KBC Launch New Personal Term Deposits

KBC have started to get aggressive in the personal deposit market for the first time. They seem to want to take advantage of the recent movement of funds.

They have launched a new range of term deposits paying good returns.

Their 9 month term deposit pays 3.51%.

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http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=101813

As far as I know, KBC is part of a Belgian bank and covered by the Belgian guarantee scheme. Can you confirm this?

KBC are part of the Irish Deposit Protection scheme: [broken link removed]