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Reward Checking Accounts Looking Better Than Ever

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

Reward checking is a product that was rolled out by banks (mainly online banks) in 2007 with little publicity. A reward checking account pays a high APY on balances up to a preset limit if customers maintain specific online banking requirements which may include: debit card transactions, check card transactions, direct deposit, auto-debits, and receiving [...]

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Online Bank Deals and Reward Programs

February 25, 2008
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

The days of banks paying below 1.00% on a checking account and are back in force as The Savings Investor found out when polling 100 banks nationwide and finding an average of just 0.88% as the annual percentage yield paid out on a basic low-minimum checking account. However, online banking customers who are willing to [...]

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Online Bank Rate Deals for 2008

December 31, 2007
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

The last few hours of 2007 are dwindling away, but online banks continue to offer their rate specials on credit cards and deposits in order to find new customers. The deals today include:
Credit card purchase cards as low as 7.99% APRCredit card balance transfer cards with 0.00% for six months on transfersCountrywide Bank 5.30% APY [...]

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