Bank Deals Blog

Earlier this week, Kohler Credit Union (Kohler CU) added new Share Certificate Specials: 9-month (2.75% APY) and 18-month (3.25% APY). The minimum deposit is $10k of new money, with no stated balance cap. Both Share Certificate Specials can be opened without new money (minimum $5k deposit), but the stated APYs are 75 bps lower.

The Share Certificate Specials are also offered...

I have to admit when I saw Keesler Federal Credit Union’s (KFCU) new 7-month Share Certificate Special listed at...

New Hampshire-based Service Credit Union (Service CU) raised the rates on its Share Certificate Specials yesterday, adding 30 and 35 bps to...

Solvay Bank has raised the rate on its 36-month CD Special to 3.50% APY. The minimum deposit is $500 of new money, and the maximum deposit is $250k. There is a limit of one CD Special per tax ID and the offer is only valid for personal accounts.

According to CSR, the Early...

Popular Direct hasn’t changed their controversial 60-day account freeze policy, but the Bank took one small step to correct a mistake. A reader emailed me a letter he received from Popular Direct informing him of a credit adjustment that will effectively move the start date of the 2% APY from July 23 to May 17. When the Bank increased the Popular Direct Plus Savings Account APY from 1.85% to 2.00% on July 23, they had apparently failed to update the effective date. Below is the excerpt of the letter...

Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union (KTVA ECU) has been offering a series of CD Specials for the past few years. KTVA ECU has added new money versions of these CD Specials with APYs 10 bps higher than their counterparts. The new money requirement is different than the usual “funds must not be on deposit with us” restriction.

Five Star Bank is currently offering a 13-month Premier CD Special earning 2.80% APY. The minimum deposit is $500 and is capped at $250k. A new or existing Premier Checking Account is required to open the 13-month Premier CD Special.

The Premier CD Special is also available as an IRA, earning...

Over the last 18 months, Arbor Financial Credit Union’s (Arbor Financial) has been offering a 13 month No-Penalty CD on a fairly regular basis. A new Certificate was recently added to the product line, and while Arbor Financial simply calls its “18-month Certificate Special,” it has the same no penalty features offered in the past.

The July Consumer Price Index (CPI) report that was released on Friday supports the continuation of the Fed’s policy of gradually raising interest rates. Core CPI which excludes food and energy “rose 2.4 percent for the 12 months ending July; this was the largest 12-month increase since the period ending September 2008.”

This CPI news and recent economic news on unemployment and GDP should keep the Fed hiking rates at a gradual pace, which will likely be once a quarter. That would mean rate hikes at the Fed’s meetings in September,...

This morning Synchrony Bank launched a new 13-month CD special with a very competitive 2.65% APY. Synchrony Bank also increased the rates of five of its standard CDs. Most noteworthy is the 60-month CD which joins the 3% club with a 3.00% APY. For all of the CDs, the minimum opening deposit is $2,000. All six of the new CD APYs are shown below in bold and are effective as...

Over the weekend, Pawtucket Credit Union (Pawtucket CU) added a 15-month CD, which earns a competitive 3.00% APY. The minimum opening deposit is $1k, with no stated balance cap.

As stated on the Deposit Rates page, the Early Withdrawal Penalty (EWP) reads as follows:

15-Month Easy Access CD

I first wrote about Pawtucket CU’s 15-month Easy Access CD in October 2016, when the APY was 1.35%. Nearly...

Last week, First Financial Northwest Bank (FFNB) raised the rates on all its CDs, with the long-term CDs having the most competitive rates. FFNB CDs have tiered APYs, based on four deposit levels: $1k, $5k, $25k, and $100k. The APYs listed below are for the $100k deposit level; deposits between $25k and $99k earn APYs 25 bps lower....