ING Account Bonus
What is an ING Savings Account?
It’s a better way to save money. Because ING is an online bank, it doesn’t have the overhead that traditional banks have to deal with, so it can offer its customers a higher savings rate. While this rate may go up and down (around a year ago it was up over 4%), it’s still going to be way over what a brick-and-mortar bank can offer.
Why Open a Savings Account with ING?
Because of the savings rate. Most banks offer savings accounts with a savings rate of 0.5% (my Bank of America account offers that much), which is terrible. If you have $1,000 in a savings account, here is how much you would have at the end of the year:
ING is the perfect place to start and grow your emergency fund (at least three months of living expenses in case you get canned or something else happens) as well as keeping money that you don’t want to risk in the market because you will need it relatively soon (a down payment or the money you’ll use to buy an engagement ring, which is what I did).
Just as an example, last year I made $540 and this year I’m up to $490. How great is that? All for just keeping my money with a safe, secure bank.
(to check out exactly how much money ING can make for you, use their handy calculator. It lets you enter how much money you’re putting in per month to see how much interest they’ll pay you)
The other great thing is that the easy interface makes it really easy to navigate and set up automatic transfers from your regular bank account.
When I first opened my account three years ago, I was nervous about putting money into an “Internet Bank,” but after reading about ING online and how easy and convenient it is (let alone how financially responsible it is), I signed up through a referral and had an extra $25 to grow.
What are you waiting for? E-mail me today to get your bonus.
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February 1st, 2008 at 6:57 am
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April 1st, 2008 at 5:37 am
[...] you’ve read anything about finances on this blog, you know I am a huge fan of ING—I use their high-yield savings account to put any and all extra money I have. But with the Fed [...]
April 9th, 2008 at 5:27 am
[...] the way I build my savings. Right now I put in a monthly amount into a general savings pile in my ING account. Any extra money laying around goes into that pile, and I’m hoping that soon it’ll grow [...]
May 1st, 2008 at 5:24 am
[...] didn’t get any ING referrals this month and I didn’t get any Amazon revenue either. The interest I gained from my ING [...]
May 13th, 2008 at 4:48 am
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June 18th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
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July 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
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August 5th, 2008 at 5:04 am
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August 6th, 2008 at 5:06 am
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August 16th, 2008 at 6:04 am
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August 26th, 2008 at 4:42 am
[...] year comes to $55.20, in which case the credit card beats it pretty good. This is kind of like the ING/savings rate debate of where to keep your money — I will keep my current system because changing [...]
September 4th, 2008 at 4:57 am
[...] this beats my all time record of income for a month, despite not having any freelance income or any ING referrals. Why so much then? Well, I set a new high for my Adsense income, which is nice even though I [...]
September 8th, 2008 at 5:27 am
[...] your savings account, they’re paying you $5 for keeping your money. High-yield accounts like ING are paying 3% right now, which means that same $1,000 pays you $30 a year. That’s free money [...]
September 12th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
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September 17th, 2008 at 6:22 am
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October 7th, 2008 at 6:04 am
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October 14th, 2008 at 6:12 am
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January 15th, 2009 at 7:18 am
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February 25th, 2009 at 5:54 am
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May 5th, 2009 at 7:16 am
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May 22nd, 2009 at 5:45 am
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August 20th, 2009 at 6:09 am
[...] a high-yield savings account: According to my last ING statement, I’ve earned $1,544.79 in interest since I opened my account in 2006. This [...]
December 14th, 2009 at 8:31 am
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March 9th, 2010 at 6:00 am
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December 19th, 2011 at 6:36 am
[...] remember seeing pitches for different online banks that had 0.25% better interest rates than ING, which is where I had (and still have) my money. They also splashed a bunch of credit cards in [...]
December 2nd, 2012 at 9:32 pm
If anyone was looking for the Savings or Kids Account $25 bonus, feel free to check out the attached link. Could help you get some extra money.
https://www.ingdirect.com/referafriend/?save=wgYcVCqgMW