CD Grace Period

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  |     |   672 posts since 2019

I'm not 100% certain but I'm about 99% certain that there is no such legal requirement. In part this is because in a very recent post I read about a particular CD offer, Ken Tumin specifically mentioned the lack of a grace period - https://www.depositaccounts.com/banks/frontwave-credit-union/offers/



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MoneyMoves
  |     |   149 posts since 2019
That's an interesting question, legal requirement or not. Per FDIC's site, giving banks examples of clauses and forms, it appears it is the bank's option how they choose to specify renewal terms:

(1) Automatically Renewable Time Accounts

This account will automatically renew at maturity.

You will have [_______ calendar/business] days after the maturity date to withdraw funds without penalty;

or

There is no grace period following the maturity of this account to withdraw funds without penalty.

Reference: https://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/6500-3980.html
me1004
  |     |   1,381 posts since 2010
No, no requirement for a grace period. One example of one financial institution that does not, at least for its step-up CDs, is INOVA FCU.

But there is no reason to worry if you simply set the CD up to automatically close to your savings or checking account. That way it can't rollover by accident and get locked in. The only advantage of a grace period is if you actually do want to renew it, but fail to act until after the maturity date. In that case, you would get interest during the grace period, but few places give the CD level interest, rather than the savings interest, if you close during the grace period.

I long ago started to always set CDs up at time of opening to close to my checking account at maturity. And closing to the checking makes it easy to move the money elsewhere buy simply writing a check. But I can still renew the CD if I want to.
AnnO
  |     |   129 posts since 2018
"But there is no reason to worry if you simply set the CD up to automatically close to your savings or checking account."

The problem, as QED already pointed out, is that many will not let you set that up until very close to the end date.


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