a further blow for savers.
25 March 2010
Coventry Building Society has revealed today it will swallow up Stroud & Swindon (S&S) Building Society in the latest mutual merger.
23 March 2010
The UK's third biggest building society is in talks to merge with a smaller rival in the latest of a series of tie-ups in the struggling sector.
8 March 2010
Savers were dealt another blow after the top-paying standard easy access deal was pulled this week.
5 March 2010
Not one standard easy access savings account currently beats the rate of inflation. This means all savers with cash in one are losing money in real terms as their purchasing power is diminished.
2 March 2010
Mortgage rates for borrowers with smaller deposits are falling in yet more signs of an easing in lender restrictions.
19 February 2010
Coventry Building Society has launched the top-paying easy access account for those with modest sums.
8 January 2010
Savers can earn over ten times the current Base Rate but huge numbers are still stuck in decrepit accounts paying paltry returns. In some cases, savers are earning no interest whatsoever.
8 September 2009
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