$50 in FREE Gas with new free checking account with Archer Bank

Archer bank is offering $50 in free gas when you open a new checking account with $100 minimum deposit in 2008 (hurry, only a couple days left!!).  You get $25 when you open a free checking account with online banking and another $25 when you add direct deposit.
Additional Details:

New money only.

Must open a Free Checking [...]

Virtual Bank Refer-A-Friend and BOTH get $20

Virtual Bank’s Refer A Friend promo is offering $20 for every friend you refer to open an eMoney Market Account.  You must have a VirtualBank checking, savings, or eMoney Market account to be eligible.  Here’s how it works:
1. You can refer up to 50 friends to open eMoney Market accounts.
2. Each friend that opens an eMoney Market [...]

Sharebuilder $50 Transfer Bonus

Sharebuilder is offering $50 transfer bonus to anyone who transfers another brokerage account of $500 or more to Sharebuilder.  Here are the steps:
 
Promo Details:

The $50 bonus will post to your account approximately 2-4 weeks after completing a full brokerage transfer and is not available for withdrawal for 180 days.
The $50 bonus offer is available for Individual, Joint [...]

Chase Freedom Credit Card -$50 Gift Card

Apply for a Chase Freedom credit card and you will recieve 5,000 bonus points, which can be redeemed for a $50 gift card.  You will qualify and recieve the bonus after your first purchase.  Additional perks include: 

0% intro APR on all purchases for up to 12 months (pending application review and credit history).
Earn 1 reward [...]

Wachovia Refer-a-Friend Bonus – $25 EACH

Wachovia has a $25 refer-a-friend bonus for opening a checking account. They’ll send a $25 Wachovia Visa Gift Card to both the referrer and the referee. 
Hurry, offer expires December 31st, 2008.  Here are the program details:

Referral program is available to new and existing customers.
Program brochure or referral coupon must be presented at the time the [...]

Chase $50/$100 Checking Bonus

We saw this deal on bankaholic.com, but it seems that the promotion amount changes from either $50 or $100 everytime you click on the on link. 
Simply click HERE and enter your email address to recieve the coupon.  You must open the checking account, either online or at a branch, by January 15, 2009.
Here are the details:

You must open [...]

AMEX Exclusive Offer for Goldman Sachs Clients

Great offer from American Express if you’re a Goldman Sachs client! 
Earn up to 140,000 membership rewards bonus points during your first year of card membership  if you apply for a Platinum Card from American Express by January 31, 2009 and are a Goldman Sachs client. You earn 100,000 membership rewards bonus points after your first purchase, and [...]

Free Gas with Purchase of AMEX Gift Cards

American Express is offering a promotion for the holidays.  Purchase 3 American Express gift cards and get a Free $15 gas card.  The promotion also includes a 25% off an Avis Rental.
So, if your planning on purchasing gift cards this holiday, why not purchase amex gift cards and get a little free gas for yourself.
Here are the [...]

US Fed cuts rates by half point to combat crisis

Washington: The Federal Reserve cut US interest rates by a half-percentage point on Wednesday to the lowest level since June 2004 as it tried to stave off a prolonged recession, and left the door open to further reductions if needed. The Fed’s unanimous decision takes its target for overnight bank lending to 1.0 per cent. [...]

Balance Transfer Costs on the Rise

Those important lifelines called “balance-transfers” that consumers drowning in high-rate credit card debt rely on, are now getting pricier. And for just about anyone who carries a credit-card balance, they’re a useful way to keep interest-rate payments low.
But as the year nears its end in one of the worst economic slumps, credit card issuers [...]

Bank of America plans to cut 30-35K jobs over next 3 years

Once again another large corporation is being added to the roster of the, “we are having to let you go since we cant afford you any longer,” go figure…
Adding on to the list of companies slashing jobs is BAC.  Shedding roughly 11% of its workforce, the annoucement comes a week after the merger with Merrill Lynch was approved [...]

Term Life Insurance and your Financial Planning.

Good financial planning is more than just simply making good investments. It’s also about shielding your loved ones who depend on you financially when you are not around. One of the simplest ways and most reliable and did I mention least expensive to do this is with term life insurance.
Term life insurance can be defined as “pure protection” and pays a guaranteed amount of money if [...]

Receive $50 – Open a new checking account with BOA.

Open a new checking account and you can receive $50.

Make the move to better banking and you can receive $50. Just open a new, personal checking account, and you’ll enjoy access to your money on the nation’s largest network of bank-owned ATMs. And the freedom to bank from your new home with our free Online [...]

E*TRADE Savings 3.30% APY + $25 Bonus

Company
APY*
1 - Yr Earnings

E*TRADE’s Complete Savings Account
3.30%
$825.00

Bank of America’s Regular Savings
0.20%
$50.00

Wells Fargo ® Goal Savings
0.20%
$50.00

National Average
0.30%
$75.00

A $1 minimum deposit is required to open a new account.
$25 will be credited to your Complete Savings Account within
30 days of the account being funded with a minimum deposit of $1.

SAVINGS BONDS: Series I Yielding 5.64%

New rate adjustments to savings bonds were announced last month by the Treasury Department with the Series I Bond adjusted to a total rate of 5.64% and the Series EE Bonds set at 2.80%. The earnings rate for the Series I Bond will be effective until the next rate adjustment on May 1, 2009 at [...]

4.51% Reward Checking Account at Bank of the Sierra in California

 
 
Bank of the Sierra is offering a reward checking account that pays 4.51% APY on balances up to $25,000 (1.01% for above) if the following monthly requirements are met:

12 check card purchases
one direct deposit or automatic payment
one online bill payment

If these are not met, the rate falls to 0.12%. The minimum initial deposit is $50. [...]

What is FDIC ?

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a United States government corporation created by the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. It provides deposit insurance which guarantees the safety of checking and savings deposits in member banks, currently up to $250,000 per depositor per bank. On January 1, 2010, the standard coverage limit will return to $100,000 [...]

Up To $250 Bonus – WTDirect

When you open a new WTDirect online savings account, you can recieve up to $250.  See the chart below:

OPEN a new account — use promotion code “WTG3DNC”
LINK an existing bank account to your new WTDirect account during the application process.
FUND your new WTDirect account by initiating an online transfer by 12/22/08.
EARN your bonus — calculated [...]

Roth IRA’s and their advantages. Open one!

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