U.S. Bank continues to promote one of the best spend-and-save programs around.
The “Savings Today And Rewards Tomorrow” or S.T.A.R.T. program is available to customers with one of its checking and money market accounts.
It’s more generous and flexible than other programs that automatically add to your savings each time you buy something.
And while you’ll earn a [...]

Savers in Natchez, Miss., have a great thing going.
They can take advantage of the two, top-paying high-yield checking accounts in the entire country.
We already told you about the Smart Rate account from Britton & Koontz Bank, which pays local customers in Mississippi and Louisiana 5.25% APY on balances up to $30,000.
Now here’s the story on [...]

Here’s the best giveaway we’ve seen this summer – a free iPod touch for opening a new checking account at Bank of the West.
The offer is available to residents of 19 states from Wisconsin to California (see the list at the end of the post) and is good through Sept. 3.
To qualify for [...]

Farmers State Bank has a great high-yield checking account for residents of northeast Iowa.
It’s paying 5.01% APY on balances up to $25,000 in its Loyalty Checking accounts.
That’s much better than the 4% you’ll earn with the best nationally available high-yield checking accounts.
It’s also paying 1.50% APY on balances above $25,000.
That’s more than the 1% or [...]

Randolph Bank’s run at the top of our rankings of the best nationally available high-yield checking accounts didn’t last long.
“Due to overwhelming volume, we have restricted our Extra-Mile Choice high interest checking account to residents in North Carolina only,” the bank says in a new notice on its Web site.
We’re gratified that savers who have [...]

High-yield checking accounts aren’t as high-yield as they used to be.
Just a year ago savers had their choice of great-paying, nationally available reward checking offers that paid 5% or better.
Now you’ll have to settle for earning 4% or better.
But any high-yield account that makes our rankings is going to be a far more lucrative [...]

We’ve got a new leader in high-yield checking accounts.
The Extra-Mile Choice account from Randolph Bank is paying 4.75% APY on balances up to $25,000.
Only a few banks are still paying that much on high-yield checking accounts limited to local customers. It’s been a year since we’ve seen a nationally-available account offer this kind of return.
The [...]

CharterBank is offering local customers in western Georgia and eastern Alabama one of the best rates in the country on a high-yield or reward checking account.
Its REWARDSChecking pays 5.01% APY on balances as high as $25,000, with no minimum balance required to qualify for that rate.
That’s better than the 4% you’ll earn with the best [...]

Britton & Koontz Bank is offering local customers in Mississippi and Louisiana one of the highest rates available on a rewards checking account.
Its Smart Rate checking pays 5.25% APY on balances as high as $30,000 with a minimum deposit of only $100.
That’s far better than the 4.00% APY you’ll earn with the best nationally available [...]