Editorial Standards
Rateweb publishes money guidance that people use to make real decisions — which bank to trust with savings, whether a loan is affordable, how much tax will come off a salary. That is a responsibility, and this page sets out the standards we hold ourselves to. If we fall short of them, we want to hear about it.
Sourcing: primary sources, always
Every rate, fee, limit and legal claim we publish is checked against the primary source — the regulator, the law itself, or the provider's own published terms. Specifically:
- Tax figures come from the national revenue authority or the current finance act — never from another comparison site.
- Deposit protection limits come from the deposit insurer or central bank that sets them.
- Product pricing comes from the provider's published tariff or terms.
- Statistics are attributed to the body that produced them.
Fact-checking and dating
- Content is fact-checked before publication, and each guide carries a publication or review date so you can judge how current it is.
- Rate-sensitive content is re-reviewed on a schedule, because tax tables, policy rates and protection limits change — sometimes substantially, as when Nigeria raised its deposit insurance limit in 2024.
- Where a figure is genuinely uncertain or disputed (for example, official versus parallel exchange rates), we say so rather than presenting false precision.
- A human editor is responsible for everything published. Nothing goes live unreviewed.
Independence: what money cannot buy
Rateweb is free to use, and we earn from advertising and from affiliate commissions when readers choose to sign up with a provider through our links. That funding model only works if you can trust what we write, so the line is absolute:
- A commission does not buy a better rating. Ratings are our editorial judgement against published criteria.
- It does not buy position. Comparison tables are ordered by the criteria you choose — rate, cost, features — not by commercial relationships.
- It does not buy silence. We say when a product is expensive, weak or risky, including products we may earn from.
- Paid placements are labelled as sponsored, so you always know the difference between our opinion and an advertisement.
- We include products we earn nothing from whenever they are the right answer.
What we are not
Rateweb is an information and comparison service. We are not a bank, lender, broker or licensed financial adviser, and nothing we publish is personalised financial, investment, tax or legal advice. We do not know your circumstances. For decisions that matter, confirm terms directly with the provider and consider advice from a professional licensed in your country.
Corrections
We will get things wrong sometimes. When we do, we fix it quickly and visibly rather than quietly — a corrected figure is worth more than a defended one. If you spot an error, please tell us through the contact page on your country's Rateweb site, and include the page and the figure you're questioning. Corrections are treated as a priority, not a complaint.
Why we publish country by country
Financial rules stop at borders. A tax calculator built for one country will quietly mislead someone in another; a "best savings account" list is meaningless if the provider doesn't operate where you live. That is why Rateweb runs a separate, localised site for each market rather than one generic tool — so that the figures you see are the ones that actually apply to you. You can find your country from the country selector.