Langley Federal Credit Union offers a wide variety of accounts. They have an MMA, savings accounts, youth accounts, and a holiday savings account. They offer four checking accounts and a variety of CD terms. The CD terms range from three months to five years. Langley also offers loans, credit cards, and business accounts.
The accounts offered through Langley have competitive interest rates. The rates are competitive with other online account rates. The CDs, money market account, and platinum checking account earn competitive rates. The Langley Saves account earns competitive rates for the first $1,000.
Most Langley accounts have low opening required amounts. The savings accounts each only require $5 to open. Only the Platinum checking account has a set amount required to open the account. That account requires $10,000 to open. The regular CDs require $1,000 to open. The promotional CDs require more. The MMA does not have an amount required to open the account.
Only the Langley Essential checking account has a monthly fee. This checking account is for those with bad or no credit. This account offers a debit card, online and mobile banking, and bill pay. The monthly fee is $5. The other Langley accounts do not have fees.
Some Langley accounts have tiered interest rates. The Platinum MMA requires a balance of $250,000 to earn the most competitive rate. Traditional money market accounts require $100,000 for the best rate. The Platinum checking account requires $10,000.
Langley offers promotional CDs with more competitive interest rates. Two of these terms have high opening required amounts. The 11-month CD requires $100,000 to earn interest and the 29-month CD requires $50,000. The other promotional CDs only require $1,000 to open, but they are for new deposits only.
To open accounts with Langley FCU, you must first become a member of the credit union. You are eligible for membership if you work for a specific company. Member of certain organizations or that attend certain schools are eligible. Family members of other members are eligible. You can also join an organization to become a member of Langley FCU.
Langley has a daily withdrawal limit. Members can withdraw up to $600 per day, per account, if your account has sufficient funds. There is also a $600 limit with point-of-sale transactions.
The EBSB Direct accounts offer good interest rates. The rates are slightly lower than other online-only accounts. They are higher than your typical brick-and-mortar bank rates.
The EBSB Direct accounts have low opening required amounts. The 15-month CD only requires $1,000 to open. The six-month CD and the money market account both require $2,500 to open.
EBSB Direct accounts are entirely online accounts. You apply for the accounts online, not at a branch location. You can make transactions for your EBSB Direct accounts at an EBSB branch location. Everything for your EBSB Direct accounts are online.
The money market account with EBSB Direct offers a debit card for you to access your money. Federal regulations allow six withdrawals per month from the money market account. There is a fee if you withdraw more than six times.
EBSB Direct only offers a money market account and two personal CD terms. The term lengths are six-months and 15-months. There are no other personal or business accounts available.
To earn the highest interest rate offered on the MMA, you must have at least $10,000 in the account. Balances from $10 to $9,999 earn interest, but a lower rate. The highest interest rate requires at least $10,000.
The money market account has a monthly fee of $8. Waive the fee by keeping at least $2,500 in the account. That is also the amount required to open the MMA. Keeping $2,500 in the account waives the fee and earns the lower interest rate.
To make electronic transfers, link your EBSB Direct accounts to an external account. You can link the accounts to another financial institution in the United States. More than one account can be linked to your EBSB Direct account.