Archive for the ‘Best Savings Rates’ Category

FNBO Direct Savings Rate

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Updated 3/23/2020 FNBO Direct is the internet arm of First National Bank of Omaha. They are currently offering an internet savings account rate of 1.00%. FNB of Omaha is a good size bank with $21.1BB in assets as of Q3 2019. They are well capitalized. They certainly look better than many other banks in their [Read More…]

AARP Savings Account Rate

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Updated 5/15/2019 AAPR is no longer offering saving accounts through Huntington National Bank. For a list of AARP benefits see their site. Updated: 7/08/08. AARP had an amazing savings rate. They took in a lot funds and then kindly dropped the rate. It stands at 4.05% APY. The underlying bank is Huntington National Bank. Their [Read More…]

Countrywide Bank Savings Rate

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Countrywide Bank is offering high rates on their savings accounts, money markets and CDs. [Side Note: Today (1/11/08) Bank of America annoucned they were buying Countrywide Financial Corp. Although I don’t believe this necessitates a merger of the banks, that will most likely happen.] For $50,000 and above, the savings rate is 5.25% APY. Updated [Read More…]

ING Direct Savings Rate

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Updated 4/16/19 On November 1, 2011 ING Direct Bank merged into and is now subsequently operated as part of Capital One, National Association (4297) in MCLEAN, VA. Capital One currently is offering a Money Market account @ 2.0% APY, minimum deposit of $10,000.00. They have an A+ Health rating from depositaccounts.com. Click here for details. [Read More…]

EmigrantDirect Savings Rate

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Updated 3/23/2020 EmigrantDirect is a division of Emigrant Bank in New York, established in 1850. As an internet-only bank, EmigrantDirect offers its customers quick and safe access to their funds at any time through online banking. This savings account works really well. You link the account to another bank account, such as where you do [Read More…]

HSBC Direct Savings Account Rate

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Updated 3/23/20 HSBC Direct’s current savings rate is 1.70% APY. The account needs to be set-up on-line. Keep in mind that your actual earnings will depend on how long you leave the funds in the account. They are quite a large bank with over $182.1 Billion in assets. In the US, they have multiple FDIC#s, [Read More…]