CD rates Blog

Last week, the Mississippi Supreme Court backed up a lower court’s initial ruling in a case revolving around a woman’s right to withdraw funds early from a CD without the necessary documents. Carolyn Epperson tried to withdraw money from her certificate of deposit before the maturity date at SouthBank in 2005, the Northeast Mississippi Daily

A Chilean bank announced this month that it will sell Yankee CDs from its New York branch. But what are they?

The FDIC wants you to know that structured CDs carry with them some potential risks traditional CDs don’t share.

By investing in CDs, savers keep their principal safe — but that won’t get them to retirement.

The amount of money in CD accounts is at its lowest point in more than 30 years.

Savers are largely fed up with low CD rates.

One Florida bank is offering CD investors a brand-new Mercedes for opening up a $1 million CD.

It’s hard not to find the current savings situation irritating. Banks broke the financial system taking on excessive risk, got a bailout and can now pay dividends to shareholders but depositors are still paid nothing.

Are “death puts” a way to get long-term CD rates without locking heirs in?

The group in charge of monetary policy at the Federal Reserve met this week for the third time this year.