ING Electric Orange $25 Bonus Promotion Code

Posted by Sun on July 28, 2009 (0) Comment

Just got this email from ING Direct.
The online bank is currently running a promotion for its Electric Orange Checking Account. The promotion will give $25 bonus to each new customer when the following conditions are met:

Open an Electric Orange with promotion code EM298 by August 22, 2009;
Activate the Electric Orange MasterCard Debit Card;
Use the Electric [...]

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Issues with Ally Bank

Posted by Sun on July 14, 2009 (19) Comment

I have talked about Ally Bank quite a lot recently, from my decision to open an account with the bank, to troubles when trying to get a second account, to eventually leaving the bank after only two weeks. It wasn’t a good experience for me, even though initially I thought I could use Ally Bank [...]

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Time to Dump Ally Bank

Posted by Sun on July 10, 2009 (4) Comment

I decided to end my short relationship with Ally Bank, though not completely.
For the two weeks that I banked with Ally, I felt very disappointed about the bank, not only because the trouble it caused during the process when I was opening my second CD account last week, which is very discouraging, [...]

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What a Mess!

Posted by Sun on July 8, 2009 (5) Comment

This is ugly! Actually it’s much uglier than I first thought.
Last Thursday, I opened an Ally Bank 9-month No Penalty CD account. However, due to some errors in the process, I ended up opening two accounts, not just one as I wanted, each with an initial deposit of $56,000. Since I don’t have that much [...]

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WT Direct $150 Bonus Promotion

Posted by Sun on July 7, 2009 (1) Comment

WTDirect, one of the popular online banks, is running a promotion again that, for a limited time, will give up to $150 bonus for every new account.
The bank had run a few similar promotions in the past and from what I can see, the promotions were quite successful in generating interests. The yield of WTDirect [...]

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Bank of America $25 Bonus for Using Online Bill Pay

Posted by Sun on July 4, 2009 (3) Comment

Even though I am a Bank of America customer, I don’t think I got this offer myself directly from the bank. But apparently the bank is giving $25 bonus for using their online bill pay functions twice.

To get the bonus, you will need to register with the bank first. Information needed for the registration include [...]

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Ally Bank Accounts Fully Functional, But …

Posted by Sun on July 2, 2009 (10) Comment

I just had an argument with the bank that doesn’t make me feel very comfortable.
When I opened Ally Bank accounts last week, I deposited only $1,000 in the 9-month No Penalty CD account. That’s just the initial deposit that I plan to add more to later after the account is set up (it doesn’t make [...]

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Ally Bank Online Savings Account Opened

Posted by Sun on June 25, 2009 (8) Comment

Well, I finally pulled the trigger to open an Ally Bank Online Savings Account and a 9-month No Penalty CD Account, after   mulling the idea for weeks but only watching the rates slipping further and further. Had I opened the account when I first discussed Ally Bank’s products at the beginning of the month, I [...]

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I Hate IGoBanking

Posted by Sun on June 23, 2009 (4) Comment

It looks like I made a big mistake about two months ago when I moved all my money from Dollar Savings Direct to IGoBanking.
I have left IGoBanking a long time ago, but moved back in April after seeing their actually increased the rate of their savings account from 1.85% APY to 2.12% APY, the highest [...]

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American Express Online Savings Account 2% APY

Posted by Sun on June 16, 2009 (2) Comment

Here’s another high-yield savings account offer, even though the rate isn’t as good as the rate from Ally Bank I mentioned last week.
The new offer is the High-Yield Savings Account from American Express. The credit card issuer received permission from the Fed to become a bank holding company last November. Right now the savings account [...]

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