Best 5 year CD Rates in Tennessee – Top 3 in 2012

Looking for the best long term CD rates in Tennessee this year? We’ve tracked down a few institutions (mainly community banks and credit unions) offering some competitive annual percentage yields on 60 month CD’s.

While we don’t recommend locking money up in a 5 year CD when interest rates are at all time lows, the FED has recently came out and mentioned that we can expect rates to sit at these levels Read more…

Solid short term CD rates available in Tennessee

We were just tipped off on some fairly noteworthy short term CD rates (5 month CDs and 6 month CDs) with some annual percentage yields that are beating the current national average be decent margins. Because the current market for FDIC insured savings products is nothing short of abysmal, we’d recommend keeping your deposit investments in either short term bank CDs or liquid, interest-bearing accounts such as online savings accounts and/or Read more…

Southeast Financial Credit Union CD Rates and Review

Southeast Financial Credit Union, based out of Chatanooga, Tennessee, has some fairly decent CD rates currently available to their members – so we thought we’d give a quick review and recap of their company and current deposit products.

SFCU was first established in 1936 as Tennessee Telco Credit Union and later becoming Southeast Financial. This move was enacted to better reflect the diverse composition of their growing membership. Today, Southeast Financial is Read more…

Fort Campbell Federal Credit Union: CD Rates and Review

Fort Campbell Federal Credit Union based out of Clarksville, Tennessee has some superb short-term CD (certificate of deposit) rates. Currently, with a minimum deposit of $1,000 you can receive a 90 day or 3 month CD yielding 1.70% APY. To put this offer in perspective, the national average for 6 month CD rates only sits at 0.98% APY. Also, with a minimum deposit of $1,000, Fort Campbell Federal Credit Union is Read more…

Best CD Rates in Memphis, TN: Top 3

Below are the highest yielding CD (certificate of deposit) rates available to the residents of Memphis, TN. The institutions we will cover all include the following cities in Tennessee: Oak Ridge, Johnson City, Mount Juliet, Mount Pleasant, Chattanooga, Kingsport, Jackson, Knoxville, and Nashville. 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 Memphis as well as Tennessee, we found that Read more…