NBKC Bank VS BankPurely

Which bank is better for you?

  • Financial Rates: 5.0 Star Icon
  • Customer Service: 5.0 Star Icon
  • Website Experience: 5.0 Star Icon
  • Bank Fees: 5.0 Star Icon
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Pros:

  • No monthly fees on accounts
  • Low opening required amounts
  • Competitive interest rates
  • Interest rates not tiered

Cons:

  • Special CDs have high opening amount
  • Limited accounts available
  • Wire transfers have fees
  • Customer service not available 24/7
  • Financial Rates: 1.5 Star Icon
  • Customer Service: 3.0 Star Icon
  • Website Experience: 4.0 Star Icon
  • Bank Fees: 5.0 Star Icon
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Pros:

  • Low opening amount required and no fees
  • Checking account earns interest
  • High-interest rates on accounts
  • No set balance to earn highest rates

Cons:

  • No business accounts offered
  • MMA has high opening balance
  • Not a wide variety of accounts
  • Accounts opened through another website
NBKC Bank Review

There are no monthly maintenances fees for NBKC Bank accounts. There are no required amounts to keep in the accounts to avoid fees. NBKC accounts are completely free.

The opening required amounts for most NBKC accounts are low. The personal account and money market account only require $5 to open and earn interest. The health savings accounts do not have a set amount required to open. Each of the CD terms require $1,000 to open.

The accounts offered through NBKC Bank offer competitive interest rates. The rates are competitive with other online accounts. They are much higher than typical brick and mortar bank rates.

The interest rates for NBKC Bank are not tiered. Any amount over $0.01 earns the most competitive interest rates offered. You will receive a slightly lower interest rate if you have more than $1 million in NBKC accounts. Any amount from $0.01 to $1 million earns a competitive interest rate.

NBKC Bank offers four special CDs. Those terms include a seven-month, 12-month, 14-month, and 18-month CDs. These CDs earn more competitive interest rates than the other accounts. The seven-month and 14-month CD terms require $25,000 to open. The 12 and 18-month CDs require $1,000 to open.

NBKC Bank offers personal and business accounts. The only personal accounts offered are a checking and money market account, with some CDs. There are some business accounts available. Other accounts may be offered if you contact the bank directly.

There are fees to make wire transfers with NBKC Bank. To send a domestic wire anywhere in the United States has a $5 fee. To send or receive an international wire has a fee of $45.

Customer service for online accounts is not available anytime. They have specific hours at their branch locations. The hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time. Some branch locations are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Read the full NBKC Bank review.

BankPurely Review

To open a BankPurely savings and checking account only requires $1. After the initial deposit, there is no amount required to keep in the account. There are no monthly maintenance fees. The BankPurely CDs only require $1,000 to open. There are four different CD terms available.

CheckingPurely account earns interest. The interest rates are competitive with other online checking accounts. The rates are much higher than your typical brick and mortar checking account rates. Free bill pay and mobile check deposits are available with the CheckingPurely account. There is no monthly fee or amount required to keep in the account.

All the accounts at BankPurely offer competitive interest rates. The account rates are much higher than your typical brick and mortar bank rates. They are competitive with other online-only accounts.

Any amount in the BankPurely accounts earns the highest interest rates offered. There is no specific amount required to earn competitive rates. Your balance will earn the highest interest rate, no matter what amount. The savings and checking account only need $1 to earn those rates. The CDs require $1,000. The MMA does require a higher amount of $25,000 to open and earn interest.

There are no business accounts currently offered through BankPurely. The only accounts are personal deposit accounts.

The money market account through BankPurely has a high opening required amount. The amount to open the account is $25,000. This account earns competitive interest rates. You receive an ATM card attached to the account.

BankPurely offers personal deposit accounts. There is only one savings account, one checking account, and one money market account offered. BankPurely does offer CDs, but there are only four different terms available. The CD terms are 12 months, 24 months, 36 months, and 60 months.

BankPurely is powered through iGObanking.com. To open a BankPurely account, you will be transferred to the iGObanking.com website. All the online banking functions are available under the iGObanking.com brand. Your account is through BankPurely, but the technology is through iGObanking.com. You will not see the BankPurely logo when you are opening an account. It is the right place to open the account as long as you see the iGObanking.com logo.

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