Bank rates were mostly stable for the second week of June with the exception of bank mortgage rates which made their first downward push in the month of June. ...(read more)

CertusBank is running a new checking account promotion that provides a bonus for establishing a new checking account with the bank.  With the CertusBank checking account promotion...(read more)

It may hard to believe that any industry or organization can be trusted less than bankers.  It seems like just yesterday that protesters, home loan borrowers and most of Main Stre...(read more)

The Discover® Open Road Card remains a top rated credit card with features that appeal to the credit card rate conscious, those seeking more credit card rewards and the frugal sho...(read more)

An endorsement on a check payable to cash is technically not required.  An endorsement is the signature of the party to whom the check is made payabl...(read more)

Mortgage rates moved slightly lower for most mortgage loan products with some fairly sizeable variations among the top home loan products available to consumers.  30 year fixed ra...(read more)
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Each day, the Reserve Banks that are part of the Federal Reserve System process a large number of payment transactions resulting from the Reserve Banks’ role in providing payment services to banks and depository institutions.  Because depository institutions in the aggregate generally hold a relatively small amount of funds overnight in their Reserve Bank accounts,
Bank certificate of deposit rates were lower on all maturities for the week ending November 27, 2009.  CD interest rate reductions for the average of the best bank rates were relatively modest, albeit from relatively low current yields.  The long term bank CD rates, five year term CDs, as well as well as the short
You probably have noticed that many brokerage houses are expanding into areas other than investments. This is a natural expansion for many brokers as money and banking become more virtual, and the new revenue streams help to offset the discounted prices for trades. You’re already invested with your broker, should you use him
There is no question that you need short term savings. The next logical question is exactly how much you need to have in your short-term savings accounts. The answer varies by the individual. Your Age and Family Situation Your age and family is a large factor in your savings plan. Young, single individuals
The best certificate of deposit rates available nationally remained in a tight range for the week ending May 15 and mostly followed the direction of similar interest bearing securities.  The average on short term, six month and one year CD, rates dipped down marginally while the longer term CD rates increased more notably to end
Prime rate is a term applied to a reference an interest rate that is utilized by banks and financial institutions for lending purposes. The prime rate was a term originally used to identify the rate at which banks lend to their best and most favored customers, though this is no longer the case in general.
Online banking is a great way to save the bank money. You won’t be pestering their tellers with gripes, complaints, and questions, and if you really want to be contemporary, progressive, and “green,” you’ll forego the printed monthly statement that costs the bank a lot to produce and mail. You’re so good to
I Bonds are a low-risk savings product sold by the U.S. Treasury as either a paper bond at a financial institution or as an electronic product in the TreasuryDirect section of savingsbonds.gov website. The bonds are similar to other Treasury bonds but these bonds are inflation linked savings bonds and the interest rate paid
Certificate of deposit interest rates fell across all maturities for the week ending April 2, 2010.  After a week of marginal reductions in bank rates, the most recent week saw the average yield on the highest CD rates available nationally take a fairly sizeable tumble based on the survey of the top ten best CD
Online banking is one of the newest forms of banking, and it seems every traditional (and not so traditional) bank is offering online services or completely automating their activities on the internet. It may be that you have only a few bills to pay every month or that you’re still learning to navigate the
Banks make money by accepting money from you and paying you interest on the money and then loaning it out a higher rate of interest. That sounds like a good way to make money, but banking is competitive and there is a bank on every corner trying to do the same thing. So, banks have
Certificate of deposit interest rates were just fractionally lower for the week ending June 18, 2010 based on the survey of bank CD rates performed by Selectcdrates.com. National CD rates for the three month, six month and two year maturities ended the week unchanged from the prior week. The one year and five
Bank CD rates were just modestly lower for the week ending September 11, 2009.  The short term, six month CD rates took the brunt of the pain while the one year and five year CD rates held steady and the two year CD rates showed a slight loss in yield.  The best six month CD rates
Another week passes and bank CDs experience another of week of sinking yields.  Bank CD rates available nationally fell across all terms for the week ending Aug. 7, 2009.  The rate reduction for this week was mild but impacted all maturities and is a continuation of a protracted slide in CD rates that started in
CD interest rates offered by banks that are available nationally were little changed for the week ending September 25, 2009.  Short term bank CD rates, six month and one year term CDs, were unchanged while the longer term CD rates, two year and five year terms,  moved in opposite directions by a relatively very small

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