{"id":168548,"date":"2025-01-28T10:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T01:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=168548&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-01-28T10:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T01:06:04","slug":"major-fukuoka-banks-to-double-deposit-interest-rates","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/major-fukuoka-banks-to-double-deposit-interest-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Fukuoka Banks to Double Deposit Interest Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Bank and Nishi-Nippon City Bank announced an increase in their ordinary deposit interest rates from 0.1% to 0.2%, effective March 3. This marks the first hike to this level in 16 years, aligning with similar moves by major banks following the Bank of Japan&#8217;s recent interest rate increase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prime lending rate will also rise on March 3. Fukuoka Bank and Juhachi-Shinwa Bank will adjust their rates from 2.125% to 2.375%, Kumamoto Bank from 2.525% to 2.775%, and Nishi-Nippon City Bank from 2.125% to 2.375%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This adjustment comes as financial institutions adapt to the Bank of Japan\u2019s policy changes. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuokabank.co.jp\/announcement\/newsrelease\/y2025\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FFG<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-bank-watanabe-dori_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Major Fukuoka Banks to Double Deposit Interest Rates\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-bank-watanabe-dori_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-bank-watanabe-dori_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-bank-watanabe-dori_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-bank-watanabe-dori_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Bank and Nishi-Nippon City Bank announced an increase in their ordinary deposit interest rates from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168548","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/168548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}