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Comparison of Deposit Account from ASCENSION with 1.56% - October 2025


Long-Term Analysis of Merchants & Planters' Bank with 1.41% APY and The Watkins Savings Bank with 1.20% APY and Home Bank and Trust Company with 1.10% APY and ASCENSION with 1.56% APY

This analysis is for demonstrative purposes only. Savings rates may go up or down, and CD rates may not be renewable for the length of the term of the analysis.

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$
PRODUCT
BANK
APY
STATE
AMOUNT
TERM
BANK TYPE
VS.NAT.AV.
MIN
  • 1
    LOCAL CD
    Merchants & Planters' Bank
    1.41%
    -
    $50,000
    60 Month
    Bank
    1.53x (National Avg. - 0.92%)
    $10,000
     
    SCENARIO
    Year Rate
    1.41%    		 Annual
    Interest    		 Annual Interest
    (After Tax)
    1 50,000 705 494
    2 50,705 715 500
    3 51,420 725 508
    4 52,145 735 515
    5 52,880 746 522
    6 53,626 756 529
    7 54,382 767 537
    8 55,149 778 544
    9 55,926 789 552
    10 56,715 800 560
    11 57,515 811 568
    12 58,326 822 576
    13 59,148 834 584
    14 59,982 846 592
    15 60,828 858 600
    16 61,685 870 609
    17 62,555 882 617
    18 63,437 894 626
    19 64,332 907 635
    20 65,239 920 644
    TOTAL $16,159 $11,311
  • 2
    LOCAL CD
    The Watkins Savings Bank
    1.20%
    -
    $50,000
    60 Month
    Bank
    1.30x (National Avg. - 0.92%)
    $10,000
     
    SCENARIO
    Year Rate
    1.20%    		 Annual
    Interest    		 Annual Interest
    (After Tax)
    1 50,000 600 420
    2 50,600 607 425
    3 51,207 614 430
    4 51,822 622 435
    5 52,444 629 441
    6 53,073 637 446
    7 53,710 645 451
    8 54,354 652 457
    9 55,007 660 462
    10 55,667 668 468
    11 56,335 676 473
    12 57,011 684 479
    13 57,695 692 485
    14 58,387 701 490
    15 59,088 709 496
    16 59,797 718 502
    17 60,514 726 508
    18 61,240 735 514
    19 61,975 744 521
    20 62,719 753 527
    TOTAL $13,472 $9,430
  • 3
    LOCAL CD
    Home Bank and Trust Company
    1.10%
    -
    $50,000
    36 Month
    Bank
    1.46x (National Avg. - 0.75%)
    $10,000
     
    SCENARIO
    Year Rate
    1.10%    		 Annual
    Interest    		 Annual Interest
    (After Tax)
    1 50,000 550 385
    2 50,550 556 389
    3 51,106 562 394
    4 51,668 568 398
    5 52,237 575 402
    6 52,811 581 407
    7 53,392 587 411
    8 53,979 594 416
    9 54,573 600 420
    10 55,173 607 425
    11 55,780 614 430
    12 56,394 620 434
    13 57,014 627 439
    14 57,641 634 444
    15 58,276 641 449
    16 58,917 648 454
    17 59,565 655 459
    18 60,220 662 464
    19 60,882 670 469
    20 61,552 677 474
    TOTAL $12,229 $8,560
  • 4
    LOCAL CD
    ASCENSION
    1.56%
    -
    $50,000
    48 Month
    Credit Union
    1.91x (National Avg. - 0.82%)
    $10,000
     
    SCENARIO
    Year Rate
    1.56%    		 Annual
    Interest    		 Annual Interest
    (After Tax)
    1 50,000 781 546
    2 50,781 793 555
    3 51,573 805 564
    4 52,378 818 572
    5 53,196 830 581
    6 54,026 843 590
    7 54,870 857 600
    8 55,726 870 609
    9 56,596 883 618
    10 57,479 897 628
    11 58,377 911 638
    12 59,288 925 648
    13 60,213 940 658
    14 61,153 955 668
    15 62,108 970 679
    16 63,078 985 689
    17 64,062 1,000 700
    18 65,062 1,016 711
    19 66,078 1,031 722
    20 67,109 1,048 733
    TOTAL $18,157 $12,710

    All calculations are for demonstration purposes only.

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