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Financial Rates:
3.5
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Customer Service:
5.0
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Website Experience:
5.0
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Bank Fees:
5.0
Pros:
- Competitive interest rates on accounts
- No required opening amounts or fees
- Good variety of accounts available
- Ten-day Best Rate Guarantee
Cons:
- Accounts have tiered interest rates
- Limited ways to fund your accounts
- Link external accounts to Ally accounts
- Transfers can take days to fund
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Financial Rates:
2.0
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Customer Service:
3.5
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Website Experience:
3.0
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Bank Fees:
3.5
Pros:
- Competitive interest rates on accounts
- Variety of accounts offered
- Most accounts have low opening amounts
- Special CDs earn great rates
Cons:
- Accounts have monthly fees
- Highest rates require large sums
- No business accounts offered
- Bill pay has a monthly fee
Ally accounts offer competitive interest rates. The interest rates for the Ally savings account is 2.20% for all balances. The checking account earns 0.60% on balances over $15,000. The money market account and CDs also earn competitive rates.
Ally accounts do not have required opening amounts. You can open their accounts with any amount. There are no monthly fees for Ally accounts. They do not have set amounts required to keep in the account to avoid a monthly fee. The CDs have a fee if you withdraw money before the maturity date.
There are a good variety of personal accounts offered through Ally. These accounts include:
- Savings and money market account
- Interest checking account
- High yield CD
- Raise Your Rate CD
- No Penalty CD
- IRA CDs
When you open a CD with Ally, they offer a ten-day Best Rate Guarantee. For the first ten-days after opening your CD, Ally will watch the interest rates. If the rates increase during that time, the interest rate for your CD will increase. This guarantee is for new CDs as well as CD renewals.
Some Ally accounts have tiered interest rates. To earn the highest rates requires high account balances. The money market account requires $25,000 to earn the most competitive rates. The checking account requires $15,000.
There are limited ways to fund your Ally accounts. The easiest way to fund your account is through electronic transfers. Once your account is open, you can set up direct deposit with your employer. You can mail in a check or deposit a check through Ally eCheck Deposits. You cannot deposit cash into Ally accounts.
To make electronic transfers, Ally suggests linking an external account. You can then transfer money electronically between the linked account and Ally accounts. You can transfer money electronically between Ally accounts.
The standard time to transfer money from Ally to an external account is three business days. This time does not include weekends or holidays. If you need the money the next day, you must request the transfer before 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Transfers between Ally accounts are immediate.
Luana Savings Bank offers competitive rates on their accounts. The rates are competitive with other online accounts. The interest rates could change depending on your location. Contact Luana employees to find out the rates you could earn on the accounts.
There are a variety of different accounts offered through Luana Savings Bank. The personal deposit accounts include a budget, VIP, and a senior checking account. They offer money market and savings accounts. A variety of different CD terms are offered. Luana also offers accounts for kids, including a 12-month CD.
The required amount to open an account with Luana is low. The savings account requires $50 to open. Checking accounts do not have a set amount required to open the accounts. The CD for kids requires $500 to open. Each different CD term requires $1,000 to open. The interest money market account requires $2,500 to open.
Luana Savings Bank offers three special term length CDs. The interest rates on these terms are slightly more competitive than the other CD rates. The terms include a 9-month, 26-month, and 42-month term. The 9-month and 26-month terms require $5,000 to open. The 42-month term only requires $1,000 to open.
Some Luana accounts have a monthly fee. The checking account fees range from $8 to $16 depending on the account. To waive the monthly fees requires keeping a set balance in the account. The balance is $1,000 or $2,500 for checking accounts. The VIP Club account has a fee that does not have an option to waive.
To earn the most competitive rate for Luana accounts requires large balances. The NOW account requires $100,000. The Insured MMA requires $250,000. CDs require over $100,000 to earn the most competitive rates. The lower rates are still competitive, but not the best rate offered.
Luana does not offer business accounts. Only personal deposit accounts are available through Luana Savings Bank. Those accounts include savings, checking, and money market accounts, along with CDs. Luana does offer commercial lending options.
Luana Savings Bank offers bill pay with their checking accounts. The bill pay is not free. There is a monthly fee of $4.95 to use bill pay. That fee is waived if you make at least three payments per monthly cycle. If you make more than 20, you will be charged $0.50 per transaction.
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| Savings (Rate as of 10/29/2024) | |
| 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 10/29/2024) | |
| APY | 4.00% |
|---|---|
| Rate | 4.00% |
| Min to Open | $0 |
| Min to Earn APY | $0 |
| Monthly Fee | $0.00 |
| Min to Avoid Fee | $0 |
| Checkbook | No |
| Member FDIC It only takes about 5 minutes to open a fee-free account. | |
| Savings (Rate as of 10/29/2024) | |
| APY | 4.81% |
|---|---|
| Rate | 4.81% |
| Min to Open | $500 |
| Min to Earn APY | $0 |
| Monthly Fee | $0.00 |
| Min to Avoid Fee | $0 |
| Checkbook | No |
| Member FDIC | |
| Savings (Rate as of 10/29/2024) | |
| APY | 4.60% |
|---|---|
| Rate | 4.50% |
| Min to Open | $0 |
| Min to Earn APY | $0 |
| Monthly Fee | $0.00 |
| Min to Avoid Fee | $0 |
| Checkbook | No |
| Member FDIC | |
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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.