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UFB Preferred Savings: Earn Expired

up to 5.02% APY
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UFB Direct, our partner, offers the following benefits with their Preferred Savings account:
  • Earn up to 5.02% APY*.
  • No monthly maintenance fees.
  • No minimum deposit requirement
  • Complimentary ATM card
  • Digital tools for seamless remote banking
  • Free transfers between direct deposit accounts
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UFB Direct, our partner, offers the following benefits with their Preferred Savings account:
  • Earn up to 5.02% APY*.
  • No monthly maintenance fees.
  • No minimum deposit requirement
  • Complimentary ATM card
  • Digital tools for seamless remote banking
  • Free transfers between direct deposit accounts
Slickdeals may be compensated by UFB Direct
Created 02-22-2023 at 11:46 AM by LD7 | Staff
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This rate is not for a CD, this is a standard savings account rate. So the big difference is having complete liquidity versus putting your money into a CD which typically will have an early withdrawal penalty if you need to access your funds before maturity. Also, if you lock yourself into a CD and rates continue to go higher, you may lose out on some additional interest at other banks as they increase their rates. Once I see rates start to come down, I'll probably put some money into a CD that matures in a few years to continue to earn high interest even as rates start to decline.
They are jumping the gun by a week, counting on a 1/2 percent increase by the Fed in the next meeting. Assuming that happens, by the end of the month other online savings accounts will be in the 4.5% to 5% range. Solid rate tho.

And yeah, if you have more than $250k in an account, you might want to break that up and have a few accounts to keep your balances under that threshold…But I bet you already knew that if you have that much cash sitting around.
Nah takes like a day. They just sit on our money and earn on their end for a week then allow it to post so we start earning. LOL

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Rawimpact
03-14-2023 at 10:17 AM.
03-14-2023 at 10:17 AM.
Quote from kishoregolkonda :
Beware of smaller banks.
Stop spreading fear. The money is FDIC secured like the largest of banks... which tend to be large because they offer non-competitive rates in most cases.
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eIplbe
03-14-2023 at 11:35 AM.
03-14-2023 at 11:35 AM.
Quote from megatrons :
UFBDIRECT is not listed on FDIC: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/bankf...e/bankfind
I can see AXOS though. This could be a grey area.

I see this in your website...

Accounts at UFB Direct are FDIC insured to the maximum allowable limits ($250,000) per depositor (deposits at UFB Direct will be combined with any deposits you have at Axos Bank or other divisions of Axos Bank for determining FDIC insurance coverage).
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Silme
03-14-2023 at 12:06 PM.
03-14-2023 at 12:06 PM.
The reviews of the bank are pretty bad.
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macbrown01
03-14-2023 at 12:11 PM.
03-14-2023 at 12:11 PM.
Quote from scgt1 :
Figures! Created an account 2/19 for 4.21% Transferred money same day didn't arrive until yesterday. Now it's 4.55%
I too have a relatively new savings account w/ UFB with a lower interest rate. I chatted w/ someone through their direct messaging on the website, and the representative was able to convert my account for me to this "preferred savings account." he also said the only difference between my standard savings account and the "preferred" was the name and the interest rate, lol. I recommend talking w/ someone at the bank, it was super easy!
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cruiserusa
03-14-2023 at 02:50 PM.
03-14-2023 at 02:50 PM.
Quote from scgt1 :
Figures! Created an account 2/19 for 4.21% Transferred money same day didn't arrive until yesterday. Now it's 4.55%
This is kind of a thing that scares me.
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ramblers
03-14-2023 at 03:05 PM.
03-14-2023 at 03:05 PM.
Good APY but I think the daily transfer limit is only 10k/day. My First Foundation online account has about the same rates and you can transfer up to 100k/day which is good if you want to get your money out in a hurry. I was also told UFB's customer service was completely outsourced to another country.
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ramblers
03-14-2023 at 03:08 PM.
03-14-2023 at 03:08 PM.
Can't you get around their transfer limits by pulling the money from another account?

Quote from scgt1 :
From https://www.ufbdirect.com/Support/faqs

We do not limit the number of funds transfers you may make.

The dollar limits at funding are:

Maximum to transfer in: $250,000.00

The dollar limits after your account is funded are:

Maximum per day in or out $30,000.00 
Maximum per month $60,000.00

You may not make funds transfers in excess of limits described on the External Bank Transfer service. We reserve the right to change from time to time the dollar amount of funds transfers you are permitted to make using our service.

Also from an email from them.....

As part of our commitment to protecting your money, we have adopted a system of limits on transferring funds to mitigate the risk of piracy and fraud.

Here's what you need to know about our transfer limits:

There is an initial limit on your first deposit into your new account. Thereafter, there are daily and monthly limits on both inbound and outbound transfers.*
Our limits increase over time: The longer you bank with us, the higher your transfer limits go.*
Inbound transfers take up to four (4) business days to fully process.*
For immediate funding needs we recommend wire transfers, which are available in the Move Money section of Online Banking.

*These limits do not apply to wire transfer.
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hobie-sailer
03-14-2023 at 05:21 PM.
03-14-2023 at 05:21 PM.
Opened a new account and it says it will be reviewed within 2 days ?

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yeahok
03-14-2023 at 05:37 PM.
03-14-2023 at 05:37 PM.
Quote from macbrown01 :
I too have a relatively new savings account w/ UFB with a lower interest rate. I chatted w/ someone through their direct messaging on the website, and the representative was able to convert my account for me to this "preferred savings account." he also said the only difference between my standard savings account and the "preferred" was the name and the interest rate, lol. I recommend talking w/ someone at the bank, it was super easy!
That's not an honest practice of a business.
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g.online
03-14-2023 at 07:03 PM.
03-14-2023 at 07:03 PM.
How this is better than CDs available from let's say, Fidelity? I could find many CDs with above 5% APR and maturity as low as 3 months to 5 years. Fidelity even allows you to create CD ladder. All CDs are FDIC-insured up to 250K. Just curious if there's any real advantage in getting CDs directly from banks instead of brokerage firms.
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Mick1135
03-14-2023 at 08:14 PM.
03-14-2023 at 08:14 PM.
Quote from ramblers :
Good APY but I think the daily transfer limit is only 10k/day. My First Foundation online account has about the same rates and you can transfer up to 100k/day which is good if you want to get your money out in a hurry. I was also told UFB's customer service was completely outsourced to another country.

I have an account with them and my daily transfer limit via EFT is $100k per day. Also, this is completely irrelevant of you want ANY amount higher than that as you can always get ANY amount out immediately via a wire transfer and simply pay the small wire transfer fee. To be honest, this daily EFT limit is quite high compared to most other banks, including the larger ones. I don't think most people realize you can always wire transfer funds out in excess of daily EFT limits at banks.
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Mick1135
03-14-2023 at 08:19 PM.

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03-14-2023 at 08:19 PM.
Quote from g.online :
How this is better than CDs available from let's say, Fidelity? I could find many CDs with above 5% APR and maturity as low as 3 months to 5 years. Fidelity even allows you to create CD ladder. All CDs are FDIC-insured up to 250K. Just curious if there's any real advantage in getting CDs directly from banks instead of brokerage firms.

This rate is not for a CD, this is a standard savings account rate. So the big difference is having complete liquidity versus putting your money into a CD which typically will have an early withdrawal penalty if you need to access your funds before maturity. Also, if you lock yourself into a CD and rates continue to go higher, you may lose out on some additional interest at other banks as they increase their rates. Once I see rates start to come down, I'll probably put some money into a CD that matures in a few years to continue to earn high interest even as rates start to decline.
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03-14-2023 at 09:52 PM.
03-14-2023 at 09:52 PM.
Quote from CompulsiveBuyer :
Thanks. The information you got from that email seems to match what the reviewer wrote. Also, they're claiming this is an anti-fraud measure is rather specious.
those amounts are MORE than enough for the average person
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03-14-2023 at 10:03 PM.
03-14-2023 at 10:03 PM.
Quote from CompulsiveBuyer :
Reviews give me pause....

https://www.depositaccounts.com/b...irect.html [depositaccounts.com]

Like this one:

ACH Transfer Limits

Posted by: Dkris32547 | Feb 23, 2023
It appears they will allow funding up to 100k and then withdraw is limited to 5k a day for 30 days. Thereafter you must request in writing new limits.
you can wire transfer any amount
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