Abbey International launches new Base Rate Tracker account

The one-year deposit account offers savers rates of up to 5.30% gross and tracks the Bank of England base rate, with an additional 0.30% bonus until 31 August 2008. A 0.10% bonus over the base rate is applied until 31 December 2008, when the account reverts to paying the UK base rate. The one-year sterling account also offers a capital guarantee, meaning that customers will always receive back their initial deposit. Jane Matthews, head of marketing and business development at Abbey International, commented: “All our previous launches of the Base Rate Tracker Term account have been very ...