There’s no doubt that the banking industry has had a tough time over the past month. Interest rates have fluctuated. Most notably, ING Direct‘s Orange Savings Account is now at 2.75% APY (1.5% as of May 29, 2009) and Washington Mutual’s Online Savings Account is now tun by JP Morgan Chase and offers 3.0% APY. Here are more updated interest rates.
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Luke Landes founded Consumerism Commentary in 2003 and has been building online communities since 1990. Luke, also known as Flexo, has contributed to PC World Magazine, US News, Forbes, and other publications. 
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What of Dollarsavingsdirect? They actually went from 3.75% to 4% when the feds cut the rate. I’m very surprised that I’m hearing so little about this bank around the financial blogosphere. Get with it people!
Billy: Thanks for bringing up DollarSavingsDirect. I’ll add them to the list.