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A CHALLENGE TO TRADITIONAL BANKING
Traditional methods of banking are under threat from a "new type of account" which is actually meant to be almost perpetually in debit. This account, to be
(21) in a few months’ time, is intended to
(22) a range of personal banking services; such as current accounts, mortgages, personal loans and credit cards. Customers, who must
(23) that they are at least five years from retirement, will be required to
(24) a mortgage of at least 10,000 on their homes and have their salaries paid directly into the account. They will then have an agreed credit
(25) of up to three times their annual salary, to use as they wish, as well as the usual
(26) such as debit, credit and cash cards and a cheque book. Accounts in debit will be charged interest at a rate of 8.2 percent. This
(27) favourably with the standard mortgage rate of 8.45 percent,
A. embarked
B. launched
C. issued
D. released