Would You Pick Up A $1 Bill? What About $120K?
While walking down the street, you come across a shiny penny on the ground. Do you pick it up? How about a quarter? A $1 bill? A $100 bill?
Fifth Third Bank Launches $250,000 Sweepstakes
Fifth Third Bank is pleased to announce the launch of its Unlock Your Dreams* sweepstakes, which will award nearly $900,000 in sweepstakes and scratch off prizes. To participate, customers and non-customers alike may visit any of Fifth Third Bank’s nearly 1,300 branch locations between September 2, 2008 and October 31, 2008 to obtain a game piece. The game piece will reveal one of many instant offers including:ne-year term at the BAFT board of directors meeting in Washington, D.C. $10 MasterCard® Gift Card (no purchase necessary) 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points with a new Visa Signature Credit Card $50 deposit into a new Goal Setter Savings $50 off Direct Loan closing costs (excludes Fifth Third Equity Flexline) 5,300 Bonus Rewards Points with a new Fifth Third Equity Flexline $50 off Mortgage Loan Application Fee Additionally, each game piece will have a “code” that the participant can use to register online at 53unlockyourdreams.com for a chance to win the grand prize of $250,000 or one of 22 local $10,000 regional prizes distributed throughout the Bank’s 12-state footprint.
About the Bank of America Student Package
The Student Package, an all-inclusive product suite, covers all of a student's banking needs: -- Free CampusEdge® Checking and Savings Account with Keep the Change® -- No monthly maintenance fees on checking for five years(1) and no monthly maintenance fee on a savings account after the first check card purchase, when the checking and savings accounts are opened on the same day with Keep the Change enrollment.(2) With Keep the Change, Bank of America will round up check card purchases to the nearest dollar amount and transfer the difference from their checking account to their savings account. Bank of America matches 100 percent of the transfer for the first three months and 5% thereafter, up to a maximum of $250 annually. CampusEdge customers also receive a Bank of America Photo Security® check card and have access to 18,000 Bank of America ATMs nationwide.
Bank Failures: Should You Be Worried?
With the US economy continuing to decline, people are looking for ways to better protect the value of their investments. Money is being shifted from one account to another as consumer confidence continues to erode; people are looking for financial security and stability during the current housing and credit crises. As a consumer should you also be worried about your bank or financial institution closing? An article in the USNews educates and prepares consumer on how to ensure their "money" is secure rather then focus on the chance their bank will fail. Should I be worried about my bank failing? For the most part, the answer is no, partly because it is nearly impossible to spot a failing bank, says banking consultant Bert Ely. "Almost no one should try to figure out whether or not their bank is going to fail. What they should do instead is to make sure their deposits are insured," Click HERE to read the whole article.
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