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Top CD Rate of 1.85% APY. Top online savings rate of 1.05% APY. Average bank rates continue decline. Is the U.S. economy headed for a crash and how you can protect your cash.

Today's news from the EU is that Brussels determined that the Bank of Cypress should be reorganized in a manner leaving its depositors with losses of up to 30% of their deposits over insured amounts, and that the Laiki Bank should be "resolved" in a manner leaving its depositors with losses of up to 70% of deposits over insured amounts. Cypriot law had insured depositors to a Euro 100,000 level so the burden is falling largely on those depositors more wealthy than the average Cypriot, including wealthy and near-wealthy Russians who by many accounts now provide more than half of the deposits to Cypriot banks.

Top national CD Rate steady at 1.85% APY, online savings steady at 1.05% APY. Cypress protects insured deposits. Rate forecast: more declines.

The EU recently forced Cyprus to accept a bank bailout that takes the unprecedented step of forcing losses onto bank depositors. How does this impact U.S. savers?

Top national CD Rate at 1.85% APY, online savings at 1.05% APY. What Cypress means to depositors. Rate forecast: stable.

Cardinal Bank, headquartered in Mc Lean, VA and with 27 branches in the Washington D.C. metro area is offering a checking account that pays a 1.21% APY on balances up to $100,000.

Top online savings rate @ 1.05% APY. Top online CD rate at 1.85% APY. Economy showing signs of life. Rate outlook: Unchanged.

The Labor Department reported today that employers added 236,000 jobs in February, helping to lower the unemployment rate to 7.7%.

Custodial savings accounts are bank accounts set up by a parent for a child that can contain either savings accounts, CDs, or a combination of both. Using them as a savings vehicle present several advantages and disadvantages.

Average CD rates dip while online savings remain steady. Top national CD rate at 1.85% APY. Top online savings rate at 1.05% APY. Rate forecast: continued slow decline.

Melrose Co-operative Offering Best 1 Year CD Rate at 1.50% APY

Getting a FHA mortgage was once the most affordable way for first-time mortgage borrowers to buy a home. But is that quickly changing?

Rewards checking accounts provide their holders with a premium interest rate, a free checking account, and often ATM rebates in return for the owner undertaking certain activities specified by the bank.

Savings and CD rates continue gradual decline. Sequestration and its impact on bank rates. Interest rate forecast says gradual decline will continue.

Sustained, historically low interest rates have made CDs a less interesting part of an investor's portfolio, but can they still provide value when compared to a savings account?