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Easy money! 2.3% interest yielding savings account, with no hidden fees, minimums, time-requirement, etc.

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Originally posted by: Conscript
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: Eric1285
Supposedly there is a $50 link that doesn't require a referral, but no one gets a second bonus for referring. I missed this when I signed up the other day for $25. I'm not sure what the link is, but it's on FW somewhere. If anyone wants to be nice however and sign up for the $25 one, you can also PM me.
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WooHoo you're right, go to FW Hot Deals forum search for TurboTax/ING read davelin83's post dated Jan/11/2003 10:52 PM I just tried it and IT WORKS!!!

An easy $50 😛
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lol, I forgot I did that back in march, and then I got something in the mail the other day saying that ING was reporting that I had $50 in interest income to the IRS....so I had to pay taxes on it 😉 🙁
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Of course, what did you expect? Nothing is 100% free without some strings attached.

ING will also report your referrals to the IRS as well.
 
me broke as shid ... my credit history sounds like my name ... would they need all this if i want to open my account???
 
Originally posted by: TingTong
me broke as shid ... my credit history sounds like my name ... would they need all this if i want to open my account???
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Just like a regular bank account at Bank of America or Washington Mutual they're going to need your name, birthdate, social security number, address, phone, etc. I doubt they'll check your credit since you're not getting a credit card, just to identify you.

You deposit $1, you get $50 free, sounds like a great deal to me.
 
I just would like to add that I have been pretty happy with ING as wll. I started when they had 4.25% interest, but now at 2.30% it still higher than my pathetic WellsFargo Savings which is 0.01% (yes, not even a one percent!). And after all, additional $50/month in interest never hurts 🙂
 
I have presidential saving bank online right now. it pays 2.96% up to $25.000.00. not bad at all.

however, INGdirect is not bad either. $25.00 for signing up is great. Free money does not hurt.

If you need a bonus coupon of $25.00 for signing up with INGdirect. email me: le0230@hotmail.com

Happy hunting!
 
ING has real good to me. In Dallas, I mainly used Chase bank, because that's what my parents used..when I came to College Station though, I needed a Wells Fargo account, since their ATMs are everywhere and there isn't a single Chase one anywhere in this area. So here's what I do - I use the ING account to move money thru between the accounts 🙂 I also have some amount that I keep in there, earning interest, its a good deal. And they move my money for free 🙂
 
Could someone answer whether there is a way to tie this or another online banking account to PayPal? I really need to do that.


Thanks
 
AnimEva, there is a post saying that PayPal refused the deposit, so I'm wondering if someone figured it out with ING or another online bank. I don't have an account yet since it hinges on this purpose. Thanks.
 
Quick math problem for you guys. If I have $4,000 in an ING account w/ 2.3% interest, how much am I making per month?


Also, I briefly scanned through but couldn't find it....is there a fee to open an account? Or a monthly fee?

Thanks
 
Originally posted by: TripleAAA
Also, I briefly scanned through but couldn't find it....is there a fee to open an account? Or a monthly fee?
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No and no. Also no minimum balance requirement, I believe.

The best deal is to do the $50 rather than the $25 referral.
 
The only place that will do deposits and withdrawals from ING Direct is www.cashedge.com - they would allow you to add ING direct savings into their online money tranfer account with any other bank you want. However cashedge takes their time transferring money - up to a week. ING does the same service in 2-3 days tops. And you can link up to 3 bank accounts to ING to move money between them, all you need to do is to send a 1$ check to be deposited in your name with a note "link" in memo section. They will post 1$ in your account lock it for 5 business days (to verify that it was you who requested the link). They will not accept starter checks or the checks with address other than the one used to open account.
 
I too have an ING Direct account. The only thing to keep in mind, is that they can take up to 4 days to transfer money from your account with them back into your checking account. Not a big thing, and when you add the $50.00 tubro tax bonus, they are still a great deal. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: TripleAAA
Quick math problem for you guys. If I have $4,000 in an ING account w/ 2.3% interest, how much am I making per month?
Originally posted by: alyosha
4000*0.023/12=7.67$
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You forgot that the interest is compounded monthly. The formula that would give the total for any month T would be 4000(1 + (0.023/12))^T.

Total interest after 1 month = $ 7.67
Total interest after 2 months = $15.35
Total interest after 3 months = $23.04
Total interest after 4 months = $30.75
Total interest after 5 months = $38.48
 
Wow all this interest rate talk actually makes sense to me. I guess my business classes do help haha. kudos to my college classes.... class...

For those of you weary about signing up with a "internet" bank..
these guys had commercials running and everything..
so believe me they are legit

 
I have turbo tax the basic version. They added an "INGDIRECT" link on my desktop without my permission after I installed the software. Sigh...
 
Are there any maintenance or closing fees? E-trade has charged me $90 maintenance fees which pissed me off (no activity, minimizing losses, + preserving cash), so I closed the account, and they charged $75. $75 used to buy 1 share of a stock I have, and now it buys 10 or so... So I was charged for keeping my money there, not trading, then taking my money out. It's a simple scam at E-trade, and I'm worried that some of these other online places will do the same. Note: none of those charges existed when I signed up.

Anyone seen similar maintenance, no activity, or closing account fees at Ingdirect or other places? 🙁
 
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