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Top Savings Rates Fall — Again

Less than two weeks after UFB Direct slashed the rate on its Airline Rewards Savings Account by two tenths of a percentage point, it’s taken the knife out again.

Melrose Credit Union Cuts CD Rates

While the New York-based credit union cut rates in all its terms, it saved the largest cut for its 60-month CD — dropping rates by more than four-tenths of a percentage point.

Get Your Tax Refund On A Debit Card

If you have your taxes prepared by H&R Block and are due a refund, you can get your money on a prepaid debit card that carries no monthly fees.

Bank That Offered Top CD Rates Seized

Regulators on Friday closed Tennessee Commerce Bank, which had been one of two banks to offer the top nationally available 60-month CD on our CD Rates Leaderboard.

Save Now For Next Christmas?

Holiday savings accounts (sometimes called Christmas club accounts) let you stockpile money over the course of a year. These accounts — offered at a limited number of banks and credit unions — can pay a higher interest rate than a standard savings account.

Washington Metro Deal On 3 Top CD Rates

D.C.-area savers will find a trio of strong CD rates at 1st Commonwealth Bank of Virginia.

Two Banks Tie For Top 3-Month CD Rates

Three-month CD rates haven’t been good in ages — that term didn’t break 1% on our CD Rates Leaderboard during all of 2011.

Western Deal: 60-Month, 2.25% CD Rates

Seattle-based Washington Federal has 60-month CD rates that certainly aren’t typical for a big bank.

Salem Five Brings Back Rate Guarantee

Salem Five Direct has a double bonus for savers: It’s raised its savings rate and guaranteed that rate through summer’s end.