Big Four
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| Origin | Hong Kong |
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| Genres | Cantopop |
| Record labels | Gold Typhoon |
| Albums | Seven Years (Live) |
| Da Gu Li Shi | |
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| ID | 2314295 |
About Big Four
The Big Four is an all-male Hong Kong musical group formed by Dicky Cheung, Andy Hui, William So, and Edmond Leung in 2009. They released their first self-titled single in 2009, in which the single topped most of Hong Kong's music charts.
Big banks accused of doing little for savers
... Harriett Baldwin, who chairs the Treasury Committee, said: " The Big Four banks have been far too slow to reward savers through better rates on instant access savings accounts...
Petrol retailers should cut price by 5p a litre, RAC says
... The RAC said the Big Four supermarkets were making the most profits from petrol - an average of 16p for every litre of unleaded fuel sold in October, and 12p for every litre of diesel...
NatWest, Lloyds, Barclays and HSBC to be quizzed over savings rates concerns
... It is understood the FCA will press the Big Four on their savings rates at the meeting...
Banks accused of 'measly' interest rates on savings
... It pointed out that the the Big Four High Street banks offered instant access savings rates of between 0...
Grammy Awards 2023: How to watch and who will win
... " 11) Who ll scoop the Big Four prizes? The " Big Four" are the Grammys most prestigious and hotly-contested awards...
Aldi boss: Shoppers are switching in their droves
... This is unlike during the financial crisis, when the Big Four chains raised prices too much, allowing the discounters to steal a march and begin their breakneck expansion...
Full fuel duty cut not being passed on to drivers
... Price cutsThe Big Four supermarkets - Tesco, Sainsbury s, Asda and Morrisons - have brought in the duty cut in full...
Diesel rises again to hit a record £1. 76 a litre
... Simon Williams, fuel spokesman for the RAC, said drivers could save almost 4p a litre by buying their fuel at one of the Big Four supermarkets, where the average for petrol is 161p and 171p for diesel...
NatWest, Lloyds, Barclays and HSBC to be quizzed over savings rates concerns
By Michael RaceBusiness reporter, BBC News
The bosses of Lloyds, HSBC, NatWest and Barclays are to face questions from The regulator over concerns that interest rates on savings are too low.
Interest rate rises have led lenders to hike mortgage costs, but savings rates have not been rising as fast.
It has led to concerns Banks could be making excess profits, and bank bosses will be quizzed by The Financial Conduct Authority later on Thursday.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said The watchdog has his " full backing".
Mr Hunt has claimed that Banks have been arguing it is an " issue that needs solving" particularly for people with instant access accounts.
It is understood The FCA will press The Big Four on their savings rates at The Meeting . A source has told The Financial Times that The regulator believes Banks could provide more value to customers.
Figures released on Wednesday showed The average two-year fixed mortgage rate was 6. 51%, while The average, and most common, easy access savings account rate based on £10,000 of savings, was 2. 48%.
The Gap , 4. 03%, is almost double what it was in December 2021 (2. 19%), when The Bank of England first starting increasing interest rates in an attempt to slow The speed of rising consumer prices.
The Bank has been increasing interest rates to make it more expensive for people to borrow money, and more worthwhile for them to save - The theory being that consumers will spend less and price increases will slow down.
Its base rate - which influences The mortgage and savings rates set by High Street Banks - is now at 5%.
Analysis from banking giant JP Morgan has suggested interest rates in The UK could reach 5. 75% by November, and be at a higher level for some time.
However, it warned that in a worst-case scenario, if inflation failed to come down, a base rate of 7% " might be required".
Banks ' profits generally rise In Line with interest rates, but lenders argue that savers have access to a host of competitive deals.
Uk Finance , The trade body for The banking sector, has previously said saving and mortgage rates " aren't directly linked and therefore move at different times and by different amounts".
Lloyds and NatWest have not responded to The Bbc 's request for comment, but Barclays has said it " regularly" reviews its savings rates.
HSBC has said it has increased its savings rates " More Than a dozen times since The Beginning of last year".
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
