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CIT Bank Platinum Savings: Earn Up to Expired

5.00% APY*
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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 5.05% -> now 5.00% 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 4.85% APY
  • No account opening or maintenance fees
  • Daily compounding interest to maximize your earning potential
  • FDIC insured
  • *See site for details
Slickdeals may be compensated by CIT Bank
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5.00% APY*

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Last Edited by Punishark September 3, 2024 at 10:45 AM
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 September 3, 2024:

0.25% APY on balances of $0.01 to $4,999.99;

5.00% 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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I've been banking with them for nearly 5 years. No major problems. My only issue is that their phone app is severely limited & kind of sucks. Other than that, if you send money, it arrives quickly & interest rates automatically raise without having to contact them. They seem to stay pretty competitive when it comes to the highest interest rate. I really like them & trust them with my money.

UPDATE: As of 06 NOV 23, the app on Android has been updated and reflects a top tier online banking experience. Very happy with the improvements that have been made.
You have more issues than just missing out on $10k!
Have been banking with them for many years. No issues, fast transfers, can manage everything online including closing accounts. Only negative is that their phone support sucks since they encourage online banking only, and they keep adding new account types with higher rates, and you have to open an account and transfer money to new account (which is pretty painless and done within minutes online)

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dp77777
05-06-2024 at 03:59 AM.
05-06-2024 at 03:59 AM.
Quote from amax View quoted comment :
Bigger-risk banks with worse policies and usually onerous requirements for the rate. Go with this one.

UFB is part of Axos bank and is fdic insured. 5.25
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tonight_alive94
05-06-2024 at 10:50 AM.
05-06-2024 at 10:50 AM.
I have opened since October 2023 and my interest rate has always been 4.927%
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rdunlap
05-07-2024 at 05:51 AM.
05-07-2024 at 05:51 AM.
Is it time to switch? Credit Karma is looking really good right now at 5.10%.
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tC2009
05-07-2024 at 09:54 AM.
05-07-2024 at 09:54 AM.
From my experience using CIT, I question the robustness of there IT and acct security.

1. Unable to log-in, however, my acct was not locked. After 30+ mins, response back from IT was mere speculation.
2. Two factor authentication showed three phone numbers that were not mine. This happened three different days. Reverted back to my phone number days later.
3. More, but I'm not typing all that.
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tC2009
05-07-2024 at 10:01 AM.
05-07-2024 at 10:01 AM.
Quote from killercrossover View quoted comment :
as of today, 5/5/2024, My Banking Direct is 5.5% for their high yield savings account. Look it up as slickdeals doesn't allow me to post a link sometimes.

This bank is part of the Flagstar Bank N.A., and FDIC insured.

I'm not someone that would transfer in and out of banks, unless we're talking about 1% or more difference in interest rate.

If you're depositing less than $22,000, then it's really not worthy. Personally, your interest income should be $100 or more per month on this hysa. With 5.5%, you'd just need to put in $22,000 to earn $100 interest a month.

I'd worry about stability. Flagstar's parent company, New York Community Bancorp lost $327 million Q1 2024 and doesn't expect to turn a profit until 2026.

This leaves potential for Flagstar to be sold to another bank or worse.

Of course, one could argue your deposit is FDIC insured, but take a look at peoples experiences with that online.
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bigballs
05-07-2024 at 10:56 AM.
05-07-2024 at 10:56 AM.
Wow. They lowered it to 5.00.
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ChronoTriggered
05-07-2024 at 11:04 AM.
05-07-2024 at 11:04 AM.
I'm using Robinhood Gold atm (5.25%)
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bigballs
05-07-2024 at 11:05 AM.
05-07-2024 at 11:05 AM.
Quote from tC2009 View quoted comment :
I'd worry about stability. Flagstar's parent company, New York Community Bancorp lost $327 million Q1 2024 and doesn't expect to turn a profit until 2026.

This leaves potential for Flagstar to be sold to another bank or worse.

Of course, one could argue your deposit is FDIC insured, but take a look at peoples experiences with that online.
They released their earnings and the analysts were saying they will likely survive. If the fed reduces rate starting later this year, that will help them even more. It's $1364/yr extra in interest for $248K deposit compared to CIT. That is what this comes down to. Do you want to risk a potential FDIC insurance payout for that? I decided to take the extra interest but I keep track of NY Community Bank news.
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antanthem
05-07-2024 at 11:36 AM.
05-07-2024 at 11:36 AM.
Quote from NishaN3130 View quoted comment :
Confused between credit karma cit bank soft and wealthfront . Which one is better for hysa
same question plus Raisin, My Banking Direct, and Fierce. My criteria is not just highest yield but also safest, easiest to deal with, best mobile app/tech, and customer service
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bigballs
05-07-2024 at 01:37 PM.
05-07-2024 at 01:37 PM.
Quote from antanthem View quoted comment :
same question plus Raisin, My Banking Direct, and Fierce. My criteria is not just highest yield but also safest, easiest to deal with, best mobile app/tech, and customer service
Zero problem with CIT and MBD so far. Not sure about CS since I didn't have a need to contact them. Money went in and the interests posts.
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antanthem
05-09-2024 at 10:32 AM.
05-09-2024 at 10:32 AM.
Quote from bigballs View quoted comment :
Zero problem with CIT and MBD so far. Not sure about CS since I didn't have a need to contact them. Money went in and the interests posts.
Thanks, I currently have Marcus, thinking of going with MBD.
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TrevorK
05-09-2024 at 02:53 PM.
05-09-2024 at 02:53 PM.
Got an email from Citi about my Accelerate Savings account. Mad
Looks like they gonna change to something called "Simplified Banking". It is not clear if their lowest tier will pay an APR or not.

Anyone know? Confused
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Y_Patel3500
05-12-2024 at 07:12 AM.
05-12-2024 at 07:12 AM.
Quote from HackrDeals View quoted comment :
I'm thinking of doing this. Which banks offer 5.20+?

Marcus
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jackc6900
05-12-2024 at 01:00 PM.
05-12-2024 at 01:00 PM.
1 month treasuries are like 5.4% at the auction fwiw and no state taxes.
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greyhaven234
05-13-2024 at 09:31 AM.
05-13-2024 at 09:31 AM.
I had CIT Bank for 3 years, before I closed my account and ended up shifting my money to Etrade (as I already had an established brokerage account there).

While CIT was great in terms of quickly receiving transfers in and accruing interest, when it came time to close the account, remove my personal information, etc... they dragged their feet and were not as helpful. I found it very difficult to fully close the account when contacting their CS Team; I had to reach out 3 separate instances before it was enacted.

In terms of removing personal information from their company, I live in CA. I have rights to receive a copy of personal information and have it deleted at my discretion. I've contacted CIT Bank 4 times now, and always receive the same information. "We're working on it, you should have received mail confirmation of the activities by this point.. we'll resend to your mailing address on file".

Based on my experience with the difficulty of closing account, and the now 6-month ongoing process of trying to get my personal information from their institution... my advice is just keep these things in mind if you plan to close your account after a period of time in the future.
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