Posted in Investing, Personal Finance on Jul 26th, 2007
A while ago, I discussed an offer Wells Fargo had of 100 commission free online trades per year. The catch is that you have to have a combined $25,000 in bank, brokerage and loan balances with Wells Fargo. I concluded that unless you already have your accounts and loans with Wells Fargo, it was not attractive [...]
Posted in Personal Finance on Jul 25th, 2007
Its been awhile since I posted about a free money online banking opportunity, but here is a good one from Virtual Bank. Virtual Bank has all the criteria I look for in a a “Free” money online banking bonus deal. My criteria are:
Low minimum deposit
No monthly fees, or transfer fees
FDIC insured
Competitive interest rate
Virtual Bank meets [...]
Posted in Personal Finance on Jun 25th, 2007
Bank of America is currently paying $100 for opening a business checking account. This link has will take you to the offer. It has an offer code of C100BUS which only applies to California residents. If you are live outside of California use this code, M100BUS. This code will work in all other states.
You can take [...]
Posted in Family, Personal Finance on Jun 13th, 2007
This week marks the end of the school year for my kids. Its only preschool and toddler classes, not even real school yet, but with the end of classes comes the start of the busy summer “activities” season. My wife has had various community resources catalogs and the calender out for months [...]
Posted in Personal Finance on Jun 5th, 2007
The Citibank savings account offer of $100 bonus I wrote of for opening a new account is over. Hopefully you were able to take advantage of it, but if you did not, all is not lost. The current offer is for a $50 bonus for opening an account. Follow this link.
Its not as attractive as [...]
Posted in Personal Finance on Jun 4th, 2007
Here is another “free money” deal at Sharebuilder. Here is how to play this one:
Go to this sharebuilder link.
Choose the basic plan.
Fund your account with at least $5.
Buy 1 share of a low priced stock $1-2 to qualify for the bonus. If you buy 1 share of a $1 stock, it will cost you $5.($1 [...]
Posted in Personal Finance on May 31st, 2007
Today is the last day to take advantage of the $100 bank bonus by opening a Citibank Ultimate Savings account. After today, there is another Citibank promotion, but it only pays $50, so take advantage of the current Citibank offer while you still can.
Here is another $100 bank bonus offer from Bank of America. It [...]
Posted in Personal Finance on May 24th, 2007
I recently pointed out that you can get $100 for just opening a Citibank Ultimate Savings account. The only catch is that you have to be a new customer of Citibank. Hopefully, you were able to take advantage of that offer. Here is another offer from Net Bank. You can get up to $250 for [...]
Posted in Investing, Personal Finance on May 21st, 2007
Following up on my article on the superior savings rate you can get at online banks versus your traditional local bank, I have found a great banking deal. Citibank has a promotion to lure new customers by offering a $100 if you open a Citibank Direct Ultimate Savings Account. That’s $100 cash. Here are the details.
$100 [...]
Posted in Personal Finance on May 19th, 2007
I now pay almost all my bills using online banking. Its convenient, and much easier than writing checks. I can also pay my bills from anywhere even when I travel. Or set it up to pay reoccurring bills each month, so I don’t miss a payment. Online bill paying is a great service, but the only [...]
