Last week’s posts about coins (both silver and copper) were inspired by me sitting down with our boys to pay their monthly allowance. With that as a backdrop, I thought it would be worth spending a bit of time talking about the ins and out of our allowance system. For [...]
savings accounts
While looking around inside the newly re-designed Capital One 360 (formerly ING Direct) interface, I ran across their refer-a-friend program. Depending on which type of account you open you can get a $25 or $50 bonus. All you need is a referral from a friend (like me!) with a Capital [...]
With the final stages of the Capital One 360 transition drawing ever closer, you may be looking for an alternative to ING Direct. As I’ve noted previously, I’ve had accounts with the lion’s share of major online banks — ten accounts with nine different institutions, though I’ve since closed most [...]
For those of you that have an online banking relationship with ING Direct… As I noted back in November, Capital One is in the process of taking over ING Direct and turning it into Capital One 360. At that time, few details were available. They basically said that there will [...]
About six weeks ago, I noted that the CD rate loyalty bonus at Ally Bank was set to expire at the end of this month. If you’re not familiar with this bonus… When one of your Ally Bank CDs has matured, they’ve typically given you a 0.25% bonus on top [...]
About a year and a half ago, Capital One made a deal to acquire ING Direct. That deal was cleared to move forward earlier this year. Now… Fast forward to yesterday when I received an e-mail from ING Direct saying that they’ll be changing their name (and color scheme) in [...]
If you’ve ever bought CDs from Ally Bank, there’s a good chance that you’re familiar with their loyalty bonus. In short, when one of your CD matures, they’ll give you 0.25% on top of the best available rate if you renew it. Well, I have a four year CD maturing [...]
While updating our finances, I got to looking back at some of our older accounts. In doing so, I was struck by the number of different online banks that we’ve used over the years. Gone are the days of generous signup bonuses and high rates, but the vestiges of those [...]