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Comparison of Deposit Account from NorthStar Bank with 1.26% - October 2025


Long-Term Analysis of Farmers Bank with 0.35% APY and Georgia Community Bank with 1.26% APY and NorthStar Bank with 1.26% APY and MRV Banks with 1.20% APY and Citizens Bank & Trust Co. with 1.16% APY and Black River Country Bank with 0.85% 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
    0.35%
    -
    $50,000
    24 Month
    Bank
    0.53x (National Avg. - 0.66%)
    $10,000
     
    SCENARIO
    Year Rate
    0.35%
    Annual
    Interest
    Annual Interest
    (After Tax)
    1 50,000 175 123
    2 50,175 176 123
    3 50,351 176 123
    4 50,527 177 124
    5 50,704 177 124
    6 50,881 178 125
    7 51,059 179 125
    8 51,238 179 126
    9 51,417 180 126
    10 51,597 181 126
    11 51,778 181 127
    12 51,959 182 127
    13 52,141 182 128
    14 52,323 183 128
    15 52,507 184 129
    16 52,690 184 129
    17 52,875 185 130
    18 53,060 186 130
    19 53,245 186 130
    20 53,432 187 131
    TOTAL $3,619 $2,533
  • 2
    LOCAL CD
    1.26%
    -
    $50,000
    48 Month
    Bank
    1.54x (National Avg. - 0.82%)
    $10,000
     
    SCENARIO
    Year Rate
    1.26%
    Annual
    Interest
    Annual Interest
    (After Tax)
    1 50,000 630 441
    2 50,630 638 447
    3 51,268 646 452
    4 51,914 654 458
    5 52,568 662 464
    6 53,230 671 469
    7 53,901 679 475
    8 54,580 688 481
    9 55,268 696 487
    10 55,964 705 494
    11 56,669 714 500
    12 57,384 723 506
    13 58,107 732 512
    14 58,839 741 519
    15 59,580 751 525
    16 60,331 760 532
    17 61,091 770 539
    18 61,861 779 546
    19 62,640 789 552
    20 63,429 799 559
    TOTAL $14,229 $9,960
  • 3
    LOCAL CD
    1.26%
    -
    $50,000
    48 Month
    Bank
    1.54x (National Avg. - 0.82%)
    $100,000
     
    SCENARIO
    Year Rate
    1.26%
    Annual
    Interest
    Annual Interest
    (After Tax)
    1 50,000 630 441
    2 50,630 638 447
    3 51,268 646 452
    4 51,914 654 458
    5 52,568 662 464
    6 53,230 671 469
    7 53,901 679 475
    8 54,580 688 481
    9 55,268 696 487
    10 55,964 705 494
    11 56,669 714 500
    12 57,384 723 506
    13 58,107 732 512
    14 58,839 741 519
    15 59,580 751 525
    16 60,331 760 532
    17 61,091 770 539
    18 61,861 779 546
    19 62,640 789 552
    20 63,429 799 559
    TOTAL $14,229 $9,960
  • 4
    LOCAL CD
    1.20%
    -
    $50,000
    48 Month
    Bank
    1.47x (National Avg. - 0.82%)
    $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
  • 5
    LOCAL CD
    1.16%
    -
    $50,000
    48 Month
    Bank
    1.42x (National Avg. - 0.82%)
    $10,000
     
    SCENARIO
    Year Rate
    1.16%
    Annual
    Interest
    Annual Interest
    (After Tax)
    1 50,000 580 406
    2 50,580 587 411
    3 51,167 594 415
    4 51,760 600 420
    5 52,361 607 425
    6 52,968 614 430
    7 53,582 622 435
    8 54,204 629 440
    9 54,833 636 445
    10 55,469 643 450
    11 56,112 651 456
    12 56,763 658 461
    13 57,422 666 466
    14 58,088 674 472
    15 58,762 682 477
    16 59,443 690 483
    17 60,133 698 488
    18 60,830 706 494
    19 61,536 714 500
    20 62,250 722 505
    TOTAL $12,972 $9,080
  • 6
    LOCAL CD
    0.85%
    -
    $50,000
    24 Month
    Bank
    1.29x (National Avg. - 0.66%)
    $10,000
     
    SCENARIO
    Year Rate
    0.85%
    Annual
    Interest
    Annual Interest
    (After Tax)
    1 50,000 425 298
    2 50,425 429 300
    3 50,854 432 303
    4 51,286 436 305
    5 51,722 440 308
    6 52,161 443 310
    7 52,605 447 313
    8 53,052 451 316
    9 53,503 455 318
    10 53,958 459 321
    11 54,416 463 324
    12 54,879 466 327
    13 55,345 470 329
    14 55,816 474 332
    15 56,290 478 335
    16 56,769 483 338
    17 57,251 487 341
    18 57,738 491 344
    19 58,229 495 346
    20 58,724 499 349
    TOTAL $9,223 $6,456

    All calculations are for demonstration purposes only.

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