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.

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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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