Georgia Bank Rates – Get 1.10% APY or More on a Number of 6 Month CD’s

The 1.10% APY 6 month CD is certainly not extinct in Georgia.

We recently rounded up the top short term CD’s from Georgia based banks (namely 6 month CD’s) are were delighted, and a tad surprised, to see a number of financial institutions still keeping their heads above 1.0% on these products.

Of course in any normal interest rate environment, no money saver would ever be ‘thrilled’ to hear about measly 1 percent Read more…

Credit Union of Atlanta offering lucrative short term CD Rates

Since the FED announced their plans to keep interest rates historically low for at least another two years, we’ve seen CD rates in general sink even further. However, over the weekend a couple readers sent us some still respectably high CD rates coming out of the state of Georgia (from the Credit Union of Atlanta).

As a quick disclaimer, the first thing we noticed when we came to their rate page was Read more…

Best CD Rates in Atlanta, Georgia: Top 3

Below are the highest yielding CD (certificate of deposit) rates available to the residents of Atlanta, GA. The institutions we will cover all include the following cities in Georgia: Cumming, Norcross, Alpharetta, Smyrna, Newnan, Albany, Augusta, Dalton, and Macon. These come in the form of 6 month CDs, 12 month CDs and 24 month CDs. After sorting through dozens of rate pages by local community banks and credit unions serving the city of Atlanta as well as the state of Georgia, we found Read more…

Highest yielding money market account rates in Georgia

Below are the highest yielding money market account rates serving citizens of the state of Georiga.

If you are strictly after the best rate then you have a variety of options that will provide you with similar yields. The question you need to ask yourself is, “what type of minimum balance can I keep?” Most money market accounts provide a given interest rate based on a certain account balance. The more money you are able to keep in these Read more…

Best certificate of deposit rates in Georgia (Top 3)

Below are the Top 3 CD rates available to residents in the state of Georgia. The deposit products below are listed by highest yielding interest rate. Generally, you will find higher rates accompanied with longer maturities, therefor we took the CD’s that beat the national average by the highest margins (so that we wouldn’t be strictly listing long-term deposits). After digging through dozens of rate pages by various banks and credit unions serving the general Georgia area, we found many Read more…