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CIT Bank Platinum Savings: Earn Up to Expired

4.95% APY*
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CIT Bank our partner, offers the following benefits with their Platinum Savings account.

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  • Must have a minimum daily balance of $5000 to earn 4.95% APY
  • No account opening or maintenance fees
  • Daily compounding interest to maximize your earning potential
  • FDIC insured
  • *See site for details
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CIT Bank our partner, offers the following benefits with their Platinum Savings account.
  • Must have a minimum daily balance of $5000 to earn 4.95% APY
  • No account opening or maintenance fees
  • Daily compounding interest to maximize your earning potential
  • FDIC insured
  • *See site for details
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In a rising interest rate environment (Feds still saying they can/will raise), the savings interest rate will tend to rise. So CD will be worse, locking in a lower interest rate (I have been caught in that) while a savings rate will follow the rise to be competitive for your money. I mainly now just buy Treasury bills for short terms. Those interest rates vary with each auction, but the 13week/17week ones have been over 5%. And they are backed by the credit of the USA.

If you think the feds are going to start drastically cutting interest rates shortly, then is the time to get longer term CDs to lockin the current high rates.

I have been a CIT customer for a while. They have one of the fastest ACH deliveries (1-2 days) & have really high transfer limits (6 digit) where most other banks have quite low limits. This is their biggest unadvertised feature, I can reliably get/move my money fast. And their savings rates, tho not the highest like CFG, is quite competitive. They are my main go-to online savings bank.
FWIW, we went with CIT a few months ago and have been very happy. Good deal.
I opened a CIT Savings builder years ago, but then the interest rate cratered. I called them and they opened a Savings Connect account and transferred my funds into it. Currently it's ~4.5%. Now I have to open a third kind of account with them to get this rate? I'm really tired of chasing rates.

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SharpSink689
06-17-2023 at 08:07 PM.
06-17-2023 at 08:07 PM.
Quote from maindimon :
I just checked this morning and they did bump mine from 4.85 to 4.95 APY, which translates to 4.832% interest.
Yep, they just bumped mine up to the latest rate
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loki_l77
06-18-2023 at 06:41 AM.
06-18-2023 at 06:41 AM.
Quote from Stars09 :
There's a bunch higher than CIT even before the last bump https://www.doctorofcredit.com/hi...gs-to-get/

First Horizon has a 5.38% money money market account that requires a checking acct https://www.firsthorizon.com/superhero-b which isn't listed there probably because it requires a checking account and can't open online either atm

Out if the top of the list, I have a CFG money market acct which has been great so far, but last time I posted about CFG, cgigate insinuated they're illegally claiming they're fdic insured trying to instigate a bank run lol

terrified of savings and money market accts? Lol the best checking acct is Primis at 4.85%, they used to be higher, here's an old thread about them https://slickdeals.net/f/16414867-primis-bank-open-a-savings-account-get-5-03-apy-1-minimum-deposit
Can you pls share more details about Cfg bank being not fdic insured.
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06-18-2023 at 07:01 AM.

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06-18-2023 at 07:01 AM.
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Also, anyone know if there are any limits to transfers in from another bank via ACH and how easy it is to get your money out?
If you're asking about CIT, I haven't had any issues.
Quote from maindimon :
Redneck bank (owned by All America) offers 5.3% APY but only up to $100K.
Worst bank name ever.
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cgigate
06-18-2023 at 07:48 AM.
06-18-2023 at 07:48 AM.
CIT is the best bank so far ...
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Stars09
06-18-2023 at 12:55 PM.
06-18-2023 at 12:55 PM.
Quote from loki_l77 :
Can you pls share more details about Cfg bank being not fdic insured.
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Think u meant to ask cgigate that, cgigate is the 1 saying cfg isn't
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WanV
06-18-2023 at 04:17 PM.
06-18-2023 at 04:17 PM.
Quote from TruongKy :
how to determine if they're not like the failed SVB?
doesnt matter how much of their balance sheet is in Treasury bonds, CDs are FDIC insured upto 250k per account.
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06-18-2023 at 07:10 PM.

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06-18-2023 at 07:10 PM.
Quote from maindimon :
Redneck bank (owned by All America) offers 5.3% APY but only up to $100K.
Fine print at the bottom says 5.3% up to $15k, 0.5% above that
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SensibleField4042
06-19-2023 at 12:51 AM.
06-19-2023 at 12:51 AM.
Quote from Stars09 :
There's a bunch higher than CIT even before the last bump https://www.doctorofcredit.com/hi...gs-to-get/

First Horizon has a 5.38% money money market account that requires a checking acct https://www.firsthorizon.com/superhero-b which isn't listed there probably because it requires a checking account and can't open online either atm

Out if the top of the list, I have a CFG money market acct which has been great so far, but last time I posted about CFG, cgigate insinuated they're illegally claiming they're fdic insured trying to instigate a bank run lol https://slickdeals.net/f/16717184-capital-funding-group-cfg-bank-5-12-apy-money-market-account?p=164058770#post164058770

terrified of savings and money market accts? Lol the best checking acct is Primis at 4.85%, they used to be higher, here's an old thread about them https://slickdeals.net/f/16414867-primis-bank-open-a-savings-account-get-5-03-apy-1-minimum-deposit

Yeah I got that Primis account around the time when that thread was posted , they bumped my rate to 5.10 APY recently . Pretty smooth so far.
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NoSleep007
06-19-2023 at 04:37 AM.
06-19-2023 at 04:37 AM.
Quote from SensibleField4042 :
Yeah I got that Primis account around the time when that thread was posted , they bumped my rate to 5.10 APY recently . Pretty smooth so far.
The problem with those banks, or at least in my opinion, is trustworthiness, do you trust those banks?

FDIC, is good but it can't be the only factor. Is there customer service good or at least good enough? I understand these banks get bombarded due to many customers signing up. What is the amount of the ach transfter out rate? CIT Bank is upto 250K or just about, where as some other banks only do 30k a month. Of course, this is al subjective and some people don't mind.

CIT Bank, has been around for awhile now and I would trust them them more than any of those banks that you mentioned. Sure they don't have the THE highest apy but it's definitely up there.
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ImagineNoReligion
06-19-2023 at 07:52 AM.
06-19-2023 at 07:52 AM.
Quote from thegman230 :
I thought money market accounts are not fdic insured because they are investment accounts however this one says it is insured.

Also, anyone know if there are any limits to transfers in from another bank via ACH and how easy it is to get your money out?
Brokerage money market funds are different from bank money market accounts. For one thing, the former are probably invested in bills, sometimes corporate ones, that carry interest and credit risks, while the latter are more like higher-yielding savings accounts.

Brokerage accounts have SIPC coverage, which is pretty good but not the same.
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kneehowma
06-19-2023 at 08:39 AM.
06-19-2023 at 08:39 AM.
Just want to say "read the fine print"! CIT platinum savings APY 4.95% is misleading, because it's a tiered interest product:
$0-$4999.99 is earning 0.25 APY
>$5000 is earning 4.95% APY

so if your deposit balance is $10k, then you are only earning 2.6% APY effectively. Obviously the higher the deposit balance, the closer your will be to the 4.95% APY. Please be aware!
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maindimon
06-19-2023 at 09:51 AM.
06-19-2023 at 09:51 AM.
Quote from ElGringoAmericano :
Fine print at the bottom says 5.3% up to $15k, 0.5% above that
That's their checking account, look at this: https://redneck.bank/accounts/mega-money-market
Looks like the APY went down a bit over the weekend. **Earns 5.05% APY calculated on your daily balance of up to $100,000. Amounts over $100,000 earn 0.50% APY.
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ImagineNoReligion
06-19-2023 at 10:09 AM.
06-19-2023 at 10:09 AM.
Quote from kneehowma :
Just want to say "read the fine print"! CIT platinum savings APY 4.95% is misleading, because it's a tiered interest product:
$0-$4999.99 is earning 0.25 APY
>$5000 is earning 4.95% APY

so if your deposit balance is $10k, then you are only earning 2.6% APY effectively. Obviously the higher the deposit balance, the closer your will be to the 4.95% APY. Please be aware!
Wow, that'd be such a bad switcheroo. So what's the highest yielding account to stash short-term savings that may need to be pulled at any moment?
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jbmar412
06-19-2023 at 10:36 AM.
06-19-2023 at 10:36 AM.
Quote from kneehowma :
Just want to say "read the fine print"! CIT platinum savings APY 4.95% is misleading, because it's a tiered interest product:
$0-$4999.99 is earning 0.25 APY
>$5000 is earning 4.95% APY

so if your deposit balance is $10k, then you are only earning 2.6% APY effectively. Obviously the higher the deposit balance, the closer your will be to the 4.95% APY. Please be aware!

I'm not sure this is accurate, their site seems to indicate in the fine print it's 0.25% on accounts with less than $5000 and 4.95% on accounts with over $5000
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Cheezycheeto
06-19-2023 at 10:36 AM.
06-19-2023 at 10:36 AM.
Quote from kneehowma :
Just want to say "read the fine print"! CIT platinum savings APY 4.95% is misleading, because it's a tiered interest product:
$0-$4999.99 is earning 0.25 APY
>$5000 is earning 4.95% APY

so if your deposit balance is $10k, then you are only earning 2.6% APY effectively. Obviously the higher the deposit balance, the closer your will be to the 4.95% APY. Please be aware!
Is that what you experience? The footnote reads as follows which sounds like that is not the case:

"Platinum Savings is a tiered interest rate account. Interest is paid on the entire account balance based on the interest rate and APY in effect that day for the balance tier associated with the end-of-day account balance. APYs — Annual Percentage Yields are accurate as of June 16, 2023: 0.25% APY on balances of $0.01 to $4,999.99; 4.95% APY on balances of $5,000.00 or more. Interest Rates for the Platinum Savings account are variable and may change at any time without notice. The minimum to open a Platinum Savings account is $100."
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