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Keesler CD Rates Discussion And Mint Log In Issues
When I bought my first or maybe first two Keesler Step up CDs the quoted rate was 3.21%. Now they say 3.20% for new CDs. I am not going to argue about such small amounts on a top r... read more
Mountain America CU
Logging on today I found my Saving to Cd transfer history missing.
CSR said Site update may be cause.
I had other problem unrelated to this but ...worth a check for your accounts??... read more
Bank Notary Services - - BEST Not To Use Bank Of America
I think we all know that most all banks will no longer provide Notary Services for WILLS.
I have found that Bank of America is increasingly narrowing what they will (or more impor... read more
Investment Advisors
I do all of my own investing, and much of it is in fixed income. I love the resources within this site.
At some point, I will need to look for an investment advisor. Most of those... read more
Time To Re-Balance?
With the New Year, and the major run-up in equities last year, it may be time for folks with "balanced" portfolios (i.e., stocks and fixed-income) to re-visit their asset allocatio... read more
Navy Federal Credit Union.
Sent my Roth IRA conversion from credit union to credit union by standard mail on Tuesday and saved the $25 they charged to do that. Navy Credit union has already put the check int... read more
Merry Christmas To Ken, His Team And All The Deposit Accounts Readers
Hope each and every one of you have a wonderful time with family and friends.... read more
Shared Branch (Coop Network)
I followed the lead from another member who posted about doing a TRANSFER via shared branch. Turns out to be a perfect option in my case.
Previously, I had only done deposits. I n... read more
Thank You - Navyarmy FCU
Just got notice of a 9% BONUS DIVIDEND ..... not guaranteed, but sure beats getting a XMAS card.
It is based on 9% add-on to all the dividends paid in 2019 ( interest dividends *.... read more
Alliant Downgrades Website, Slows Access
The new Alliant website is excrutiatingly slow and requires more effort to accomplish the same tasks. Juvenile appearance with a lot of wasted space. Thanks so much Alliant program... read more
What's Going On Today (11/25) At Syncrony?
I receive 2 emails this morning allegedly from Syncrony that "2 micro deposits have been received". Odd because I did not initiate any transaction. This afternoon I received anothe... read more
CNBC's Ridiculous Report On Aspiration
Article at https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/21/dicaprio-backed-digital-bank-aspiration-has-run-into-funding-issue.html
Do they just not use the banks they write about or is this poor ... read more
List Of Consumer Reporting Companies (Way Beyond The Big 3)
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU | 2019
List of Consumer Reporting Companies
Amazing list provided by the CFPB of monitoring companies you never knew existed.
https://www.con... read more
First Advantage Bank Merging With Reliant Bank (TN)
According to the First Advantage Bank home page, the bank is merging with Reliant Bank (TN). Seems that only the Reliant name will hold after the merger:
https://www.reliantbank.c... read more
Interet Rate Very Low - My Area
Be sure you check the interest rate for your own area. --- even with an extremely large deposit --- the maximum interest rate for Houston area is only 1.24 - substantially less tha... read more
Credit Unions VS Banks
Probably Nonsense but ...
Almost all the the better CD deals lately are from Credit Unions and the majority of lowered rates are from Banks. Does this pattern mean anything or is t... read more
FAQ's About Online Savings Account
https://firstfoundationinc.com/personal-banking/bank/online-savings
Due to an overwhelmingly positive response to this account, our team is currently catching up to the volume of ... read more
Vio Bank Savings Drops Further To 2.07%
I suppose it was inevitable but Vio Bank keeps dropping their yield. I will need to find some other place to move the money in my Northern Bank Direct account when their rate guara... read more
Trying To Resist Jumping Ship
For most of my working career I have been in IRA CD's , mostly because of NAFTA. In this area companies open and close to only go to Mexico, Malaysia etc etc within 5 years; so I e... read more
And Yet Another Drop
Followed the Fed with their own .25% drop to 1.9%. Savers get punished once again. Oh thats right there is no inflation. Uh huh.... read more