The best bank savings rates rose slightly for the week ending May 15, 2009.  The primary catalyst for the increase was the addition of Shore Bank Direct’s online savings account which offers an interest rate of 2.45%.  Shore Bank’s savings account is 15 basis points or 15/100’s of a percent above the next highest bank savings account.  The addition of this account to the top ten list of bank savings account rates available nationally drove the average rate up 6 basis points to 2.173%.  Heartland Bank Direct has dropped to second position with a savings account rate at 2.30%.  Five basis points lower are the savings accounts offered by two banks, Doral Bank Direct and Ally Bank that have interest rates of 2.25%.  Ally Bank is the new game given to GMAC Bank which has changed its identity by remains under the GMAC Financial Services umbrella.  Ten basis points lower is the bank savings account rate offered by The Palladian Private Bank that has a rate of 2.15%.  The next five banks on the top ten list have savings account rates ranging from 2.12% to 2.02%.  The tenth best bank rate on the list this week is the product of Centennial Bank which is 1 basis point higher than last week when it stood at 2.01% with the savings account promoted by AIG Bank.

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