Barclays offers extremely high-interest rates. Their rates are higher than other banks and even other online banks. Their high yield savings account and CDs earn great interest rates. Even their short-term CDs earn higher interest rates than most other banks.
Barclays offers a Savings Assistant tool. First, input your goal. Next, decide how much you want to save and how much you have saved already. Finally, decide how much you can contribute to the account each month. With one click, the Savings Assistant tells you how long it will take you to reach your goal.
There is not a set amount to open a savings or CD account with Barclays. Their accounts do not have monthly maintenance fees. There is also not a set amount you are required to keep in the different accounts.
You have the choice of how to receive the money earned on interest. You can choose to have the money kept in the CD or transferred into your Barclays savings account. You can choose to have the money transferred to a verified external account. To set up different interest options log in to your account.
Barclays only offers one high yield savings account and CDs. They do not offer a checking account. Barclays used to offer accounts for minors but stopped in June of 2017. Even though they only offer one savings account, you can open up to 25 different accounts if needed.
Your money is not available immediately. Transfers into your Barclays account take five business days. Electronic transfers from your Barclays account to your external account take 2-3 business days. Money transferred between Barclays accounts are immediate.
There isn’t an app for the Tiered Savings account and the CD accounts. You can access your accounts and do whatever you need to do online, but not through an app.
Customer service is not available all the time. You can reach customer service through the mail or by the phone. They are open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET.
The checking account for teens does not have any fees. The parent can receive text alerts when their account balance is running low. This checking account earns interest. No minimum amount required to open the account or to keep in the account.
There are no fees for any Capital One 360 accounts. There is no minimum required amount to open any of their accounts, or required to stay in the accounts. Capital One 360 accounts are free.
The Capital One 360 savings account for kids pays interest on any amount in the account. There are no fees and no amount required to keep in the account. You will earn the same interest on whatever the balance is. Kids can upload checks through their mobile app. Adults must sign in and use a pin to make transfers out of the savings account.
Capital One 360 offers high-interest rates for their money market accounts. The money market account does not have any fees, and there is no required amount to keep in the account.
To earn the high-interest rates for the money market account, you must have $10,000 deposited. You will earn lower interest rates for any amount under $10,000 in the money market account. To earn the highest interest the $10,000 is necessary.
Capital One 360 savings accounts must link to a checking account when opened. You can link the account to a Capital One 360 checking account or a checking account with another bank. However, the savings account must link to a checking account.
The Capital One 360 checking account comes with a debit card and the possibility of checks. The teen MONEY checking account only comes with a debit card. The teen account does not offer checks.
Capital One 360 does not offer refunds for fees charged at ATMs other than their own. If you use a non-Capital One ATM, you will be charged a fee. Capital One has over 39,000 ATMs across the U.S. Find a Capital One ATM on their website.