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Savings Bonus from WT Direct

December 2, 2008
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

WTDirect (the online division of Wilmington Trust Bank) is running a new promotion called the Winter Bonus Blast in which customers open a new savings account can earn up to $250 in a cash reward. To earn cash rewards new customers must:

(1) Open a new account using promotion code WTG3DNC

(2) Link an existing bank account [...]

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Who Will Buy Washington Mutual Bank?

September 18, 2008
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

Online reports are indicating that large institutional shareholders of Washington Mutual Inc. have cleared the way for the troubled banks to be purchased. Goldman Sachs and the federal government have both been rumored to be assisting in finding the right buyer. The orderly purchase of Washington Mutual Bank and unwinding of its suprime mortgage exposure [...]

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An Online Savings Account with No Fees and a High Rate

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

Many banking consumers who shop for rates online are looking for a bank that offers a simple savings account with a good rate and an easy sign-up process. Finding that bank is not as easy as it sounds with all the promotional teaser-rate deals, complicated applications, extra fees, and confusing tiered-rate structures. Heartland Bank based [...]

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Online Bank Giving Away $45,000 in Cash and Prizes in Video Challenge

June 10, 2008
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

FNBO Direct is the online presence of First National Bank of Omaha an old established Nebraska bank who have been offering one of the top yielding savings accounts for close to a year. FNBO Direct has recently announced their Pay Yourself First Challenge in which they will be giving away $45,000 in cash and prizes [...]

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New Bank Auction Site Launches

June 9, 2008
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

MoneyAisle is a new bank auction site which launched today. MoneyAisle allows consumers to place a deposit (either a savings account or a certificate of deposit) up for auction where the network of 70 MoneyAisle banks bid up the rate until one bank emerges as the winner. At that point the consumers can register with [...]

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HSBC Bank - Online Savings Account Available in Sterling, US dollars, or Euros

May 16, 2008
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

HSBC Bank is justified in it’s slogan as “The world’s local bank” because they have branches in countries around the world including England, Hong Kong, Mexico, France, Taiwan.

Customers of HSBC Bank US are insured by the FDIC, but customers of HSBC Banks in other countries are not subject to FDIC insurance. HSBC Bank has been [...]

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