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CIT Bank 11 Month No-Penalty CD: Earn Expired

4.90% APY*
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CIT Bank, our partner, offers the following benefits with their No-Penalty CD.

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  • $1,000 minimum to open
  • No penalty to access funds if needed before maturity
  • No opening or maintenance fees
  • Daily compounding interest to maximize your earning potential
  • Member FDIC
  • *See site for details
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CIT Bank, our partner, offers the following benefits with their No-Penalty CD.
  • $1,000 minimum to open
  • No penalty to access funds if needed before maturity
  • No opening or maintenance fees
  • Daily compounding interest to maximize your earning potential
  • Member FDIC
  • *See site for details
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CIT is a subsidy of First Citizen Bank.
Awful , awful reviews

https://wallethub.com/profile/fir...-13003328i
We've been with Ally for 10 years and never had a single complaint about them. Customer service is available 24/7 and everyone speaks intelligible English.
Just buy them directly from Treasury. The Treasury Direct website won't win any awards for user friendliness, but it's not difficult to set up an account, the search function is very good for finding answers and it's a full service website. And of course there are a zillion resources available on the Internet.

I spoke to Fidelity about buying T-bills or bonds through them and my recollection is that there are two ways to do it, one involves fees and one doesn't. I figured for the same effort it would take to fully understand the difference, I could probably figure out the Treasury Direct site and I was correct about that.

The idea is to balance risk and get a better return than what my bank offer. UST Direct accomplish that with one stop shopping. You get a better rate and don't have to spend ungodly amounts of time chasing rates at unknown banks all over the country.

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robertw477
05-15-2023 at 10:47 AM.
05-15-2023 at 10:47 AM.
The comments on all these board about interest rates are funny. People dont know the difference between a CD and a no penalty CD. They dont realize its 5% is 5% for a year. So their puny 1000.00 investment makes a little more than 4 bucks a month. They think are making 5% NET return in a month or 3. No knowledge of a 3 month treasury rate vs a 11-12 etc. There are some rates out there no penalty a little over 5% for 12 months. Nobody realizes that rates go up and down, that no penalty means full liquidity after 30 days. If rates go up or you need the money you can withdraw. For that benefit you get a little less yield. Even funnier is the majority of clueless people are talking about small money. Very small money. The guy who have large sums to park all understand this. Then the worry about a bank going bust on their $1,000 CD? When nothing is at risk.
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aklrdy
05-15-2023 at 11:20 AM.
05-15-2023 at 11:20 AM.
Quote from greatperson :
Only GC holders & Citizens can open an acct with this CIT bank

Is there a question during application or did you get to know after applying?
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icemocalatte
05-15-2023 at 12:53 PM.
05-15-2023 at 12:53 PM.
Quote from desidealmaster :
We just sold our house earlier this week and have a big chunk of cash from proceeds sitting in my Alliant CU account, earning only 3.1%. We're looking for a new house in a more expensive area that we're moving to so I do need the money to be readily available for down-payment on the new house when we find it.

In the meantime, I want my money to work harder than making 3.1% So, this week I have been looking for opportunities to put this money in another liquid-ish account to 1/ earn better interest and 2/ distribute money so I'm under $250K FDIC guarantee in each bank.

Is this the best opportunity in my case? Are you aware of any other account to park $250K in? I will prob need to open a few accounts to distribute the money I have in cash right now.

I'd recommend just a high yield savings account. There are many options above 4% but I'd recommend Wealthfront. They're at 4.55% but with a referral, you could get a .5% boost for 3 months (on just $250k, the rest is at the 4.55%). The good thing about them is they split your money into many banks so the traditional 250k for singles and 500k for joint account FDIC doesn't really apply to them. They take your deposits and split it so that each bank account won't go over the 250k fdic insurance rate and so you're insured for millions
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Knockknock13
05-15-2023 at 06:58 PM.
05-15-2023 at 06:58 PM.
Been using CIT for a month now,
Incoming and outgoing transfers or withdrawals always takes more days like expect 5-7 days.
Even direct deposits are like a day delay or just sits at pending.
App and UI sucks
Mostly you end-up using their website if anything more details if you need
They don't have number any limitations on withdrawals and transfers like UFB direct ,its good thing
If you just need interest and keep you money over there for sometime then its good
I use cit,ufb and sofi savings and checking
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TMISCUS
05-16-2023 at 08:17 AM.
05-16-2023 at 08:17 AM.
CIT HYSA (Platinum):

Pros:
1. Easy account opening
2. Interest rate auto adjusts with changes (in this market as rates go up, nothing to do - no need to open a new account).
3. Able to reach a customer service rep over phone for questions.
4. With Checking, free overdraft with Savings but needs to be set up while opening.
5. Part of much larger First Citizens Bank (who bought SVB - fairly sure the regulators would have done a lot of due diligence on FCB).
6. No limitations on number of withdrawals in a month.
7. Low risk upto $250K as FDIC insured.

Cons:
1. Minimum deposit of $5000 to get the APY.
2. Funds not available immediately (moving in or out) but then this is HYSA to park funds not for day-to-day or frequent transactions like Checking account.
3. Taxable (if state has tax, T-Bills give better returns).
4. Minimal app/website features but if you are using your Savings account daily, that is a whole another topic - this account is not for you (unless you workaround with checking + overdraft savings - do your due diligence/YMMV for this set up).
5. Works upto $250K due to FDIC (above that, check T-Bills).

General feedback:
Other financial instruments (T-Bills, CDs, Money Market) can beat this rate but one needs to understand each and each have slightly different purpose/effects - risk, liquidity, tax, etc.

Weird but some customers seem to be denied an HYSA by CIT.
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gotk
05-16-2023 at 11:22 AM.
05-16-2023 at 11:22 AM.
Quote from ascotnot :
The 13 week note pays a little more. That's the "inversion." Don't go past that though. The 4 week note I think last week was offered at 6 or just under or over, but before you go all in on those, note that the rate for the 4 week fluctuates significantly.
So I see on the website where you can see prior auction rates, and upcoming dates, but when you buy, do you just blindly go in, and get whatever rate you happen to get? Or is there a way to know what rate you get before committing?
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djangi
05-16-2023 at 08:22 PM.
05-16-2023 at 08:22 PM.
Their app or website is conveniently down for last few days if you want to fund a new cd account with a previous cit no penalty cd account. This is a serious red flag for any customer.
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LivelyPollution2023
05-17-2023 at 10:46 AM.
05-17-2023 at 10:46 AM.
I deposited 15k into my CIT account and then they locked me out of it and placed it under review. Every time I call support, they just say it's under review and it could take 60-90 days to hear something.

I definitely don't recommend opening an account with them.
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turtlturtlturtl
05-17-2023 at 05:40 PM.
05-17-2023 at 05:40 PM.
Quote from gotk :
So I see on the website where you can see prior auction rates, and upcoming dates, but when you buy, do you just blindly go in, and get whatever rate you happen to get? Or is there a way to know what rate you get before committing?
You go blindly in, no way to know exactly beforehand.
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robertw477
05-18-2023 at 07:42 AM.
05-18-2023 at 07:42 AM.
Quote from LivelyPollution2023 :
I deposited 15k into my CIT account and then they locked me out of it and placed it under review. Every time I call support, they just say it's under review and it could take 60-90 days to hear something.

I definitely don't recommend opening an account with them.
There may be a reason there. Do you want to solve this now. Not 60-90 days?
www.cfpb.com. File a CFPB complaint rieght now and a letter to your state atty general. You can do all of this online. Dont just sit on your hands.
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robertw477
05-18-2023 at 07:48 AM.
05-18-2023 at 07:48 AM.
Quote from ElatedSoda4203 :
Just remember folks you still have to pay federal taxes on these.
You pay Federal tax on everything. What else is new.
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LivelyPollution2023
05-18-2023 at 09:52 AM.
05-18-2023 at 09:52 AM.
Quote from robertw477 :
There may be a reason there. Do you want to solve this now. Not 60-90 days?
www.cfpb.com. File a CFPB complaint rieght now and a letter to your state atty general. You can do all of this online. Dont just sit on your hands.

Already field a complaint with FDIC. Didn't know about CFPB. Thanks!
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BenM5
05-19-2023 at 12:09 PM.
05-19-2023 at 12:09 PM.
money transfer to account few days ago but i dont see any Interest Earned YTD. anyone have the same problem?
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chazjr
05-19-2023 at 12:42 PM.
05-19-2023 at 12:42 PM.
I just came across this..??
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9% is turning heads..
Webster Bank
APY: 9.18% APY


Save Market Savings Accounts are insured by Webster Bank, and deliver 9.18% APY for customers willing to commit to a 5-year term. Cashing in on this impressive interest rate is as simple as signing up online, choosing a deposit amount, selecting a term length, and picking an investment portfolio.
Your deposit is never at risk, but you'll still get market driven yields that pay out at the end of your pre-established investment term. It's a novel concept that pairs both the benefits of an investment account and the safety of a savings account.
https://walletgenius.com/save/the-top-interest-savings-accounts-for-2023/?utm_campaign=rsoc-wg-MSN-S... [walletgenius.com]
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adub5
05-19-2023 at 02:57 PM.
05-19-2023 at 02:57 PM.
Quote from chazjr :
I just came across this..??
---------------------------------------------------------------
9% is turning heads..
Webster Bank
APY: 9.18% APY


Save Market Savings Accounts are insured by Webster Bank, and deliver 9.18% APY for customers willing to commit to a 5-year term. Cashing in on this impressive interest rate is as simple as signing up online, choosing a deposit amount, selecting a term length, and picking an investment portfolio.
Your deposit is never at risk, but you'll still get market driven yields that pay out at the end of your pre-established investment term. It's a novel concept that pairs both the benefits of an investment account and the safety of a savings account.
https://walletgenius.com/save/the-top-interest-savings-accounts-for-2023/?utm_campaign=rsoc-wg-MSN-S... [walletgenius.com]
Read here for a summary. Not really a true savings account, and definitely not a no-penalty CD.

https://www.mymoneyblog.com/save-...eview.html
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