In France and Germany, savings accounts yield 3%. So why do we still have to put up with sucker rates? “In Belgium you are punished as a saver” | Economy

Since last summer, interest rates on savings accounts are finally on the rise again. But we don’t jump very far with that 1 or at most 1.5 percent interest. Why can ING in Germany, for example, offer 3 percent? And above all: why don’t our banks do that? Should you heed the lure of high foreign interest rates? And how will savings rates evolve in the coming months? Our money expert Pascal Paepen answers.