Related Terms. 1  1. Communication channels through which news, entertainment, education, data, or promotional messages are disseminated. Media includes every broadcasting and narrowcasting medium such as newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, billboards, direct mail, telephone, fax, and internet. Media is the plural of medium and can take a plural or singular verb, depending on the sense intended.
Nationwide offers 5pc on its FlexDirect account-currently the highest current account interest rate on the market-but for the first 12 months only, on balances up to Â£2,500. Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks match Lloyds' 'Club' interest rate of 4pc, but again on smaller account balances of up to Â£3,000.Santander's popular 123 current account gives customers up to 3pc interest on balances up to Â£20,000, and account-holders can access an exclusive rate of 2.3pc on the bank's best-buy Isa.longside the launch of the new current account, Lloyds is also making changes to its âVantageâ current account, which pays up to 3pc on balances up to Â£5,000. From July, the interest rate will drop to a maximum of 1.5pc for existing account-holders, while the account will be closed to new applicants from March 31.
Nationwide does pay interest on a slightly higher balance than TSB of up to Â£2,500. But the 5 per cent rate is limited to the first year-after that any cash in the account will only benefit from 1.25 per cent interest.t pays 5 per cent interest on balances of up to Â£2,000 â which means that keeping the full Â£2,000 balance in the account would earn Â£100 a year, or Â£80 after 20 per cent tax.