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.

Read the full Capital One 360 review.

The regular CDs offered through Rising Bank have low opening required amounts. These CDs only require $1,000 to open. You must keep this amount in the CD to earn interest. If your account balance falls below $1,000, your CD will not earn interest.

The interest rates for Rising Bank CDs are competitive. Their rates are higher than typical bank CD rates. Rising Bank rates are competitive with other online CDs of the same term length. The CDs do not have tiered interest rates. Any amount over the required opening deposit earns competitive interest rates.

Rising Bank is a completely online bank. You can open any of their accounts online. The process of opening an account is entirely online. They offer a high yield savings account and CDs. The CD terms range from one-year to three-year terms. The CDs come in regular, jumbo, and Rising CDs.

Rising Bank offers a Rising CD. These CDs come in 18-month and 36-month terms. If the interest rates increase during the CDs term, you can increase your CDs interest rate. Once the rate increases, you can also add money to your CD. You can increase your rate once during the 18-month CD term and twice during the 36-month CD term.

Rising Bank offers different types of CDs, but they do not offer a wide variety of term lengths. In the regular CDs, they only offer a one-year, two-year, and three-year CD. The jumbo CDs are available in a two-year term. The Rising CDs are available in 18-month and 36-month terms.

Rising Bank CDs and jumbo CDs have high opening amounts. The Rising CDs require $25,000 to open. The jumbo CD requires $100,000 to open. You must keep these balances in the account to earn interest. If your balance falls below this amount, you will not earn interest.

The interest earned on Rising Bank CDs credits to your account every three months. When the interest is credited, the money is added to your CD amount. If you close your CD before interest credits to your account, you will not receive the interest earned.

Because Rising Bank is an online bank, there are no branch locations. You can only reach customer service through email or telephone. Their website says their customer service is personalized to each customer. The ways to reach customer service is just limited.

Read the full Rising Bank review.