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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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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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flightxxx
08-22-2024 at 07:23 PM.
08-22-2024 at 07:23 PM.
Wonder if they will bring back the sign up bonus?
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khurram60
08-23-2024 at 08:39 AM.
08-23-2024 at 08:39 AM.
What's the term for this CD? 1 year, 3 or 5 years? Are the rates fixed? Or are these variable rate? Meaning if it can go up, then it could also go down in the future and if the duration/terms are locked then there is no way to get out of it.

On second thought, I think this is for saving account. IMO, Not worth it as they may be offering 5% today, but tomorrow or a month from now could be reduced to a really low non-competitive number.
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Grainy99
08-24-2024 at 02:42 PM.
08-24-2024 at 02:42 PM.
Quote from khurram60 :
What's the term for this CD? 1 year, 3 or 5 years? Are the rates fixed? Or are these variable rate? Meaning if it can go up, then it could also go down in the future and if the duration/terms are locked then there is no way to get out of it.

On second thought, I think this is for saving account. IMO, Not worth it as they may be offering 5% today, but tomorrow or a month from now could be reduced to a really low non-competitive number.

You just mentioned 1/3/5. So your term rate locks for that period…
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vathanak
08-25-2024 at 07:04 PM.
08-25-2024 at 07:04 PM.
Quote from flightxxx :
Wonder if they will bring back the sign up bonus?

What was the sign up bonus?
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RansomB
08-27-2024 at 12:28 PM.
08-27-2024 at 12:28 PM.
Probably a stupid question, but if you have say $10k, do you earn the 5% interest on the full amount or is the first $5k always 0.25% interest and only above that earns the full 5%? It's not super clear from reading.
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shadowgerm
08-27-2024 at 03:52 PM.
08-27-2024 at 03:52 PM.
Quote from RansomB :
Probably a stupid question, but if you have say $10k, do you earn the 5% interest on the full amount or is the first $5k always 0.25% interest and only above that earns the full 5%? It's not super clear from reading.

Full 10k
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morph2_7
08-28-2024 at 09:34 PM.
08-28-2024 at 09:34 PM.
Quote from RansomB :
Probably a stupid question, but if you have say $10k, do you earn the 5% interest on the full amount or is the first $5k always 0.25% interest and only above that earns the full 5%? It's not super clear from reading.
1. 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 May 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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khurram60
08-29-2024 at 01:18 AM.
08-29-2024 at 01:18 AM.
Quote from Grainy99 :
You just mentioned 1/3/5. So your term rate locks for that period…

Sorry, I just checked and it's not a CD with fixed terms. It's a savings account.,,meaning they could lure people today promising 5% interest, however could change or be lower few months down the road. Whereas in a CD, you lock in the rates with that interest rate for the entire term
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SensiblePartner277
08-31-2024 at 06:28 AM.
08-31-2024 at 06:28 AM.
These high rates will not last long on savings accounts. The Fed is about to cut the FFR, which they typically do in times of economic distress that they helped create after a hiking cycle. When this happens, rates fall pretty fast, and these bank rates will fall with them. If you want to lock in a high yield, go for a CD, or better yet, just buy the Treasury bill/notes/bonds. Treasuries provide optionality for liquidity and the potential for capital appreciation that you don't get with CDs. In addition, Treasuries are safer because they are from the US govt, not a bank that might run into trouble (yeah, you get FDIC insurance on CDs, but prepare to stand in a long line if things go bad across multiple banks).
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Dealsfinder2019
09-01-2024 at 06:53 PM.
09-01-2024 at 06:53 PM.
Quote from SensiblePartner277 :
These high rates will not last long on savings accounts. The Fed is about to cut the FFR, which they typically do in times of economic distress that they helped create after a hiking cycle. When this happens, rates fall pretty fast, and these bank rates will fall with them. If you want to lock in a high yield, go for a CD, or better yet, just buy the Treasury bill/notes/bonds. Treasuries provide optionality for liquidity and the potential for capital appreciation that you don't get with CDs. In addition, Treasuries are safer because they are from the US govt, not a bank that might run into trouble (yeah, you get FDIC insurance on CDs, but prepare to stand in a long line if things go bad across multiple banks).
Banks had already started lowering their interest rates for CDs and other interest-bearing products. That is way before the fed announcement. They are relieved to have this as they can pay less on those products and hopefully get an uptick in loans.
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Punishark
09-04-2024 at 12:31 PM.
09-04-2024 at 12:31 PM.
Looks like it just dropped to 4.85% APY. Dang.

Note: However, under Account Details, mine still shows 4.975% APR (5.11% APY). Will probably drop by tomorrow.
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GreenFaucet2127
09-04-2024 at 05:11 PM.
09-04-2024 at 05:11 PM.
their website is limited and app sucks badly. which means it is hard for you me make moves for your money. when you have a CD with them, it will automaticly renew if you do not do anything in time. then the rate became signifcantly lower than the 5%. Yet it is hard for you to control your own account as their website sucks and their app is even worth.
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will403536
09-11-2024 at 03:56 PM.
09-11-2024 at 03:56 PM.
Slimy.

In July they raised the rate to 5.10% and then recently dropped it to the 4.85% or whatever.
Now if you try to transfer a significant amount of money out, it puts you in an infinite loop of them offering you a slightly higher amount, 4.987% or whatever. The only way to get money out is to decline their offer. Even then it doesn't work properly and requires multiple SMS/call authentications.

They know that every little step of friction they add makes people give up and keep their money with them. This is shady as hell.
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shura
09-12-2024 at 09:55 AM.
09-12-2024 at 09:55 AM.
Quote from will403536 :
Slimy.

In July they raised the rate to 5.10% and then recently dropped it to the 4.85% or whatever.
Now if you try to transfer a significant amount of money out, it puts you in an infinite loop of them offering you a slightly higher amount, 4.987% or whatever. The only way to get money out is to decline their offer. Even then it doesn't work properly and requires multiple SMS/call authentications.

They know that every little step of friction they add makes people give up and keep their money with them. This is shady as hell.

true.

But so far had 0 problems with using money through their Visa;
transferring out partially;
puling out ( transfer using other banks, not CiT)
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bobthq
09-12-2024 at 01:12 PM.
09-12-2024 at 01:12 PM.
Quote from will403536 :
Slimy.

In July they raised the rate to 5.10% and then recently dropped it to the 4.85% or whatever.
Now if you try to transfer a significant amount of money out, it puts you in an infinite loop of them offering you a slightly higher amount, 4.987% or whatever. The only way to get money out is to decline their offer. Even then it doesn't work properly and requires multiple SMS/call authentications.

They know that every little step of friction they add makes people give up and keep their money with them. This is shady as hell.

I just noticed they lowered my interest rate to 4.95%, I try to withdraw a significant amount too and they offered me a 5% APY for 12 months and of course I accepted it. It's pretty cool they do that instead of getting stuck with a CD for 12 months
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