UBank issued a media release yesterday, announcing that its three, six and 12-month term deposit rates had been increased by between 10 and 22 basis points.
However, it is only a couple of weeks since UBank, a division of National Australia Bank, cut its TD rates.
According to Infochoice, UBank's 12-month TD rate was cut 19 basis points from 5.35 per cent to 5.16 per cent on September 9.
According to yesterday's announcement, the 12-month rate rose 10 basis points, from 5.11 per cent to 5.21 per cent.
Filtering out the noise, UBank is doing what every other deposit taker is doing – cutting TD rates.
To give UBank its due, it does offer good rates. Reserve Bank figures show that the average 12-month term deposit rate has fallen from a high this year of 5.1 per cent, in March and April, to 4.4 per cent in August.
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21 September 2012 6:50am
