Bank rates
First Premier Bank Offer Credit Card with 79.9% APR…Wait, What?
If it seems like someone has made a mistake, we assure you it's not us. NBC San Diego news reported that First Premier Bank of Sioux Falls, SD, is offering a credit card that charges an interest rate of 79.9%.
Best CD Rates Get a Boost This Week with Hudson City Savings Bank
We've gotten so used to seeing the same banks with the same rates in our weekly list of best CD rates that when a bank comes and offers some of the top CD rates around, we can't help but wonder why we don't see more of these rate levels any more.
CD Rate Averages Rise and Fall Amid Bank Earnings Reports
JP Morgan Chase may have scored big the past quarter with its reported earnings of almost $3.60 billion, but Bank of America continues to struggle, and today announced a loss of $2.24 billion.
Finding The Top CD Rates in New Jersey
While it remains possible for banks to borrow cheaply from the Federal Reserve Board, those institutions still have no incentive to offer private customers more attractive CD rates.
Online Banks Dominate the Best CD Rates for Week Starting October 12, 2009
The past week ended quietly for the FDIC last Friday – at least as far as bank failures are concerned. This is the first time in three months that no bank was closed over the weekend, even as the number of closures for this year nears the 100th mark.
Like News, CD Rates This Week Reveal Mixed Signals
Headlines on the economy this week was a varied mix of slightly encouraging and somewhat disappointing news.
Capital One Direct Raises Their CD Rates
Capital One Direct has posted some big increases in its longer term CDs today, including the biggest jump, from 1.50% to 2.95% in its 48 month term CD.
Mortgage Rates at Their Lowest in 3 Months
Despite small increases for the past few days, average mortgage rates have remained at their lowest since last May.
Some Welcome Changes in This Week’s Best CD Rates
Even when a bank closes, its CD rates are still an issue. The FDIC closed down three more banks last Friday, bringing the total number of bank failures this year to 98.
CD Rates Show Improvement As the 4th Quarter Begins
With the end of the year in sight, hopes are high that the economy has bottomed out and there's nowhere to go but up.
Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley Battle Independent Brokerages For Wealthy Investors
U.S. Bank Acquires FBOP Corporation’s 9 Failed Banking Subsidiaries
Assessing the Impact of the FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
FDIC Chairman Shelia Bair on The State of American Banking – Summary and Analysis
Citibank Credit Card Interest Skyrockets In Anticipation of Federal Regulation
Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida Fails, Becomes 123 Bank to Close in 2009
ING Direct Black Friday Special: Save ‘Til You Drop
Savers Left With Fewer Options as Hudson City Savings Lowers Top CD Rates
Wells Fargo Settles $1.4 Billion Lawsuit Regarding Auction-Rate Securities
‘Too Big To Fail’ Firms May Be Broken Down To Smaller Size
