Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 8:41 PM

Penfed CD Penalty Change Alert

Pentagon Federal Credit Union (0 stars) - Details

Just noticed that PenFed Credit Union significantly increased its penalty for CD early withdrawals. Old penalty said "CDs up to and including 5 years" was a 6 month interest penalty ; New terms state: "CDs up to and including 4 years" is a 6 month penalty ; now, 5 year OR more CD is a full one year interest penalty. Just something to be aware of before opening a new 5 or 7 year CD.

JimMartin911 posts since
May 26, 2011
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1. Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 9:42 PM

I thought they would do this to cover their behinds in the event of a rate increase. No surprise.

Shorebreak1,291 posts since
Apr 6, 2010
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2. Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 10:00 PM

No surprise.

Also, PFCU has still not corrected (?) the 01/2011 10Year CD T&Cs. They are silent on the EWP, so I assume there is no EWP.

Nice.

emory15 posts since
May 26, 2011
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3. Friday, May 27, 2011 - 12:10 PM

Thanks for the alert. I have more details about this change in the last month post on increases in early withdrawal penalties. As mentioned, the new 5-year CD EWP is now up to 365 days of interest.

PenFed was late in posting the updated CD disclosure for both this change and the new 10-year CD.

The now do have these changes on their website.

Also note, this 5-year CD EWP change only affects CDs opened on or after March 15, 2011.

KenBDG5,146 posts since
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