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Agent Million celebrates 25th anniversary of the £1 million jackpot prize with visits to Warwickshire and Kent
Today celebrates another Premium Bonds milestone as it has been 25 years since the £1 million jackpot prize was introduced.
NS&I provisional Q3 2018-19 results and 2019-20 Net Financing target
NS&I has today published its unaudited quarterly results for the third quarter (October to December 2018) of the financial year 2018-19. NS&I delivered £3.3 billion of Net Financing in Q3 2018-19, giving a year-to-date total of £8.9 billion.
NS&I increases interest rates on ISA products
NS&I has announced that it is increasing interest rates on both its Junior ISA and Direct ISA. Interest rates paid on Junior ISA will be increasing by 75 basis points from 2.50% AER to 3.25% AER. In addition, the interest rate paid on Direct ISA will be increasing by 15 basis points from 0.75% AER to 0.90% AER.
Premium Bonds take a quantum leap as new random number generator, ERNIE 5, picks two new jackpot winners for March
ERNIE has regenerated for the first time in 15 years, and is using quantum technology to generate random numbers. NS&I has also become one of the UK's first financial organisations to create an Alexa Skill, giving Premium Bonds customers another way to check their prizes.
Changes to the Board of NS&I announced
Technology and IT expert Jill Lucas has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the Board of NS&I, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury announced today.