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6 Banking Options for College Students

May 21, 2013

Photo: CollegeDegrees360 If you held a part-time job in high school, you may have a bank account or even a credit card in your name. But if you didn’t work — maybe you just cashed those babysitting checks — you may not be used to dealing with more than just some money in your pocket. [...]

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Citi Checking $400 Bonus

April 7, 2013

My wife and I have banked with Citi for 20 years. While recently there has been a big push to online banks, we’ve been very happy with Citi. (One new cool feature is that you can have an ATM receipt emailed to you rather than printed.) Now Citi has just added another reason to consider [...]

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The Future of Mobile Banking

March 13, 2013

Photo: BankSimple Mobile banking apps make banking and managing finances more convenient and less time consuming. They also reduce the need for working with loads upon loads of paper, like all those forms you need to fill out in brick-and-mortar banks. The most common activities performed by mobile banking app users include scanning and depositing [...]

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Capital One 360 Review

March 12, 2013

As you may have heard, Capital One recently purchased ING Direct. Now called Capital One 360, it’s an online bank that offers everything from checking accounts to savings accounts to bank accounts for children. My wife and I have had a savings account at ING direct for a number of years. We’ve also opened up [...]

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20 of the Best Checking Account Promotions and Deals

March 4, 2013

We just opened a new checking account at Capital One 360 (formerly ING Direct). We not only got a $50 bonus, but we earn interest on our balance. This experience got me to wondering just how many great checking account promotions are available. With a little bit of research, we came up with what I [...]

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Is Online Banking Safe?

January 29, 2013

Online banking has risks, but you can take simple steps to safeguard your money Photo: Todd Ehlers I‘ve banked online for years. First my brick and mortar bank went online. Then I opened several accounts with online banks that don’t have branches. My guess is you bank online, too. In fact, a 2012 comScore report [...]

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Ally Bank Review

December 25, 2012

I just opened an online savings account at Ally Bank. It took all of about seven minutes to open the account, and Ally offers one of the highest interest rates available on an FDIC-insured account. So it seemed that a detailed review of Ally Bank was in order. Opening an Account at Ally As an [...]

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CIT Bank Certificates of Deposit

October 27, 2012

Anytime I find a 12-month certificate of deposit paying more than 1% APY it’s worth talking about. And the one I have today comes from a well-known bank I’ve never heard of–CIT Bank. CIT Bank is an online bank that specializes in certificates of deposit. As a matter of fact, it only offers CD’s. CIT [...]

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What is an ABA Routing Number and Why You Should Care

October 15, 2012

This past weekend I set up direct deposit for a business payment I receive each month. The vendor required just three pieces of information: (1) the name of my bank, (2) my account number, and (3) the bank’s ABA Routing number. There are several situations when knowing your bank’s routing number is really important. For [...]

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