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Highest yielding 18 month CD rates. Where to find them?

July 27th, 2009 No Comments   Posted in Best CD Rates

BankVibe reader Sean just tipped us off on a pretty lucrative 18 month CD rate offered through an Arizona bank called “Gold Canyon Bank.” Currently they have a few different rates associated with their 18 month certificates which vary based on deposit amount. The breakdown of their rates are as follows:

18 month CD with minimum deposit of $10,000 yields 2.38% APY, with a minimum deposit of $50,000 you receive 2.43% APY and with a minimum deposit of $100,000 you receive Read more…

Best 18 month CD Rates

June 23rd, 2009 No Comments   Posted in Best CD Rates

Here is an updated list of the highest 18 month CD rates. In this list you will find the name of the institution offering the high rate, the rate itself, who can apply for an account (this is based of off physical residence) and a brief overview of the bank or credit union offering the product.

Montauk Credit Union (New York) – 3.00% APY – Nationally Available – Montauk Credit Union is a not-for-profit, member-owned financial institution chartered in 1922 in Read more…

Montauk Credit Union’s CD (certificate of deposit) rates

June 23rd, 2009 1 Comment   Posted in Best CD Rates

Thanks (again) to BankVibe reader and contributor FarmerFrank for pointing out some very nice CD rates this time coming from a credit union in New York state.

Montauk Credit Union is a non-profit, member-owned, financial institution with roughly 4,500 members and $50 million in assets. They were chartered in 1922 and open serve customers nationwide. To become a member you will incur a one-time fee of $25.00, after that there are no fees associated with Montauk CU.

Current CD Rates:

12 month CD: Read more…

18 month jumbo CD through Advancial Federal Credit Union

May 13th, 2009 2 Comments   Posted in Best CD Rates

Just got tipped off on a high yielding 18 month CD and 18 month jumbo CD being offered through Advancial Federal Credit Union out of Texas.

Their regular 18 month CD carries an APY of 3.17% and their 18 month jumbo CD carries and APY of 3.37%. In order for your certificate of deposit to qualify as a “jumbo” it must meet the minimum deposit amount of $50,000.

Like most credit unions, this one comes with some exclusive requirements as far as Read more…

12 month CD yielding 3.10% APY through Southeast Fed. Credit Union

March 13th, 2009 1 Comment   Posted in Best CD Rates

Good news! There are more 12 month certificates of deposit yielding 3.0 percent plus coming out of the wood-works. If you scroll down you will notice that we have recently mentioned a few CD’s with 1 year durations yielding rates ABOVE the 3.0% mark, and hopefully this is a trend that will continue.

The latest in our quest for 3.0% 12 month CD’s comes from a credit union in the southeast (Bowling Read more…