UOB One Account Nerf: Interest Rate Dropping to 2.5% p.a.

Just 4 months after the previous UOB One Account nerf, UOB will be cutting interest rates further, to “align with long-term interest rate environment expectations”.

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Revised UOB One Account interest rates

From 1 September 2025, here’s a breakdown of total interest per annum that an account holder can earn, upon meeting the qualifying criteria (which will remain unchanged):

Account
Balance
Spend
min. S$500
AND
make 3 GIRO
transactions
Spend
min. S$500
AND
credit salary
First $75,0001.5%
1%
2.3%
1.5%
Next $50,0003%
2%
3.8%
3%
Next $25,0000.05%
(no change)
5.3%
4.5%
Max. interest1.9%
1.4%
(first S$125k)
3.3%
2.5%
(first S$150k)
Above $150,0000.05%
(no change)
0.05%
(no change)

One account holders who spend at least S$500 monthly and credit their salary to the account will see a huge 0.8% drop in effective interest rate.

For an account holding of S$150,000, the maximum annual interest will drop from S$4,950 to S$3,750; which translates to S$312.50 monthly (from the previous S$412.50).

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Revision notice

Here’s the interest rate revision notice shared by UOB:

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