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EverBank offers Savings Products linked to Gold, Silver, Foreign Currencies, US Dollar and more
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
EverBank is a prominent online bank which has been offering a wide variety of investing options not found from your typical online bank. Listed below are many of the products currently available at EverBank, although investors should read carefully the disclosures and fine print of each product to fully understand the nature of the bank [...]
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Guaranteed Rate Offers from Online Banks
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
We receive a fair share of comments at The Savings Investor regarding the promotional-rate money market accounts which many banks are offering. These type of accounts, which are typically only available to new banking customers, will guarantee a rate for a pre-set number of days. Everbank and AmTrust Direct are offering these promotional-rate money markets [...]
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Bank Checking Accounts with a 5.00% APY and higher
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
FDIC-INSURED BANK CHECKING ACCOUNT RATES (and all the fine print straight from the bank’s websites detailing what a new customer has to do to earn the highest yield)
FirstBank - 6.17% APY
FirstRewards is an account that lets you earn sky high interest (currently, 6.17% annual percentage yield) on balances up to $25,000 (1.00% on balances above [...]
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Banks paying 6.00% and higher on checking accounts
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
Checking account with annual percentage yields (APYs) of 6.00% or higher are very rare, but a few exist. Special terms or restrictions can apply for a rate this high so read the terms and restrictions closely before investing. All banks listed are FDIC-insured.
(1) Salem Five Bank (FDIC# 23296) located in Salem, Massachusetts is offering a [...]
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Bank Deposit Rates
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
The FDIC-insured banks offering the highest rates on bank deposits today include:
everbank.com’s 6.01% introductory APY on their FreeNet Checking account is still available as is the 6.00% FNBO Savings account special which is guaranteed until 9/28/2007
Crestmark Bank coming in at 5.40% APY on 90-day and 180-day CD terms and 5.50% at one year.
Greystone Bank [...]
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FOREIGN-DENOMINATED SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
everbank.com is offering foreign-denominated CDs with terms from 90 days to 10 years which allow some international diversification for income investors. Everbank.com is a FDIC-insured bank, but principal invested in their WorldCurrency CDs is subject to currency appreciation or depreciation during the term of the CD. The current 90-day APY for various WorldCurrency CDs [...]
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