Money in the Bank

This blogger ran into some problem's with ING's mobile banking services.

ING DIRECT is an internet bank with very good interest rates on insured savings and checking accounts. ING recently launched a mobile banking site which lets customers view balances and transactions and transfer funds between accounts using their mobile phones. The site works fairly well but has some issues.

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Try Bank of America's Keep the Change program to start an emergency fund.

Another way to start an emergency fund, especially if you don’t get paid regularly or in set amounts, is to start a change jar or emergency envelope. This works best if you have cash on a regular basis, because at the end of each day you can simply dump your leftover cash into the jar or envelope. Once it hits a certain amount, take it to the bank. You can do something similar with a program like BofA’s Keep the Change.

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The Loonie is on the Canadian dollar coin, and a few Loonies here and there can buy a lot of Canadian savings bonds over time.

Unbeknownst to me, the Loonie was not adopted wholeheartedly by Canadians in its early years. People don’t like change, in more ways than one. Not me, I loved it right from the start. I emptied my change into a jar every night and once a year I’d roll it up and buy Canada Savings Bonds for my son’s education. His savings grew massively with the advent of the Loonie, and again nine years later with the Twoonie.

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Check banks for the best money market rates before you open an account.

I still stand by my earlier statements that you really need to sit back when choosing a bank though, the fact is that their are banks that have these great rates, but you have to make sure your getting the Best money market rates for your cash, because their are still banks out their that somehow get away with offer 1% or less on accounts while the competition can offer as FNBO does 6.00% plus other perks.

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