The interest rates for Capital One 360 CDs are competitive. Each of the terms offers competitive rates. The rates are competitive with other online CDs. The interest rates are not tiered. There is no required balance to earn competitive rates.

The Capital One 360 CDs do not have a set amount required to open the account. You choose how much you want to invest in the Capital One 360 CDs. The CDs cannot exceed $1,000,000.

Capital One 360 CDs offer a Rate Lock Guarantee. You fund your CD by linking it to an external account, which can be another Capital One account. Capital One 360 gives you 10 days to confirm ownership of the linked account. Because this takes a few days, your CD interest rate will be the highest one offered during those days.

Capital One 360 offers a good variety of CD terms. The CDs range from six months to five-year terms. They offer a total of nine CD terms. Each of the terms is FDIC insured.

The only deposit you can make into your CD is when you initially open the account. You cannot add money to the CD during the term life.

During the CD term, you cannot withdraw partial amounts of the principal. These types of withdrawals are only allowed during the grace period. If you make a withdrawal before the maturity date, you will be charged a fee.

To fund your Capital One 360 CD, you must link the CD to an external bank account. Once you have the CD linked to an external account, you can transfer money into the CD. The linked account can be another Capital One account.

Once your CD matures, you cannot add money to the current CD. If you have more money to add, your current CD will be closed and Capital One 360 will help you open a new CD. That CD will include the money from the previous CD and the money you want to add.

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Each of the ableBanking CDs has low opening required amounts. All the terms only require $1,000 to open. The CD terms available range from six months to four years.

The ableBanking CDs offer competitive interest rates. The rates are competitive with other online CDs. They are higher than the typical bank rates.

ableBanking CDs require $1,000 to open, but only $500 to earn competitive interest rates. The CD rates are not tiered. Any balance over $500 earns the competitive rates.

You can open ableBanking CDs online. ableBanking is an online division of Northeast Bank. Because of this, you open your accounts and access your accounts entirely online. You do not need to visit a branch location to open an account.

There are five CD terms offered through ableBanking. They offer six-month, one, two, three, and four-year CDs. These are the only CD terms available through ableBanking.

The ableBanking CDs do not offer an interest rate guarantee. If CD rates increase shortly after you open your account, your rates will not increase. The interest rates for each CD term are competitive.

ableBanking is an online bank. To transfer money into your account, you must link another account. This account can be the ableBanking money market account or an external account. Once you link the accounts, you can transfer money. Only one external account can be linked to an ableBanking account at a time.

The only time you can add money to ableBanking CDs is when you open the CD and once the CD reaches maturity. They do not offer CDs that you can add money to at any time. ableBanking does not accept cash deposits. Only electronic, wire, or check deposits are accepted.

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