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Any Banesco Customers?
Please share your online experience with this bank. Their CD rate(1.45 apy) for 12-months is very attractive. Any input would be appreciated. (note:I was required to rate them in o... read more
Lost In Mail?
When a "direct transfer" of funds from one IRA to another IRA at a different financial institution is requested, a check is mailed. For the second time in the last several years I ... read more
Island FCU - Should I Put $107K IRA With Them At 2.50% 7 Years Or 2.25% 5 Years?
Principal Rate Interest (1 yr) Diff. EWP (6 mos.) Diff.
$108K 2.25% $2430 $1215
2.50% $2700 $2700 $1350 $135
This doesn't take into account how long it would take with a new 5... read more
Best (Brick & Morter) Bank In Port St. Lucie Area?
I am moving to Port St. Lucie Florida and in need of a bank. What I need is a brick & mortar place to have a safe deposit box & get things notarized occasionally. I will open what ... read more
Island FCU - Should I Put $107K IRA With Them At 2.50% 7 Years Or 2.25% 5 Years?
Principal Rate Interest (1 yr) Diff. EWP (6 mos.) Diff.
$108K 2.25% $2430 $1215
2.50% $2700 $2700 $1350 $135
This doesn't take into account how long it would take with a new 5... read more
Pure Point New Bank With Good Rates?
Anyone familiar with Pure Point Financial (www.purepoint.com)? According to their website they are offering good savings and short term CD rates. Claims to be a new US affiliate of... read more
What Should The Amount Of Interest Be On This CD?
Please calculate the amount of interest on this promo CD I got from Great Lakes Credit Union and let me know what you come up with: It was a 15-month CD, with a rate of 1.489% and ... read more
Check Sent To Wrong Bank & Trying To Recover Funds
Using the pay bill feature at BB&T bank I sent a $5,000 payment from my BB&T checking account to my Cit savings account. The check was made out correctly by BB&T but somehow got di... read more
Savings vs CDs vs Money Market
I got two questions, first and I'll use Ally Bank as a example, their savings account has a APY of 1.00% and there Money Market is 0.85%. If I got this right, The Money Market acco... read more
Help On Legal Footing
OK - got married. Have name change.
One of my credit unions wants the physical marriage license to make the name change.
I object to that. They have drivers license, can get the ... read more
Banks That Offer Online Bank Account Opening With Just A ITIN?
Could please the community help me to identify a list of banks and credit unions that allow you to open a bank account with an ITIN instead of a SSN online?
For example, Alliant c... read more
Sample Deposits For ACH Transfers
Looking for input. I'm finding that I have to go thru the sample deposits when opening a new CD acct via ACH transfer- even though the same checking acct was used to open prior CDs... read more
Thinking About Starting An Account
Does anybody know if Target, Trader Joe's, and Starbucks posts transactions as credit? If they do, I'll probably be okay with the minimum 'debit card' transactions with Consumers C... read more
Missing Money
Mom has a CD in a local bank. The cd has just come up for renewal and she had it rolled over for another year.
She received a statement from the Bank yesterday and a withdrawal was... read more
Capitalone360 Savings/Moneymarket Check Deposit Issues
Does anyone here ever deposit checks online into a CapitalOne360 savings or money market account? I occasionally do and for almost a month straight their system hasn't been w... read more
Home Page Identified By Security Software As Risky
I am interested in the bank (Pure Point Financial) based on write-ups here, but my security software has, for the past week at least, been flagging the home page as a security risk... read more
Trouble Connecting To Some CU Homepages? Especially Penfed
Having trouble connecting to some CU homepages, especially PenFed. Most CUs work fine.
This is not a login problem - can't reach homepages at all.
With Chrome on Windows... read more
Teachers FCU States No EWP For Inherited Traditional IRA?
As I'm preparing a list of possible banks and CUs for when my Ally Bank 5 year CD expires in June, I find it tough that someone handles this type, but this is news to me. Anyone ev... read more
Certificate Of Deposit
My parents passed away several years ago and I found a metal box with a few CD's in it . How would I know if they were cashed in ?... read more
Refused IRS Direct Deposit
I am a local tax accountant and have been notified of an IRS check received instead of the indicated direct deposit. The IRS said that your bank refused it. Why? The account number... read more