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Online Banking and Linking External Accounts
By Clark Schultz | Money-Rates Columnist
One of the best features of online banking is linking external bank accounts. The basic idea behind linking an external account to your existing bank account is the ability to transfer funds between the two accounts online. The transfer of funds online is much easier and faster than mailing a paper check from one bank to the other. It [...]
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Best Online Bank Rates and Deals
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
Banks are in the giving mood this Christmas season. Listed below are some of the best rates and offers available on bank checking accounts, savings accounts, reward checking accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit (CDs) from banks (and a few select credit unions).
E-Loan is offering a $25 bonus to new customer who open [...]
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The Bank Rates They Are A-Changin’
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
The Fed has walloped the United States with massive rates cuts of 125 points in a 10-day span on the realization that the U.S. economy is in a recession. The Fed noted the slowdown in the housing market and labor market as contributing to the economic malaise. The prime rate, which banks use as their [...]
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Online Checking Report
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
Money-rates.com researched the rates paid on an online basic checking account from the nation’s largest banks to compare to the rates posted on the money-rates.comn checking rates page. The results were more than surprising. While online banks are posting rates as high as 6.00% on accounts which require direct deposit or have deposit limits, it [...]
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AmTrust Direct’s 5.36% APY Money Market
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
AmTrust Direct, the online division of AmTrust Bank [FDIC# 29776), has lowered the minimum deposit on the AmTrust Direct e-money market to $1. The interest rate of 5.23% and annual percentage yield of 5.36% now applies to all balances from $1 to over $1 million dollars.
Special Features:
- No minimum balance fee - Maintain a minimum [...]
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