Accounting Complete Peachtree

Accounting Complete Peachtree

Accounting Complete Peachtree

Checking accounts, even those that pay a modest interest, are no place to park extra cash. Consider an online savings account by a virtual bank or an Internet version of a bricks-and-mortar financial institution.

Better yields Bankrate.com provides a listing of the top interest rates in the country. Once at the site, click on “compare rates” and go to high money market yield and savings account rates. In early November 2006, E-Loan offered the highest annual yield at 5.5 percent. A local bank near me, First Dakota Bank, on the other hand, paid 1.05 percent annually for its basic savings account. The rate increased to a whopping 1.26 percent for savings over $5,000.