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04.10.2022 - 15:33 / dailyrecord.co.uk
If you are beginning to feel the financial pressure due to the rising cost of living and increase to energy bills, a quick way to boost your income is to get paid for switching your bank account and Nationwide has just dropped the biggest cash incentive to date.
Britain’s biggest building society is offering £200 to current account customers who switch to them using the Current Account Switch Service. Switching is much simpler these days and your incoming and outgoing funds along with Direct Debits, Standing Orders and recurring payments are fully protected by the Current Account Switch Service.
The new account can be opened on Nationwide’s website or via the Internet Bank or Mobile Banking App. To qualify for the cash boost, customers must complete a full switch, including a minimum of two active Direct Debits, which must be transferred to the new account.
Existing members can also switch a current account they hold with another provider to an existing account they hold with the Society via the Internet Bank. The switch must be completed within 60 days of it being requested.
Members can switch to one of the Society’s three main current accounts, including:
On Wednesday, October 5, Nationwide will also be doubling the interest rate for new and existing members on the Flex Instant Saver account to a highly-competitive 2.00% AER for 12 months.
The account is available exclusively to current account members who open or already hold any of the Society’s current accounts:
Full details of Nationwide’s current accounts can be found on the website here.
Commenting on the new initiative, Tom Riley, Director of Banking and Savings at Nationwide Building Society, said: “With the rising cost of living, many people are reviewing their
EXCLUSIVE: Coda producer Vendôme Pictures has made two appointments and launched a documentary division.
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Blink-182 have returned with their first song to feature Tom DeLonge in just months shy of a decade: a belting pop-punk anthem titled ‘Edging’.Despite its title (and the returning frontman’s penchant for tongue-in-cheek raciness) the song is surprisingly void of sex jokes, instead offering a self-deprecative take on the dissolution of a relationship. It opens with DeLonge singing the first verse, as he quips: “I ain’t that cool, a little fucked in the head / They’ll be hangin’ me quick when I’m back from the dead.”A music video for ‘Edging’, directed by Cole Bennett, is due to be released tomorrow (October 15).
Comedians Eric André and Clayton English are challenging a police program at the Atlanta airport they say violates the constitutional rights of airline passengers, particularly Black passengers, through racial profiling and coercive searches just as they are about to board their flights.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has insisted that he is now a supporter of Manchester City after switching his allegiance from following Liverpool. The 38-year-old NFL legend, who has been recently in the UK as his Packers' side faced off against the New York Giants in London, was quizzed on which 'soccer' team has his backing.
Dermot Kennedy has also announced the dates for his 2023 UK and European tour.‘Innocence and Sadness’ is a powerful, piano-led offering that will feature on his second studio album, ‘Sonder’ – due for release on November 4. The release of the track has also been accompanied by an acoustic performance shot live from Mission Sound Studios in Brooklyn, New York.“It’s impossible for me to express how much this song means to me,” Dermot said of the single.
Steven Knight has said he hopes Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, the dance theatre spin-off of his hit TV show, will travel stateside after it closes on the stage in Birmingham, England.
Kelly Ripa bared her soul with her debut as a writer, as the newly released Live Wire shares all kinds of stories from her life, upsetting or hilarious.MORE: Kelly Ripa's husband Mark Consuelos shares intimate birthday tribute - see photosThe TV star detailed one incident that verged on both sentiments as she described encounters during family vacations that left her rather flustered.VIDEO: Kelly Ripa's son Joaquin shares glimpse into lavish family vacationWhile gushing about her home state of New Jersey, she marveled at the uncanny ability for people from Jersey to find her during international holidays."I've met people from New Jersey in Italy, France, Greece, Canada, Bahamas, Croatia, Corsica, UK, Nevis, Turks and Caicos, Mexico, and, of course, Florida, the New Jersey of the actual South," she wrote.She explained that the pattern of the encounters usually featured a group of people loudly calling out to her while in a relatively quiet place, like the Sistine Chapel, as she'd urge them to quiet down.MORE: David Muir's birthday tribute to close friend Kelly Ripa is too cute to missKelly even quipped that she'd learned how to apologize in four languages "including English, for this very reason."The Live with Kelly and Ryan star then shared another incident from a vacation to Nice, France in 2011 with her husband and kids, just after Hurricane Irene made landfall in New York and Jersey.
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