Bank of America's Online 4-Month CD - Yield as High as 5.25% APY

Nov 5, 2007 - 9:02 AM by Ken Tumin

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Bank of America is offering an online 4-month CD with a yield up to 5.25% APY. The minimum deposit is $5,000, and it must be opened online. The yield varies by state. Illinois has the highest rate of 5.25% APY. Most states have a yield of 5.10% APY. I've gone through over half of the states. Here's a summary:

5.25% APY at IL
5.15% APY at FL, NY, PA, NJ
5.10% APY at TX, CA, CO, IN, OH, VA, NC, GA, WI,
MI, MD, KS, KY, TN, MN, NE
5.05% APY at MO
5.00% APY at IA
4.95% APY at WA, AZ, MA, NV, OK

I last posted on this CD in September when rates were as high as 5.45% APY. Even though the rates have fallen, this CD has become more attractive as rates of other accounts have had larger drops. For example, Bank of America's special Money Market Savings Account had rates over 5.70% APY in September (see post). The top rate for this account now is only 4.55% APY.

Note, there's still an active Bank of America $100 checking account promotion.

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Benjamin Meyer

Benjamin Meyer (anonymous) - #1, Monday, November 5, 2007 - 12:20 PM

Anyone know if you can close a BOA CD online or must you do it at an office?


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Anonymous

Anonymous - #2, Monday, November 5, 2007 - 2:09 PM

These are ONLINE only rates. You have to fund from an existing BOA relationship.


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Anonymous

Anonymous - #3, Monday, November 5, 2007 - 2:10 PM

Can you avoid a hard credit pull if you are an existing BOA customer?


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IP

IP (anonymous) - #4, Wednesday, November 7, 2007 - 12:13 PM

Not anymore, BofA just dropped the rates to 4.85% for the majority of the states (didn't check the rest but the 5.10% tier became 4.85%) as of today.


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Anonymous

Anonymous - #5, Monday, December 3, 2007 - 12:11 PM

5.10% APY online-only rate here:

http://www.bankofamerica.com/promos/jump/highyieldcd/?cm_mmc=DEP-Checking-_-GOOGLE-_-certificate%20of%20deposit-_-National_Upper_Funnel_General


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