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SoFi Savings Rate: What to Know Before Opening, and How it Compares

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High-Yield Checking Accounts Have Rates Rivaling Savings Accounts. What to Know Before Getting One

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Citizens Access Savings and CD Rates: How Do They Compare?

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CD and Savings Rates Keep Rising as the New Year Approaches. These Are the Best Right Now

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What Is a Certificate of Deposit? How These Low-Risk Tools Can Fit Into Your Savings Plan

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CD and Savings Rates Are Up After the Latest Fed Rate Hike. These Are the Best Right Now:

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Big Banks Aren’t Keeping Up with the Fed’s Interest Rates. Where to Save Instead

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Should You Ever Pay a CD Withdrawal Fee? This 70-Year-Old Retiree Did,…

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Savings Rates Are Sky High Right Now. 5 Examples of What That…

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6 High-Yield Savings Accounts Offering 4.00% or More Right Now

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Best Money Market Account Rates for February 2023

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Best High-Yield Savings Accounts of February 2023

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How to Choose a Bank

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Types of Bank Accounts

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The Best 18-Month CDs Have Similar Rates to One-Year CDs. How to Decide if They’re Worth It

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The Highest Short-Term CD Rate Is Over 4%, But It’ll Cost You. What to Know

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CD Rates Benefit When the Fed Raises Rates, According to These Expert Predictions

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The Best Savings and CD Rates Rise Ahead of an Anticipated Fed Rate Hike

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Brokerage Checking Account Pros and Cons

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Best Checking Accounts of February 2023

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What is a High-Yield Checking Account? Here’s What You Need to Know.

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What Is a Checking Account?

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Money Market Account Rates Are Finally Getting Better, and the Fed Rate Hikes Are Helping

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CDs vs. MMAs vs. Savings Accounts

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Why Should You Have a Money Market Account?

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Jumbo Money Market Accounts Versus The Alternatives

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The Best Ways to Transfer Money Between Banks

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The Best Places to Save Your Money Right Now: 6 Account Types to Consider

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The Highest Savings Account Rate Right Now is 4.11% APY. Here’s Where You Can Get It

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The Rate on I Bonds Just Dropped to 6.89%. How to Decide If They’re Still Worth It

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The Best Savings and CD Rates Top 4%. They Could Go Even Higher After This Week’s Fed Rate Hike

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CIT Bank Savings and CD Rates: How Do They Compare?

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The Best Savings and CD Rates Could Rise Even Higher After Next Week’s Fed Meeting

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Discover Bank Savings and CD Rates: How Do They Compare?

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As the Best Savings and CD Rates Rise, Experts Share Advice for Holiday Saving and Spending This Year

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Capital One Savings and CD Rates: How Do They Compare?

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The Best Savings and CD Rates This Week: What Two Experts Say About Where to Save Right Now

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Sallie Mae Bank Review 2022: Student Loan Servicer with Competitive Savings Rates

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UFB Direct Offers the Highest Savings Rate Right Now. What Else to Know About Saving with This Online Bank

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The Best Savings and CD Rates Keep Jumping Higher. What It Means for You

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Citizens Access Bank Review 2022: Competitive Rates if You Have $5,000 to Save

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The Best Savings and CD Rates Are Quickly Rising Following the Fed’s Latest Rate Hike

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