FNBO Direct has an Online Savings Account that is paying 3.50% making it one of the highest yielding accounts in the nation. Making this an even better deal the account has no minimums and no monthly fees. Since FNBO Direct launched they have consistenly been one of the highest-yielding Online Savings Accounts. You can open [...]

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I posted about the FNBO Direct Pay Yourself First Challenge  last month but apparently not too many people were interested.  The contest ends at the end of this month and when I last checked there were only about 30 entries.  The first 500 entrants get a $10 Amazon.com gift card.  In addition, the top 20 [...]

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FNBO Direct is sponsoring the Pay Yourself First Challenge. Pay Yourself First is a national challenge to encourage people from across the country to save money. They’re inviting prospective challengers to create and post a one-minute video on YouTube about how they save — or don’t save. The
first 500 entrants will receive a $10 [...]

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I’ve done a SmartyPig review previously but they’ve made some changes for the better since then. They have removed the $5 fee for external contributions. They also have removed the $25 fee to get your money out as a check rather than their standard of having to get a gift card. They are also going [...]

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There are still 6% yields available for FDIC insured accounts. These are available in high-yield checking accounts. These accounts have a few requirements to earn the high yield. Common requirements are 10-15 debit transactions a month,direct deposit or ACH debit,and receive electronic statements. If you don’t meet the requirements than you are paid a low [...]

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