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WTDirect Winter Bonus Blast – Savings Account Cash Bonus ($50-250)

(Rates may be out-dated. Please see the Current APY Wiki for updates)

WTDirect is offering up to $250 bonus for new customers who open a savings account. Here’s a link to the promo page:

Winter Bonus Blast Promo

More details

OPEN a new account — use promotion code WTG3DNC
LINK an existing bank account to your new WTDirect account during [...]

5.13% APY Savings Account at Broadway Federal Bank? Really?

(Rates may be out-dated. Please see the Current APY Wiki for updates)

If I were to tell you that there is an FDIC-insured bank paying 5.13% APY right now, how hard would you laugh? Furthermore, what if I told you that they have been offering 5%+ rates for over a year now? Would you bust a [...]

The Obligatory ING Referral Post – $25 for Orange Savings Account

Need an extra $25? Sure, we could all use some extra cash in this crappy economy. ING Direct is running a promotion for their Orange savings account (see rate wiki). Here’s how the promotion works:

If you click one of the links below and open an ING Direct account with at least $250, you will immediately [...]

Announcing the Savings Rates (APY) Wiki

Want to know what the top rates are for the leading banks and credit unions? Stay abreast of the highest rates using the Savings Accounts – Current APYs wiki from InterestingMoney.

To make it into the wiki, the accounts listed must meet these requirements:

They must be available nationally.
They must be fully liquid. No CDs in this [...]

Breaking Up With E-Loan, Plus 175th Carnival of Personal Finance

(This is a lament for the E-Loan Savings Account.)

Dear E-Loan,

Oh, how far your greatness has fallen! Back when you were young, you greeted me with your glorious 5.5% APY! How I rushed to you, and how you comforted me! I looked at you in wonder and with confidence, and I bestowed upon you all the [...]

Fed Cuts Rate – Dollar Savings Direct Savings Rate Goes UP?

(Rates may be out-dated. Please see the Current APY Wiki for updates)

Can you believe it? This morning the Fed issued an emergency rate cut down to 1.5% (from 2%). While this is not unexpected – Wall Street has been crying and blubbering about a rate cut for a while now – the reaction of Dollar [...]

E-Loan Drops Savings Rate to 1% (5k or lower)

(Rates may be out-dated. Please see the Current APY Wiki for updates)

This is just a quick “heads up” for those of you with E-Loan savings accounts. If your account has a balance under $5,000, your rate has suddenly dropped down to a measly 1%. That’s ONE PERCENT!

Take a look:

Did E-Loan bother to e-mail customers to [...]