Credit Card Deals
As of May 30, 2000
These rates compare with an national average credit-card rate of 16.85%.
If You Carry a Balance
| Institution/Phone Number | Interest Rate | Fee |
Pulaski Bank & Trust
800-980-2265 | 7.99% Variable
| $35 |
Wachovia Bank Card Services
800-842-3262 | 9.50% Variable
| $88 |
Capital One Bank
800-822-3397 | 9.90% |
$0 |
If You Pay Off the Entire Balance Monthly
| Institution/Phone Number | Interest Rate | Fee |
Capitol One Bank
800-822-3397 | 9.90% | $0 |
AFBA Industrial
Bank
800-776-2265 | 11.90% Variable | $0 |
Wachovia Bank Card
Services
800-842-3262
| 11.90% Variable | $0
|
This week's tip from the Bank Rate Monitor: Shop for anohter credit card if
your credit card issuer is not cooperative when you disagree with policies
or fees.
Highest Money Market Yields
As of May 30, 2000
Annual percentage yield assumes that the interest earned on an account is
allowed to compound for a full year:
| Account | Highest | Minimum
Deposit | National Average |
Money Market
Resource
Bank
Herndon, VA | 6.31% | $10000 | 2.10% |
6-month CD
M & T Bank
NA
Buffalo, NY
| 6.95% | $5000 | 5.19% |
1-year CD
First Capital Bank
Norcross, GA | 7.53%
| $500 | 5.64% |
2.5-year CD
Key Bank USA
Cleveland, OH
| 7.50% | $5000 | 5.79% |
5-year CD
Capital One FSB
Falls Church, VA | 7.70%
| $10000 |
6.18% |
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