Community Bank of Broward is offering a 17 month 2.35% APY CD with a minimum deposit of $5,000 to Florida residents. You need to visit a branch to open an account and branches are located in Broward County, Florida. Community Bank of Broward has a 3 out of 5 star soundness rating and is FDIC…
Cash Pooling
Cash pooling is a financial strategy whereby a company maximizes its credit and debit positions. Cash pooling can also be used to reduce fees a company pays. Basically cash pooling makes the most out of the credit resources a company has available to it. There are a few ways in which a company can cash…
Barren Money
Barren money is cash that isn’t earning any interest and just about everyone has at least a little barren money. Everyone needs at least some barren money for spending. Most people that have a checking account don’t earn any interest on those funds. Some people do have interest checking accounts or reward accounts, but the…
H&R Block Tax Cut Software Discount
As tax day approaches a lot of the tax services are going to be offering discounts in the next couple of months. Here’s one of them, Amazon is offering H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + State for only $25 (the regular price is $45). It comes with free shipping and can import data…
Alma Bank CD Rates
Alma Bank is offering a 2% APY 18 month CD and a 2.5% APY 30 month certificate of deposit. These are available to anyone near one of their branches located in Astoria, bayside, and Brooklyn, New York. These rates are set to last until March 1st, 2010. Alma also has some pretty good IRA CD…
Different Types of Bank Accounts
There are a few different types of bank accounts and most banks offer at least the basic few. Each bank will offer different features with each account type but there’s basically 4 general bank account types. The first type is a checking account. A checking account allows account holders to withdraw money from their account…
ChexSystems
ChexSystems, also known as Chex Systems, Inc, is a Delaware based agency that keeps a database of individuals’ bank account history. ChexSystems reports individuals who close their bank accounts with a negative balance to credit agencies such as Equifax, TransUnion and Experian. Once you’re in the ChexSystems database you won’t be able to open a…
Joint Account
When you open a new savings account or checking account at a new bank you’re automatically listed as an authorized user of your account. If you want to share your access to your account with one or more people that is what’s known as a joint account. Anyone you list as an account holder will…
Direct Deposit
A direct deposit is a deposit into a bank account that doesn’t require a check to be written. Around 145 million Americans get paid through a direct deposit on a regular basis. Direct deposit is a perfectly acceptable form of getting a paycheck and is condoned by the IRS. There are also several government benefits…
Patriot Bank CD Rates
Patriot Bank is offering a 3.5% APY 5 year CD with a minimum deposit of $1,000 and a maximum of $100,000. This offer is available to Texas residents. New money is required for this deal. You’re also allowed to increase the interest rate to the current rate being offered any time after 2 years which…