Thread: Ingdirect.com Online Bank

I had my 401k there with the old company, I hear they are good but I never used their savings.

Question is...who's the next Bank giant to swallow them up.

I just want to make sure my money will be safe, I like the free $25 they're offering and 3% return on the savings account, can't beat that.

Not bad.


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Originally Posted by Prince

I just want to make sure my money will be safe, I like the free $25 they're offering and 3% return on the savings account, can't beat that.

Don't go over the $100,000 FDIC limit and you'll be fine....

I have 2 accounts with them for about a year,
never had any problems and customer service is quick to answer any questions I have had.
Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by The_Oak

I have 2 accounts with them for about a year,
never had any problems and customer service is quick to answer any questions I have had.
Hope this helps.

I second the customer response, it is good.

FDIC wants to raise deposit insurance limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee has told lawmakers that a federal bank regulator will seek authority to increase the deposit insurance limit to a level above its current $100,000, said a source familiar with the chairman's thinking.

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Representative Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, has told lawmakers of his committee that Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, will soon request the authority to boost the level of insured deposits, the source said.

Presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain both proposed an increase in federal deposit insurance to $250,000 from $100,000 as a way to broaden support for the bank asset bailout bill rejected on Monday by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Those efforts come a day after the House rejected a $700 billion Wall Street bailout, sending stock markets plummeting.

The FDIC insures up to $100,000 per deposit account and up to $250,000 per retirement account at insured banks. The agency's insurance fund stood at about $45.2 billion at the end of the second quarter and has taken a hit from bank failures in recent months.

(Reporting by Patrick Rucker and Karey Wutkowski; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

I don't know about ING, but HSBC Direct is sitting at 3.25%. I've banked with them for 10+ years at this point and have had very few problems and never anything that they weren't willing to fix on their dime.

Originally Posted by danzik17

I don't know about ING, but HSBC Direct is sitting at 3.25%. I've banked with them for 10+ years at this point and have had very few problems and never anything that they weren't willing to fix on their dime.

is there a minimum to get the 3.25%?

Originally Posted by Prince

is there a minimum to get the 3.25%?

Yea..........1$.

I'm not sure I can meet that requirement.

will you guys donate to my savings account?

Originally Posted by Prince

will you guys donate to my savings account?

why not use e trade? their checking is awesome, and they credit you back for every atm you use

Hey folks - my first post here (I have been lurking to try and learn some things before asking dumb questions) - take a look at checkingfinder.com. It lets you look for banks that offer really good returns on checking accounts. I was looking at moving to one here in Texas that paid 6%.

*edited to add* The site uses certain qualifications for a bank to be on there. I think a big 2 is that the rate can't be an introductory rate and they have to refund all ATM fees.

Originally Posted by PreMier

why not use e trade? their checking is awesome, and they credit you back for every atm you use

I do all of my personal and business banking through Wells Fargo, been there for over 12 years now, I am just looking for a safe, high yield savings account, don't want any risk, don't need checking, don't want it locked into a CD, etc.

Originally Posted by Prince

I do all of my personal and business banking through Wells Fargo, been there for over 12 years now, I am just looking for a safe, high yield savings account, don't want any risk, don't need checking, don't want it locked into a CD, etc.

Just out of curiosity, do you move your money out of your savings a lot?

There are online CDs you can invest in with short maturity rates. I got a 4.25% APY CD with only $1,000 minimum requirement and 8 month maturity rate. After WaMu was acquired by JP Morgan, they came out with a 5% APY CD with $1k min and 1 year maturity.

Originally Posted by Prince

I do all of my personal and business banking through Wells Fargo, been there for over 12 years now, I am just looking for a safe, high yield savings account, don't want any risk, don't need checking, don't want it locked into a CD, etc.

e trade is safe. if you have over 5k in there(checking) its a 2.9% return.

https://us.etrade.com/e/t/banking/checking

high yield savings is 3.3% https://us.etrade.com/e/t/banking/savings

Originally Posted by KentDog

Just out of curiosity, do you move your money out of your savings a lot?

not really, but I need a safe spot to put a pretty big chunk of cash for a short period of time, I may need the cash in 3-6 months time, so I don't want a CD.

Originally Posted by Prince

not really, but I need a safe spot to put a pretty big chunk of cash for a short period of time, I may need the cash in 3-6 months time, so I don't want a CD.

Send it to me, I'll keep it safe. I promise.

Originally Posted by danzik17

Send it to me, I'll keep it safe. I promise.