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KeyBank Personal and Business Bonuses up to $275 Free Cash

KeyBank is currently offering up to $275 in banking bonuses for personal and business checking accounts, valid when you open your new KeyBank checking account by April 30, 2010.
This KeyBank bonus offer is available to individuals and businesses in the following districts: Cleveland, Eastern OH, Idaho, Western NY, Oregon, Seattle Cascades, South Puget Sound, Central NY, Rochester, Maine, Northwest OH, Michigan, and Capital Region NY.

Bank of America Facing Lawsuit for Home Invasion and…Parrot Theft?

Bank of America has apologized for a foreclosure process gone wrong, in which contractors hired by the bank allegedly entered a borrowers home, padlocked the door, and repossessed a pet parrot.
What We Have Here is A Failure to Communicate
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal Online, Bank of America said that the contractors [...]

Citi Finds A Way Around Credit Card Rules

Here’s a trick Citibank pulled before the Credit Card Accountability and Responsibility Act took effect last month in an effort to circumvent the new regulations.

Two of the act’s most important provisions require credit cards to:

Provide 45 days notice before raising rates, and the new higher rate can’t be imposed on existing balances, just new purchases.
Wait [...]

The Park Avenue Bank Fails, Becomes Second New York Bank Failure This Week

Following the failure of LibertyPointe Bank yesterday, the FDIC has announced another New York bank failure, The Park Avenue Bank, bringing the 2010 bank failure total to 28.
The Park Avenue Bank
The bank, which has 4 branches and an estimated $520.1 million in assets as of last year, was closed by the New York State Banking [...]

Speedpass Free $25 Gift Card with ExxonMobil Personal Card

ExxonMobil is currently offering a free $25 Gift Card when you enroll for a new Speedpass and link it to your current or new ExxonMobil Personal Card by March 31, 2010.
You’ll get a free $25 ExxonMobil Gift Card when you enroll for a new Speedpass, which allows you to pay for gas quickly and easily at Exxon and Mobil gas stations.
Check out this ExxonMobil Speedpass $25 Gift Card Bonus to receive a free $25 gift card from ExxonMobil.

Oliver Stone And Michael Douglass Team Up for ‘Wall Street’ Sequel

In 1987, Oliver Stone helmed Wall Street, a financial opus about the all-too-real mantra “Greed is good.” Now, more than twenty years later, the sequel, Money Never Sleeps, has been slated for release in September of 2010.
A Timely Release
The sequel will see Michael Douglas reprise his Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gekko, a stockbroker who [...]

Valley National Bank Takes Over as LibertyPointe Bank is Closed by State Regulators

Bank failures are usually announced at the end of the day Friday, but this week state regulators were ready to go Thursday evening, with the announcement of the 27th bank failure of 2010, LibertyPointe Bank.
LibertyPointe Bank
The bank, which has three branches located in New York, NY and estimated total assets of $209.7 million as of [...]

You Can Game Some Long-Term CD Rates

A couple of months ago we advised against buying long-term CDs at the bottom of a rate cycle.

The common wisdom is to go long at the top of a rate cycle and short at the bottom.
Some of our readers disagreed with that strategy, arguing that it’s possible to make more money with long-term CDs [...]

Discover Bank’s CD Rates and Money Market Account

Discover Bank, originally known as Greenwood Trust Company before joining Discover Financial Services in 2000, offers FDIC insured bank CDs (certificates of deposit) as well as money market accounts and high yield online savings accounts. By consistently offering interest rates that beat the national average they have grown to manage over $25 billion in consumer deposits.
Discover Bank’s Popular Products:

New Website Puts Hollywood Box Office On the Market

A new venture by Cantor Fitzgerald is set to allow studios, institutions, and moviegoers the opportunity to place bets on Hollywood’s box office releases. What has long been a parlor game and has recently become an Internet hobby has been co-opted by the futures market.

ING Direct CEO Speaks About Company Innovation and 100,000 Monthly Open Accounts

ING Direct CEO Arkadi Khulmann spoke earlier this week at the Prepaid Expo in Las Vegas, comparing his company to other innovators like Southwest Airlines and Google.
“Start with a Clean Sheet”
Khulmann said that the goal for ING Direct was to become a retailer, not a bank.

Unemployment Benefit Claims and the Census

The labor market’s recovery remains slow as hiring continues to drag down the process. Additionally, the number of Americans who filed continuing claims for unemployment benefits spiked last week, increasing by 37,000 people.
Continuing Claims
A continuing claim is one filed each week after the initial benefit week, until the end of a standard benefits period [...]

Lending Club Invitation-Only up to 2% Investment Bonus Plus $25 New Member Promo

Lending Club is currently offering an invitation-only promotional offer for up to 2% in bonus cash when you invest additional funds as a Lending Club lender.
This Lending Club investment bonus was sent via email to select Lending Club lenders, but it is likely that you could qualify for this bonus if you are interested and have at least $10,000 in funds available to invest.
Lending Club New Lender $25 Bonus

Best 12 month CD rates topping 1.75% APY

After another abysmal month for bank CD rates, we tracked down a couple decent (decent being a relative term) rates offered on 12 month bank CDs. The national average for this particular product currently sits at a historically pathetic 1.26% APY - down from 1.30% APY at just the beginning of March. However, if you look hard enough you can still find FDIC or NCUA insured banking institutions offering above 1.70% APY on 1 year certificate of deposits.

Citi Bonus Cash Center for Citibank Credit Card Members

The Citi Bonus Cash Center is a free service for Citibank credit card members that offers cash rebates from online retailers, gift cards, local merchants, restaurants, travel services, and more Citi credit card rebates.
It’s free to register for the Citi Bonus Cash Center if you are a current Citibank Credit Card member with an eligible Citi Card.
You’ll earn an average of 5% cash back when you shop online, by phone, or at participating merchant locations with your Citibank credit card.

$50 Checking Bonus From Wells Fargo – Select States

Wells Fargo, one of America’s biggest banks and also the most popular on the west coast, is offering new consumers a $50 bonus when they open a new checking account by 5/31/2010.
To qualify for Wells Fargo’s $50 bonus, you must open and fund a new personal Wells Fargo checking account with a minimum opening deposit [...]

Bank of the West $100 Checking Bonus Updated to Include New States

Bank of the West has once again extended their $100 checking bonus offer, this time until April 14, 2010.

Buxter: Banking on the Facebook Credit System

Peer-to-peer payment services seem to be the next big thing, with companies like Blippy and Square trying to find new ways for people to transfer their money outside of traditional banking channels. Buxter is a Facebook application that allows users to send US dollars and Euros to their friends on the social networking site.

Lindsay Lohan vs. ETrade: Milk-a-What?

The popular ETrade “talking baby” campaign has come under fire from none other than Lindsay Lohan, who is suing the company for defamation over the use of “her name” in one of the commercials.
The Commercial
The ad in question shows the now famous talking baby apologizing to his “girlfriend” for not calling, saying it was because [...]

Carlos Slim Helu Beats Out Bill Gates and Warren Buffet for Worlds Richest Man

While the majority of the country is facing high unemployment and an unstable economy, Forbes has released its list of billionaires who have retained their 10 figure net worth despite the recession, with Bill Gates dropping to number 2 behind Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helu.
Carlos Slim Helu
Helu, who made his fortune in telecommunications with American [...]

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