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Online Checking Account with a 3.80% APY

November 14, 2008
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

iGObanking, a division of Flushing Savings Bank, is offering an online checking account with a 3.80% yield on all balances over $1. Not only is this one of the highest rates in the country on a checking account, but the account comes with no monthly requirements, no geographic limitations, and a $1 minimum opening deposit. [...]

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New 5.00% Checking Accounts

September 5, 2008
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

ebank.com is an online bank which has increased the yield on their personal checking account to 5.00%. It only takes $100 to open an ebank checking account, but to earn the 5.00% yield accountholders need to have an average daily of over $10,000 or the yield drops to 1.00%. ebank is a FDIC-insured bank based [...]

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Online Bank Rate Update: November 1, 2007

November 1, 2007
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

Bank Rate Specials [CDs, money markets, checking, and savings]
10.00% APY from Wauwatosa Savings Bank on the first $1,000 of a new checking account balance. Rate guaranteed until April 1, 2008
10.00% APY from Affinity Bank on their savings account for kids only (applies to balances up to $500 and only California residents are eligible).
6.25% APY from [...]

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ING Direct’s Paperless Checking Account is for Real

August 17, 2007
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

The Savings Investor can report that 5 visitors who have taken the time to report back to us extensively on the ING Direct Electric Orange Checking account have not had any problems converting to paperless checking and are pleased that they have maintained yields of over 5.00% on their liquid cash. One satisfied customer of [...]

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