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Nerfed: Singlife and Etiqa Dropping Rates for Singlife Account and Elastiq Top-ups… Alternatives?
By Sethisfy  •  January 23, 2021
It hasn’t been three months since the last revision, but Singlife is reducing the rate of its popular Singlife Account to 1.5% p.a. for the first $10,000 balance, which is a cut of 0.5% p.a. The 1% p.a. rate continues for the next $90,000. This will happen on 29th January. Etiqa has also cut the crediting rate of 1.8% p.a. for ad-hoc top-ups to Elastiq. This will take effect on 1st February. Save, Spend, Earn… and skip Singlife has extended its “Save, Spend, Earn” campaign which gives an additional 0.5% p.a. on the first $10,000 balance. Unfortunately, it remains an unattractive option as you would have to spend $500 a month on the Singlife Visa Debit Card which offers virtually no rewards at all. In return, you get extra 0.5% p.a. on a $10,000 balance which represents little more than $4 for a $500 spend. That’s less than 1% cashback, and you can surely find much better cards to put your spend on....
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By Sethisfy
As an adult, I’ve been through many ups and downs in my career path and personal finance journey, not unlike many Singaporeans. From my years as a tied insurance agent turned independent financial adviser, I realised that there are very few sources of proper, unbiased financial advice for working adults to access. Worse, self-styled “financial consultants” are selling products like savings plans and ILPs to the detriment of the clients whose interests they were supposed to serve.
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