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Financial Rates:
3.0
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Customer Service:
5.0
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Website Experience:
5.0
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Bank Fees:
3.0
Pros:
- Most accounts have low opening balance
- myDime Student account
- ATM fees refunded with DimePrime
- Business accounts are available
Cons:
- Opening accounts done at a branch
- Accounts not offered everywhere
- Low-interest rates
- Most accounts have monthly fees
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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
Most of the Dime accounts only need $25 to open the account. Those accounts include checking, savings, and money market accounts. The cost to open a CD is $500. The money market account requires $500 to establish the account. The minimum amount per check is $500 for money market accounts.
The myDime Student account is a basic checking account for students. There is no minimum balance to open the account. This account refunds fees charged from using other banks ATMs. myDime account offers an "oops rebate." Students are refunded the fee of one overdraft per calendar year. Online, mobile banking and bill pay are available. When students open this account, they receive three free deals from DimePerks.
DimePrime offers free withdrawals from any ATM. If you use a non-Dime ATM, they will refund the ATM fees. They refund up to $10 each month in ATM fees. To qualify for DimePrime, you must have $15,000 in Dime checking and savings accounts. Another option to qualify is to have a consumer or residential Dime loan balance of $150,000.
Dime offers a variety of business accounts. Checking, savings, and money market accounts are available for your business. CDs, commercial mortgages, loans, and credit lines are also available.
Even when you meet the required account balance to earn interest on your accounts the interest rates are low. Only a few of the CD term interest rates are competitive. All other interest rates are considerably lower than other online-only banks. They are competitive with typical banks.
To open an account with Dime, you have to visit a local branch. Their branches are in southeast Connecticut and west Rhode Island.
Since you have to visit a branch to open an account, accounts are not available everywhere. To be an account holder, you must live in southeast Connecticut or western Rhode Island.
Most all Dime accounts have a monthly service fee. The fees vary in range from $2 to $20 per month. The fees vary from accounts. To have the fee waived there are requirements you must meet. You must also have a certain amount in the accounts to earn interest.
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.