As I mentioned in my latest Net Worth update, my savings and free money borrowed at 0% interest are earning 3.75% APY now, thanks to a recent uptick in the Presidential Bank Premier Savings Account (mentioned previously). In addition, the money in my checking account there (Presidential Bank Checking Review) is now earning 3.5% APY. This is good news for people like me who are saving up for a downpayment in the future and not trying to get a low low mortgage rate right now. At 3.75%, my current cash holdings of $58,000 would earn $2,175 a year. Not bad, hopefully inflation will stay at bay as well.
Presidential Bank Raises Checking and Savings Rates to 3.5% and 3.75% APY
July 17, 2005 By 7 Comments
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hi, just wondering how long the fund will be avaliable in your presidential premier savings account after you transfer money. and by the way, if you initiate the in-bound transfer from your Premier savings account, when do they start earning the interests, the same day or day after or even the day when the fund become avaliable?
Well, I usually transfer money into the Premier Savings directly from my Checking Plus account, and that is instantaneous.
Here is the link to their specific Deposit Account Rules, but here is a snippet – “We use the daily balance method to calculate the interest on your account. This method applies the daily periodic rate to the principal in the account each day.” So I guess the same day your deposits post?
As for funds hold times, please see this link. It depends on if it is a electronic transfer (same day) or check, etc. (more). Hope that helps!
It’s refreshing to see somebody content with 3.75% interest rates. Many years ago (1981), I was getting approx 19% on my regular savings account. Even 10 years ago a person could get 10-12% on savings. I guess I got a little spoiled with those rates at that time.
Good for you for saving that kind of money!!
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hey hey, FYI:
gues who’s in the WSJ, again?
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB112155008093087597,00.html?mod=sunday%5Fjournal%5Fprimary%5Fhs
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Just a note re: the 3.75% from this page:
http://www.presidential.com/PremierSavings.htm
A Presidential Premier Savings Account pays you 3.75% APY on balances up to $35,000. Balances in excess of $35,000 earn a competitive 2.50% APY.
So, your calculated interest earning per year would be a bit less.
Yes, that is a good point that I’ve mentioned before, but I missed this time. To clarify, the Internet Checking Plus account pays 3.50% for balances up to $25k, and the Premier Savings pays 3.75% for balances up to $35k. So together, you could have $60k of balances paying ~3.65% interest.