Britain's 'Big Five' banks are openly pilfering interest from savers by paying less than the 0.5 per cent Bank of England base rate on two in five accounts, a This is Money investigation has found. Just under 40 per cent of accounts listed on Santander, HSBC, Barclays, RBS/NatWest, and Lloyds/Halifax's websites paid less than 0.5 per cent - supposedly a 'minimum standard' - on balances of up to £5,000. The robbery looks even worse because major banks can get at least 1 per cent when they lend to each other...Read more HERE