Salem Five offering the best CD rate promotions today!

We were forwarded two CD rate specials (from an east coast bank called Salem Five) that have APY’s beating today’s national average by a respectable margin. Salem Five is headquartered in Massachusetts and has 22 branches in the greater Boston area. Currently with a $10,000 minimum deposit you can open either a 9 month CD or 24 month CD yielding 0.75% APY and 1.75% APY, respectively. To put these offers in Read more…

Outstanding CD rate promotion available to some local residents

BankVibe.com reader Kurt just sent us a fantastic CD rate promotion available to some residents in Florida. Currently if you are eligible to join Miami Postal Service Credit Union you can lock in a promotional 9 month CD with an APY of 1.76%. They refer to this as a jumbo CD, however, it only requires a deposit of $5,000. The dividend rates with this CD are paid quarterly and calculated using Read more…

S-Bank’s Grand Opening 9 month CD special – Locals Only

S-Bank, based out of Massachusetts, is offering a phenomenal 9 month CD rate of 2.33% APY to their local customers. To put this offer in perspective the national average for 6 month CDs sits at 0.90% APY and the national average for 12 month CDs is around 1.30% APY.

Many thanks to BankVibe reader Mark for sending us this offer!

Although S-Bank is calling this a “grand opening special offer” it’s available at Read more…

Bartow County Bank’s 9 month certificate of deposit: 3.0% APY

Wow. Here is a great deal coming out of a small community bank in Cartersville, Georgia. Currently, Bartow County Bank has a promotional 9 month CD which is yielding an unheard of 3.0% APY with a minimum deposit amount of $500. Bartow County Bank’s overall CD rates aren’t wildly impressive. They have a 1 year CD with a rate of 1.78% APY and a 2 year CD of 2.90% APY, thus making this 9 month special pretty lucrative in comparison.

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Pacific Transportation Federal Credit Union’s 9 month CD rate

An outstanding 9 month CD rate was pointed out to us over the weekend by BankVibe reader Riza. Currently Pacific Transportation Federal Credit Union of Los Angeles, California is offering a 9 month CD yielding 3.0% APY for new money deposits. This is nearly double the national average for 1 year CD rates!

The 3.0% APY certificate of deposit with maturities under 2 years is a fairly elusive creature currently, usually only Read more…