The initial amount required to open standard Citizens Trust Bank CDs is low. All the standard CDs only require $500 to open. The jumbo CDs require $100,000 to open.

Citizens Trust Bank offers a variety of CD terms. The terms range from seven days to 60-months. There is a total of ten standard CD terms offered. The jumbo CDs also offer the same ten CD terms.

The CD terms offered through Citizens Trust Bank can be opened online. The application is online and completed entirely online.

The statements for Citizens Trust Bank accounts are free. To receive the free statements, signup to receive them electronically. If you wish to receive a statement in the mail, there is a fee of $5 per statement cycle.

The interest rates for Citizens Trust Bank are not competitive with other online CDs. These CD rates are competitive with typical bank rates. The interest rates are not tiered. Any amount over $500 earns the highest rate offered for Citizens Trust Bank CDs.

The jumbo Citizens Trust Bank CDs do not offer any higher interest rates. To open a jumbo CD requires $100,000. These rates are not competitive with other jumbo online CDs. The jumbo rates are not higher than the Citizens Trust Bank standard CD rates.

The short-term CDs hardly earn interest. The seven-day to 31-day terms, 90-day term, and six-month term earn very low interest. These term rates are similar to typical bank savings accounts. Online CDs earn much higher interest.

There are specific hours Citizens Trust Bank operates. Customer service is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET. You can call or email customer service. Citizens Trust Bank does offer some branch locations.

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The set amount required to open State Farm Bank CDs is low. Each regular CD term only requires $500 to open. You must keep $500 in the CD to earn interest. State Farm Bank offers personal deposit CDs and business CDs. The required amount is the same for business and personal CDs. To open a jumbo CD requires $100,000 to open.

State Farm Bank offers a good variety of CD terms. They offer CDs specific to personal deposit and business CDs. There are six different CD term lengths for personal deposits as well as business CDs. The terms range from 12-months to 60-months. State Farm Bank also offer jumbo CDs in the same terms as regular CDs.

The interest rates for State Farm Bank CDs are competitive. They are competitive with other online CDs. All the CD terms offer rates competitive with other online CDs of the same term length. The rates of State Farm Bank CDs are much higher than typical bank interest rates. You must keep $500 in the regular CDs and $100,000 in the jumbo CDs to earn interest.

State Farm Bank CDs can be opened online. You can fund your account by linking an external account to your State Farm CDs. Once you are approved for an account, your account is completely online. You can view everything for your State Farm accounts online or on their mobile app.

State Farm Bank does not offer CD terms shorter than 12-months. They do not offer a three, six, or nine-month CD terms. The shortest terms available is the 12-month term. This term is available as a personal deposit CD as well as a business CD term.

State Farm Bank does not offer an interest rate guarantee. If you open a CD with State Farm and the interest rates increase soon after, your rate does not increase. The interest rate on the day you open your CD is the rate you receive for the entire CD term.

All State Farm Bank CDs have a fee if you withdraw money before the CD reaches maturity. The penalty for early withdrawals is high. If you withdraw money from a CD term between 12 and 23 months, the fee is 180 days of interest. For terms from 24 to 47 months, the fee is 365 days of interest. The fee is 545 days of interest if you withdraw money early from CD terms for longer than 48 months. There is also a minimum withdrawal penalty of $25 if your fee does not total more than that.

State Farm Bank offers jumbo CDs. To open a jumbo CD requires an opening balance of $100,000. The interest rates for the jumbo CDs are the same as the regular CD rates. These CDs do not offer interest rates any higher than the other CD rates. Jumbo CDs are available in personal deposit accounts and business accounts.

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