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Looks great. On the fence with Citi jumbo CD (>$100K). How about Grace Period? How many days do I have to fund from the time I open the CD and withdraw money from my CD once it reaches maturity? I'm asking because I'm not sure how fast to transfer money between Citibank CD account and my accounts at other banks.
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Looks great. On the fence with Citi jumbo CD (>$100K). How about Grace Period? How many days do I have to fund from the time I open the CD and withdraw money from my CD once it reaches maturity? I'm asking because I'm not sure how fast to transfer money between Citibank CD account and my accounts at other banks.
TIA
"All CDs automatically renew at maturity for the same term at the rates in effect on the CD renewal date. There is a grace period of up to 7 calendar days after the maturity date. You can make a change during the grace period without penalty. The CD opening date (renewal date) and maturity date will reset if you make a change during the grace period, and you will not be able to make any changes until the next maturity date without penalty."
Thanks OP! Already have a Citi account for my doublecash credit card so it was an easy process to set up a CD. Rate is slightly better than my Ally 5%.
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12-18-2023 at 09:54 AM.
I would highly advise not going with Citi for any CDs. My wife and I opened a 3 month CD earlier in the year. After 3 months they claimed to have sent the check but we never received it. They persistently gave us the runaround saying it was handled by the "back office", which nobody could contact for some reason. After speaking on the phone with them approximately 15 times over 3 months, and receiving fake tracking information 3 times we got our money with the interest quoted, only at 6 months instead of 3.
Do yourself a favor and go with another bank. During this fiasco I talked to a friend of mine who used to work for Citi and he confirmed that their "back office"situation is a mess. I don't know what that means exactly, but I know I will never deposit my money with them again and would be doing a disservice if I didn't mention something here.
You seem to have to convert to their "simplified banking". Which will charge you service fees unless you direct deposit $250 or more to your checking account.
Online banks like Discover or Capital One often offer > 5.0% APY CD without such arbitrary fee. Furthermore their savings accounts offer competitive APY themselves.
I would highly advise not going with Citi for any CDs. My wife and I opened a 3 month CD earlier in the year. After 3 months they claimed to have sent the check but we never received it. They persistently gave us the runaround saying it was handled by the "back office", which nobody could contact for some reason. After speaking on the phone with them approximately 15 times over 3 months, and receiving fake tracking information 3 times we got our money with the interest quoted, only at 6 months instead of 3.
Do yourself a favor and go with another bank. During this fiasco I talked to a friend of mine who used to work for Citi and he confirmed that their "back office"situation is a mess. I don't know what that means exactly, but I know I will never deposit my money with them again and would be doing a disservice if I didn't mention something here.
I appreciate that since i went with that about 9 months ago. Im doing the "checks in the mail" routine.
I would highly advise not going with Citi for any CDs. My wife and I opened a 3 month CD earlier in the year. After 3 months they claimed to have sent the check but we never received it. They persistently gave us the runaround saying it was handled by the "back office", which nobody could contact for some reason. After speaking on the phone with them approximately 15 times over 3 months, and receiving fake tracking information 3 times we got our money with the interest quoted, only at 6 months instead of 3.
Do yourself a favor and go with another bank. During this fiasco I talked to a friend of mine who used to work for Citi and he confirmed that their "back office"situation is a mess. I don't know what that means exactly, but I know I will never deposit my money with them again and would be doing a disservice if I didn't mention something here.
It's always been my understanding that "back office" refers to actual banking personnel. The call center employees are there for general questions and general actions. Not confirmed, just my experiences with many banks that use this term. Sorry about your troubles and thanks for sharing your experience.
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Do yourself a favor and go with another bank. During this fiasco I talked to a friend of mine who used to work for Citi and he confirmed that their "back office"situation is a mess. I don't know what that means exactly, but I know I will never deposit my money with them again and would be doing a disservice if I didn't mention something here.
So that's $10,530 in 9 months w/ 10k invested?
No. APY = Annual Percentage Yield, so approximately $10,397 after 9 months at 5.3% APY
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Online banks like Discover or Capital One often offer > 5.0% APY CD without such arbitrary fee. Furthermore their savings accounts offer competitive APY themselves.
Do yourself a favor and go with another bank. During this fiasco I talked to a friend of mine who used to work for Citi and he confirmed that their "back office"situation is a mess. I don't know what that means exactly, but I know I will never deposit my money with them again and would be doing a disservice if I didn't mention something here.
Do yourself a favor and go with another bank. During this fiasco I talked to a friend of mine who used to work for Citi and he confirmed that their "back office"situation is a mess. I don't know what that means exactly, but I know I will never deposit my money with them again and would be doing a disservice if I didn't mention something here.