Rewarding current accounts: a simple way to bag £600

Make the most of banking generosity thanks to their desperation to win new customers and bag a rewarding current account, says Ruth Jackson.

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Some customers, at least, attract banks' attention

You'd be forgiven for thinking banks don't want customers savings rates are pitiful and it seems easier to get an Olympic gold than a mortgage these days. But banks are falling over themselves to win new current-account customers. The reason is that once they have us as a current-account customer they know most of us are too lazy to switch and will also get other financial products from them, such as loans and credit cards.

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Ruth Jackson-Kirby

Ruth Jackson-Kirby is a freelance personal finance journalist with 17 years’ experience, writing about everything from savings accounts and credit cards to pensions, property and pet insurance.

Ruth started her career at MoneyWeek after graduating with an MA from the University of St Andrews, and she continues to contribute regular articles to our personal finance section. After leaving MoneyWeek she went on to become deputy editor of Moneywise before becoming a freelance journalist.

Ruth writes regularly for national publications including The Sunday Times, The Times, The Mail on Sunday and Good Housekeeping, among many other titles both online and offline.