Vio Bank offers a wide variety of CD terms. There are 11 different CD terms available through Vio Bank. The terms range from 6-months to 120-months. Each of the CD terms can be opened online. You must be 18 years or older to open an account with Vio.

The Vio Bank CDs offer competitive interest rates. The rates are competitive with other online accounts. They are much higher than typical bank rates. Each term offers rates competitive with other online CDs of the same term length. Vio Bank regularly monitors interest rates. This helps to ensure their rates are competitive with national rates.

The amount required to open Vio Bank CDs is low. Each CD only requires $500 to open. You can open any of the CDs online, with that set amount. With the required opening amount, you will earn the competitive interest rates on the CD.

When you open a CD with Vio Bank, you can choose how often and how to receive earned interest. Choose how often your interest credits to your CD. There may be options on what account to have the interest credit to as well. If you close your account before the interest credits, you will not receive your earned interest.

Vio Bank CDs are not eligible for fund transfers. Only the savings accounts are eligible for the fund's transfer. If you try to transfer funds to or from your Vio Bank CD, you will receive an error message.

To withdraw money from the CDs before the maturity date has a set penalty and a fee for terms longer than 31 days. For terms 31 days or shorter, the penalty is all the earned interest on the withdrawn amount. For terms from 32 days to 12 months, the penalty is one percent on the withdrawn amount and a $25 fee. For terms longer than 12-months, the penalty is three percent of the withdrawn amount and a fee of $25.

Vio Bank does not offer an interest rate guarantee. The rate on the day you open your Vio Bank CD is the rate you earn for the life of the CD term. If the rates increase shortly after opening your account, your CD rate will not increase.

Vio Bank is an entirely online bank. Customer service has specific hours and ways to contact them. Reach a representative through phone, email, or mail. Vio does offer extended customer service hours. But, a representative is not available anytime.

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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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