HSBC Direct is the Next to Drop Rates

The massacre continues with HSBC Direct, the latest high yield savings account to drop its interest rate. The new yield is 4.25% APY, and I’ve updated the list of the best interest rates.

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Aaron Stroud

Heh heh, Flexo aren't we being a tad melodramatic?

Flexo

Perhaps. :-)

wormbuff

You have a "broken" link. Took me a minute to realize that I was at consumeriscommentary and *not* consumerisMcommentary. Thought you had really done a 180 on the website design.

Flexo

Thanks, wormbuff. One letter off, and you end up somewhere else. I've fixed the link.

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