The Sun’s Financial Diary

I opened an ING Direct Business Savings Account last September when they had a promotion for $50 bonus. As I have explained in the post, the reason that I wanted to have an interest-bearing savings account for my business is, of course, to earn interest for the money that I had in a business checking [...]

It has been more than one and a half years since I last solicited ING Direct referral links from readers. For the past 18 months, I have posted 1,034 referral links for both ING Direct Orange Savings Account and Electric Orange Checking Account (I wanted it go faster, but that’s not something I can control [...]

I opened a PNC Business Checking Account early this year for the little business I am running.  The reasons I had the account with PNC are that 1) they have a branch office in our neighborhood, so it’s easy to make a deposit; 2) the account has low balance requirement and no monthly fees; 3) [...]

Just got this offer from ING Direct.
The online bank is running a $50 promotion for its Electric Orange Checking Account. If you open a new checking account before May 31 and use its debit card to make three purchases within the first 45 days, the bank will you deposit $50 in your account. Sounds pretty [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I can host them for you here on this blog!
When I published my ING Direct Orange Savings Account $25 signup bonus post on April 27, I thought it could be a while before all the 25 referral links are taken because, ING Direct, as well as this referral problem, has been around for a long [...]

Do you want an ING Direct Orange Savings Account or Electric Orange Checking Account? Get rewarded by using any ING referral bonus link to open an account and receive $25 bonus.
This product has been around long enough (probably one of the oldest online savings accounts) and I feel that anyone who wants to have an [...]

If you still want an ING account, you can get a $25 bonus if you open an account before the end of the year.
There’s an ING Orange Savings Account ad in the November issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine with a reference code for $25 bonus. I have posted similar giveaway a couple of times [...]

Update: If you are looking for reference codes to open an ING Direct account, check out the master list of ING Direct $25 bonus referral links.  If you open an ING Direct Savings account with any of links and make a deposit of at least $250, you will receive a $25 bonus and the referrer, [...]