CIBC Bonus Savings Account. | General comparisons | Discussion forum

High Interest Savings Best Tips: $100 prize each week for the most useful forum post!
 

 
Current User: Guest Login Register
Please consider registering


Register? | Lost Your Password?

Search Forums:


 






Minimum search word length is 4 characters – Maximum search word length is 84 characters
Wildcard Usage:
*  matches any number of characters    %  matches exactly one character

CIBC Bonus Savings Account.  

Reply to Post Add a New Topic
UserPost

2:06 pm
August 21, 2009


Selby

Guest

I have been looking into Hi interest accounts from the major banks.
From what I can tell the CIBC Bonus Savings account was giving high interest similar to PC Financial. But there is little history to check this out. Anybody have additional information on the Bonus account rates over the past 3 years or so?

5:46 pm
August 22, 2009


Guest

Guest

I actually work for CIBC and the Bonus Savings Account currently offers 0.75% interest on balances over $5000. When the economy was doing better the account was offering 3.0% if i recall correctly.
The account allows for 1 free debit withdrawal per month and clients have access to funds immediately through online, telephone, in bank and through abms.

7:59 pm
August 23, 2009


Hornswoggler

Member

posts 33

ICICI is offering more than twice that rate (1.4%)

The whole concept of 'high' interest savings has turned into a joke with the government printing up money and handing it out for free. Its a ripoff of all savers.

11:33 pm
August 23, 2009


Guest

Guest

Problem is with ICICI is that access to funds is limited. What if you need to withdraw cash immediatly. Also their online banking lacks in comparison with the Big 5 banks.
Plus if you withdraw cash from an ATM you must go to an ICICI ATM to withdraw cash to avoid fees and god knows how many of those are lying around Canada.
Is the inconvience really worth all the hassle.
GO with ICICI if:
-you don't need teller supported transactions
-Don't need immediate access to your cash
-Know of a ICICI ATM located near by

Honestly for a few less dollars in interest i rather have my money with a big 5 bank where i can have access to my account.

2:21 am
August 25, 2009


Hornswoggler

Member

posts 33

is it a savings account or a spending account that you are after.

the less you have access to your money the more you will save.

3:35 pm
August 25, 2009


Guest

Guest

Yes but what if theres an emergency and you need the funds.
Working at CIBC i see many customers come in with PC financial accounts upset because they thought they would be able to do their banking through the tellers. PC Financial is great because of no fees and high interest (not of late) but when it comes to exchanging for foreign currency, withdrawing large amounts, bank drafts, certifying cheques and etc you're out of luck and have to go through a huge hassle.
Same thing with ICICI.

8:54 pm
August 27, 2009


Selby

Guest

So it looks like nobody has any historical info on the CIBC Bonus account. Well not a real problem. I suspect all accounts will see higher interest rates in the next months.

Reply to Post

Reply to Topic:
CIBC Bonus Savings Account.

Guest Name (Required):

Guest Email (Required):

HTML Editor
Post New Reply

Guest URL (required)

Math Required!
What is the sum of:
5 + 11