Let Your Bank Help Your Charities!
-From now until December 31, 2008, get a $50 gift card or $100 towards a charity of your choosing, when you open a personal or business account with SunTrust Bank. This is in line with SunTrust's commitment to building community involvement. To enroll, go to SunTrust Bank. -Choose from a number of qualified checking accounts or business checking from Comerica Bank, and receive a $100 Cash and Care Card towards any local charity of your choice from now until August 29, 2008. Click here for details. Current customers can also qualify.
Commerce Bank Offers Special Promotion for Young Savers
Commerce Bank is offering $10 towards Young Savers accounts through a summer reading program. The Young Savers Account is a good start towards financial education and money management for children. Simply download Commerce Bank's Reading list, have your child complete it, and bring it back to your local Commerce Bank branch. For more details go to Commerce Bank or click here.
HSBC Special Checking Account Offer
HSBC is running a special promotion on their Plus Checking Account. Customers can receive $75 HSBC Mastercard GiftCard when they open a new Plus Checking Account. They can also qualify for an additional $25. HSBC's Plus Checking Account gives customers and opportunity to accrue interest with their checking, and receive competitive rates on their Premium Money Market plus Savings as well. For details, click here. Offer expires September 30, 2008.
Charles Schwab Takes Advantage of Web Tools to Benefit Clients
Online social networking sites, blogging, and trading ideas on the internet is nothing new. However, very few financial corporations have taken advantage of this ever-growing popular medium. Charles Schwab has announced that they will be launching an online community exclusively for their active trading clients. The Schwab Trading Community has been created for the educational benefit of Schwab's active traders; exchanging ideas, networking, joining discussions, and accessing advice from third party experts. Schwab clients will also be able to access live webinars, blogs, and tutorials. To learn more, click here or go to Charles Schwab.
Bank of America’s Limited Time CD Special
For a limited time, Bank of America will be offering an APY of 4.0% (4.11% when you open online) when you open a CD account. Bank of America has already reported record number of CD accounts opened in the month of July due to their special offer. To take advantage of their limited time offer, go to Bank of America.
Bank of America Brings Back Visa Olympic & Paralympic Card for 2008 Games
Bank of America, a U.S. Olympic Team sponsor, will be bringing back its Visa-branded prepaid Olympic card for this year's games for U.S. athletes. This means no hassle with travelers' checks or cash in their time abroad. Plus, they will have access to their funds at all times abroad, as well as protected by Bank of America in the event of loss or theft. A card will be issued to each athlete and staff member for their daily cash flow needs at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. For more details on this article, click here .
BB&T Has Good News for Small Businesses
BB&T Corporation has just annouced that they are introducing a new permanent checking account product for small businesses. Business Value 500 checking will be a new way small business owners can save and avoid fees. This product replaces BB&T’s Business Constant checking and will provide its customers with many advantages not previously offered, such as free cash deposits up to $20,000, free personal checking accounts up to three business partners, and much more. For more details click here.
Back-to-School Budget Crunch
Putting together a budget for back-to-school supplies is more important than ever with rising food and gas prices, according to a new survey by Capital One. However, while parents admit the current economic situation will impact their spendings this year on such items, most (about 60%) have not taken the opportunity to budget such spendings. The survey also revealed that teens were eager to learn how to manage money, but parents are not taking an active role in providing their youngsters with these skills. For more info on Capital One's Back-to-School survey and tips on helping teens develop money management skills, click here. MyBankTracker.com provides parents with a chance to compare and research America's top banks and their teen and children's savings account products online easily, facilitating a healthy start to financial education.
