Average interest rates on certificates of deposits moved modestly lower for the week ending March 12, 2010.  Although the combined average rate for all bank CD terms measured in the weekly survey of bank CD rates performed by Selectcdrates.com, the rate drop this week was quite mild with two of the four maturities measured showing [...]

According to this week’s survey of the top ten best certificate of deposit rates available nationally, performed by Selectcdrates.com, bank CD rates have now reached new lows for the year.  Bank CD interest rates were down for all terms or maturities again this week.  
The average rate for the top ten highest 6 month bank CD [...]

It seems hard to believe that bank certificate of deposit rates could slide much lower, but the past week was in fact another down week for most all CD maturities.  The results of the selectcdrates.com weekly bank rate survey indicated that CD rates were lower across all terms with the exception of the long term, five year [...]

Fake checks can look so real that even bank tellers may be fooled. Some are counterfeit money orders, some are phony cashier’s checks, and others look like they are from legitimate business accounts. The companies whose names appear may be real and the routing number and account number may appear to be real,

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