{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_nqwq7pn65ik7vo4h2sba","title":"HSBC denies mortgage rate rise after customers receive interest rate change letters","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/hsbc-denies-mortgage-rate-rise-after-customers-receive-interest-rate-nqwq7pn65i","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_nqwq7pn65ik7vo4h2sba","seq":473323,"kind":"article","title":"HSBC denies mortgage rate rise after customers receive interest rate change letters","url":"https://theshiftnews.com/2026/09/28/hsbc-denies-mortgage-rate-rise-after-customers-receive-interest-rate-change-letters","summary":"HSBC Malta says it has made no decision to increase mortgage interest rates, despite some customers receiving letters headed “A change to your interest rate” advising them that a revision to their rate had been introduced. The letters were sent days after the European Central Bank announced an interest rate increase. While the timing raised … Continued","published":"2026-09-28T15:25:20Z","seen":"2026-09-28T16:24:41Z","lang":"en","country":"MT","source":{"id":"kite-theshiftnews-com-fc47ad","name":"theshiftnews.com","domain":"theshiftnews.com"},"via":"kite-theshiftnews-com-fc47ad","topics":["news","hsbc"],"authors":["Ivan Camilleri"],"entities":[{"id":"Q190464","name":"HSBC","type":"org"}],"story":"st_nqwq7pn65ik7vo4h2sba","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.8600000143051147,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.20000000298023224,"political":0.10000000149011612}]}