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Financial Rates:
5.0
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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:
- Variety of accounts offered
- Competitive interest rates on accounts
- Low opening required amounts
- Add-on option for CDs
Cons:
- Must become a member
- Daily withdrawal limits
- Money market account has tiered rates
- Accounts have monthly maintenance fees
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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:
- Free checking account for teens
- No fees for any accounts
- Interest earning account for kids
- High-interest rate on money market
Cons:
- Large amount required for highest rates
- Must link savings to checking account
- Teen accounts do not offer checks
- No ATM fee refunds
There are a variety of accounts available from GTE Financial. They offer personal savings, checking, and money market accounts. They offer personal CDs, loans, and credit cards. They also offer business accounts and accounts specifically for students.
GTE offers CDs and a checking account with competitive interest rates. The rates are competitive with online accounts. These account interest rates are much higher than typical bank rates. To earn the most competitive rate on the checking account, you must meet set requirements. That includes receiving eStatements, having a direct deposit over $500, and 15 debit card transactions each month.
GTE accounts have low amounts required to open. The savings accounts only require $5 to open. To earn interest requires $100. Each of the CD terms require $500 to open. The checking accounts do not have a required amount to open.
GTE Financial CDs offer an Add-On Feature. This allows you to add money any time during the CD term. You must add at least $20 each time you add money to the CD. Sometimes there is a limit of $6,000 you can add to the CD. GTE Financial offers promotions where there is not a cap on the amount you can add to the CD.
Before you can open an account with GTE Financial, you must first become a member of the credit union. You are eligible to join if a family member is a member of the credit union or if you work for a specific company. Your business can join, and living in certain areas makes you eligible to join. If these don’t work, you can join CU Savers, a non-profit educational financial club. There is a one-time $10 fee to become a member.
GTE Financial has daily withdrawal limits. You can withdraw up to $500 per 24-hour period from an ATM. There is a $5,000 limit that you can transfer from another bank into a GTE Financial CD.
The money market account with GTE Financial has tiered interest rates. To earn the most competitive rate on your money requires a balance of $100,000. Balances below this amount earn interest, just not the most competitive rate.
Most GTE Financial accounts have monthly maintenance fees. The checking account fees range from $4.95 to $9.95 each month. The Go Premium checking account has a fee of $4.95. There is no way to waive this fee. You can pay the fee with Go Points, but you cannot waive the monthly fee. There are ways to waive the other checking account fees.
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.
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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.