Heated War of Saving Rates

Contributed by mm | November 19, 2004 4:21 PM PST

The war about saving rates is certainly getting hotter every day. Two weeks ago, I reported ING Direct is raising the APY of its saving account to 2.20%, outbeating the next competitor VirtualBank by 0.05%. Since then, VirtualBank fought back by raising APY to 2.21%, outbeating ING Direct by the slightest margin. ING Direct responded by moving its saving rate higher today to 2.25%.

Again, as I explained in the last post, if you are already a VirtualBank customer, you don't need to bother moving money now -- your interest loss during the moving will outpace the minimal gain on interest rate difference.

This war about saving rate will soon become costly. Think about ING Direct, which has total asset of $30 billion based on this September 2004 story from Business 2.0. Even though saving accounts may only amount to $10 billion, a 0.05% APY increase will still cost the bank a full $5 million a year. But without doubt, as Fed is pushing up Fed rate 25 basis points every few weeks, we can only start to see more banks participating in this chase for the top spot in best saving rates list. Happy saving!

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ING Direct

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[2/28/05 Update: Both VirtualBank and ING Direct have raised the APY to 2.60%]

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Andrew Yu Commented on December 25, 2004

FYI-- Presidential bank (www.presidential.com) gives 2.75% on its checking account, with direct deposit required. No referral program for this one.

mm Commented on December 26, 2004

Thank you for sharing. Presidential bank was discussed at PFBlog more than a year ago.

http://www.pfblog.com/archives/148_275_interest_checking_account_at_presidential.shtml

The 2.75% is paid to the first $25,000. After that, interest rate will be much lower.

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