Online Savings Account Interest Rates History
For those who have been following this blog long enough, you know I spent quite a lot of time updating interest rates of popular online banks. I even have a table listing the latest interest rates and a Best Online Savings Account Deals page to help track where the good deals are. While keeping the [...]
Bank of Internet Interest Checking 2.80% APY, Savings 3.51% APY
Is anybody using this bank?
I didn’t pay much attention to Bank of Internet until recently when I noticed their interest rates: Checking 2.80% APY and Savings 3.51% APY, the combination of the two could be the best for those who need both products (exclude those so-called reward checking of course).
Bank of Internet at a Glance
For [...]
IGoBanking 3.18% APY for $5,000 or More
IGoBanking, one of the banks I use but fell out of favor recently, is out with a new tactics to lure existing customers like me back. In an email I received yesterday, with the subject line as “Celebrate the Inauguration with IGoBanking,” the bank says from now till March 18, 2009, any money transferred between [...]
Rate Update: HSBC Direct Dropped to 2.60% APY and More
Though I no longer actively use HSBC Direct any more (my account is still open, but with no money in it), I have been keeping an eye on its rate changes, especially after other popular banks, such as FNBO Direct, etc., lowered their rates to below 3.0% recently. I want to see how long HSBC [...]
2008 Failed Banks and Credit Unions
2008 shaped to be a very bad year, if not the worst ever, for financial institutions, big or small alike. Big companies such as Citigroup, American International Group, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac needed billions of dollars from Uncle Sam to stay afloat, as losses from band loans, which triggered the current global financial [...]
Venture Bank Introduces Wise-Choice Checking Account with 3.50% APY
Venture Bank keeps impressing me with their products.
Last month, I highlighted their Wise-Choice Savings Account (currently 3.60% APY) along with a couple of other banks. When I was creating my Savings Deals page last week, I noticed on their website that they have a checking account coming soon. Today I visited their site again to [...]
Rate Update: ING Direct Holds Savings Rate Steady, EverBank Maintains 4.00% Till Year End
It seems that every time the Fed cut interest rate, ING Direct was the first one among banks I have/had a relationship with to respond, usually within a day or two. This time is no exception.
ING Direct informed me tonight the new, lowered tiered rates for their Electric Orange Checking Account while holding the rate [...]
Checking out Kiplinger’s 2008 Best Financial Service Picks
Early last month, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine published its annual best list. Among services and products recognized by the magazine, there are a few I am interested in having another look:
Online Savings Account: FNBO Direct
Checking Account: Schwab Bank High Yield Investor Checking
Money-Market Account: Flagstar Bank Express Money Market
I don’t know for sure how the picks [...]
Reminder: Expiring Bonus Offers from CollegeAdvantage and WTDirect
Just a quick reminder of a couple of bonus offers that will expire soon.
CollegeAdvantage $25 referral bonus will officially end tomorrow, December 15th, 2008. Though there were rumors that the offer has been extended, from what I heard from CollegeAdvantage, the promotion will end tomorrow. If you want to take advantage of this offer before [...]
Introducing the Savings Account Deals Page
As a rate chaser, I am always on the lookout for new bank offers. And if I find one that I feel can better serve my money, I usually end up getting an account myself. Since it seems that there are always bank offers better than I am using, the result of the rate chasing [...]
