online savings account

ING Direct Re-designs, Adds Bill Pay

ING Direct, one of the best-known online banks with a high-yield savings account, has re-designed its site and added some new features to its Electric Orange checking account. Some of the new features added include: Integrated Bill Pay Center ? Make payments, review pending and recent payments, view eBills and much more all from one […]

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Inside SmartyPig: The Social Saving Platform

If you’re one to check out high-yield online savings accounts, you’ve probably come across SmartyPig. Unlike most online savings accounts, SmartyPig is a “goal-centric savings platform,” where, instead of being used just to store money, each account is earmarked for a specific savings goal. The social component to SmartyPig makes it unique in the space, […]

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HSBC Direct Drops Rate to 1.55% APY

HSBC Direct has dropped the rate on its online savings account to 1.55% APY, down from 1.65%. This puts it right ahead of mainstay ING Direct (1.50%) but behind FNBO Direct (1.90%) and WT Direct (1.76%). With the Fed rates still at nearly zero, online savings accounts haven’t seen their rates have any major shifts […]

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Ask the Readers: What Online Savings Account Do You Use?

If you’re not already using an online savings account, you need to get started today. Hopefully you’re saving online, and we want to know where you keep your money. To kick it off, I use ING Direct for most of my online savings — my emergency fund, my taxes and my vacation fund. I also […]

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5 Reasons You Should Be Automating Your Savings

Using your online savings account, you can automate savings from your central checking account on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis. Here are 5 reasons to automate your savings. Treat Saving Like a Bill ? Instead of waiting until the end of the month to see how much money you have left over, automating your […]

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online savings account

ING Direct Re-designs, Adds Bill Pay

Inside SmartyPig: The Social Saving Platform

HSBC Direct Drops Rate to 1.55% APY

Ask the Readers: What Online Savings Account Do You Use?

5 Reasons You Should Be Automating Your Savings

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