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Financial Rates:
4.0
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Customer Service:
2.5
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Website Experience:
5.0
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Bank Fees:
5.0
Pros:
- Low opening required amounts
- No monthly maintenance fees
- Competitive interest rates on accounts
- No set balance to earn highest rates
Cons:
- Limited deposit accounts offered
- Customer service not always available
- Must link another bank account
- No debit card offered for MMA
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Financial Rates:
4.0
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Customer Service:
5.0
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Website Experience:
5.0
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Bank Fees:
4.0
Pros:
- Variety of personal deposit accounts
- Some accounts offer competitive rates
- Business accounts and services offered
- Low opening required amounts
Cons:
- Must meet requirements to earn interest
- High required amounts for MMA
- Cannot open all accounts online
- Accounts have monthly fees
The ableBanking accounts have low opening required amounts. The money market account only requires $250 to open. The different CD terms each require $1,000 to open.
There are no monthly maintenance fees for the ableBanking money market account. The CDs have a fee if you withdraw money before the CD reaches maturity. Federal regulations allow six withdrawals from a money market account per month. There is a fee if you make more than six withdrawals.
The interest rates for ableBanking accounts are high. They are competitive with other online-only accounts. ableBanking interest rates are much higher than your typical brick and mortar rates.
Any balance in ableBanking accounts earns the highest interest rates offered. There is not a set amount required to keep in the account to earn the highest rates. There is not a required balance to keep in the accounts to avoid monthly fees.
ableBanking has limited personal deposit accounts available. The only accounts offered are a money market account and CDs. There are five different CD terms available. The terms range from a 6-month CD to a four-year CD. ableBanking does not offer checking accounts or business accounts.
ableBanking accounts are entirely online. There are no branch locations. Customer service has specific hours they are open. They are available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST. On Saturday, they are open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST.
When you open an account with ableBanking, you must link an external bank account. You fund your ableBanking account from the external account. You cannot change the external account for the first 60 days. After that time, you may link a different account to the ableBanking money market account. You can only have one external account linked to your ableBanking account at a time.
The ableBanking money market account does not offer an ATM card. They do not have ATM locations where you can access your money. To withdraw money, you must make an electronic transfer into a linked account.
Presidential Bank offers a wide variety of personal deposit accounts. They offer seven checking accounts, two savings accounts, and a variety of CDs. Each account has requirements to open the account and to earn interest. Find the one that works best for you.
The Presidential Bank Checkless Checking account and the Money Market Plus Checking account offer competitive interest rates. Most of the CDs also offer competitive interest rates. The rates are competitive with other online accounts. They are much higher than other brick and mortar bank rates.
Presidential Bank offers a variety of business accounts. Those accounts include checking, savings, and money market accounts, and CDs. They also offer a variety of lending options for businesses. Those include real estate lending, equipment lending, and working capital lines of credit.
Most Presidential Bank accounts have low opening required amounts. Most checking accounts require either $100 or $500 to open. One savings account only requires $100 to open. All the CD terms require $1,000 to open. Some accounts do have higher required amounts.
The Checkless Checking account has the most competitive rates. You must meet account requirements to earn the most competitive interest rates. Those requirements include having a direct deposit into the account each month. You must also make a set amount of electronic withdrawals per month. Other requirements may apply.
The Presidential Bank Money Market Plus Checking account offers competitive interest rates. To earn the most competitive rate requires a high balance. That account must have $100,000 to open and earn interest. The interest rates are considerably lower if your account balance falls below $100,000.
Not all Presidential Bank accounts can open online. Some accounts require opening in a branch location. Those accounts include checking accounts. Most other Presidential Bank accounts can be opened online.
Checking, savings, and money market accounts with Presidential Bank all have monthly fees. Those fees range from $2 to $5 a month, depending on the account. Waive those fees each month by keeping your account balance above a certain amount. The amount changes based on the accounts.
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| Savings (Rate as of 11/21/2024) | |
| APY | 4.00% |
|---|---|
| Rate | 3.92% |
| Min to Open | $0 |
| Min to Earn APY | $0 |
| Monthly Fee | $0.00 |
| Min to Avoid Fee | $0 |
| Checkbook | No |
| Member FDIC | |
| Savings (Rate as of 11/21/2024) | |
| APY | 4.75% |
|---|---|
| Rate | 4.64% |
| Min to Open | $0 |
| Min to Earn APY | $0 |
| Monthly Fee | $0.00 |
| Min to Avoid Fee | $0 |
| Checkbook | No |
| Member FDIC No monthly maintenance fee, $0 to open, easily grow your money | |
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1 APY stands for Annual Percent Yield. It's different from Rate because it takes into account compounding interest for the year.
2 MMA stands for Money Market Account. It's a savings and checking hybrid, allowing you to earn interest and use checks 6 times a month.