Local Idaho Banks and Credit Unions Can’t Keep up With Top National CD Rates

Here’s another state that is getting left in the dust – Idaho. Idaho’s local banks and credit unions can’t seem to keep their CD rates competitive when compared to the top offers from national institutions.

If you haven’t been following CD rate trends or have just recently entered the market for one of these instruments, you may think this is to be expected – but it isn’t. Almost every week we conduct Read more…

Highest yielding money market rates in Idaho

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

If you are strictly after the best interest 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 Read more…

Washington Federal Savings Bank CD rates (WA and ID)

Washington Federal Savings Bank is offering some fairly respectable returns on their FDIC-insured savings products. If you visit their website, however, you will not be able to find any savings rates posted. They may want to reconsider this (in our opinion) given the competitiveness of some of their current rates.

For terms up to 18 months they offer rates which are pretty much on par with the national average, however their 24 – 36 month CD rates are substantially above it.

After Read more…

Best CD (certificate of deposit) rates in Idaho: Top 3

Below are the highest yielding CD rates available to the residents of Idaho. These come in the form of 11 month CDs, 21 month CDs, and 36 month CDs. After digging through dozens of rate pages by dozens of banks and credit unions serving the state of Idaho, we found that in some cases you can receive more competitive rates offered by national institutions rather than local ones. (Compare CD rates).

Although the financial institutions we’ve listed below do the majority Read more…