3.50% Reward Checking Account at a Wisconsin CU (Harbor)

Update 8/08/09: The yield has fallen to 3.50% APY. Refer to the bottom of the post for the rate history.

Harbor Credit Union has a reward checking account called Go Green Checking. It pays 3.50% APY on balances up to $25,000 (0.75% for above) and refunds ATM fees (up to $25 per cycle) if the following monthly requirements are met: 1) 12 Visa Check Card transactions, 2) one direct deposit or one ACH auto debit or one online bill pay, and 3) receive e-Statements. If these are not met, the rate falls to 0.05%. The minimum opening deposit is $50. There are no minimum balance requirements or monthly service charges.

Membership is available to those who either work or reside in Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, or Waupaca Counties in Wisconsin. Please see their Become A Member page for more details. Membership requires a minimum balance of $25 in your share savings account.

Branches are located in Green Bay, Algoma and Luxemburg, WI. The credit union is federally insured by the NCUA (Charter # 66849). It has $88.0 million in assets and 13,538 members.

For other high yield reward checking accounts and to learn more about these accounts, please refer to my High Yield Checking website.

Rate History:
08/08/09: 3.50% APY up to $25K; 0.75% over $25K; 0.05% base rate
06/11/09: 3.75% APY up to $25K
04/02/09: 4.15% APY up to $25K
03/05/09: 4.55% APY up to $25K; 1.05% over $25K; 0.10% base rate
12/09/08: 5.01% APY
04/08/08: 5.67% APY up to $25K; 1.05% over $25K; 0.20% base rate

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