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April 5, 2018
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For those in Manitoba Access CU Savings Acc Over 250K rate increase to 2.75%
6:13 am
December 17, 2016
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This is a S. Manitoba small-towns CU with an apparently far reaching base of clients
Member Service Centre
1.800.264.2926 (North America)
0.800.180.0963 (Germany)
001.800.514.2926 (Mexico)
9:38 am
February 20, 2018
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Access on the phone claims gic investors from Ontario can purchase a gic from Access, first open an account, but were unclear if account can be linked to external bank account e.g. TD
https://www.accesscu.ca/BecomingAMember/
Has anyone dealt with Manitoba CU Access out of province any issues?
Their 22mth gic is 3.15%
https://www.accesscu.ca/Rates/
1:40 pm
October 21, 2013
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Top It Up said
This is a S. Manitoba small-towns CU with an apparently far reaching base of clientsMember Service Centre
1.800.264.2926 (North America)
0.800.180.0963 (Germany)
001.800.514.2926 (Mexico)
This geography suggests to me a Mennonite base. Steinbach CU comes out of that community and does very well. I could be wrong, of course, but if I had to think of a way to link MB, Germany and Mexico, this would be it.
3:23 pm
February 27, 2018
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Loonie, You have found the perfect link between the 3, Mennonites. Excellent find.
Me being me, i would have said, a dislike for a certain American president. It seems most of my humour is lost here in this forum. I believe it's because i'm more of a radical, whereas most of the members here are... i guess, more professional. It must be that old blue collar vs white collar kind of thing.
But i have noticed, most of us awake in the middle of the night, so we have that in common, a bladder that can't wait until morning.
3:37 pm
October 21, 2013
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I do appreciate (most of!) your humour, Kidd. There's rather a lack of it here in general. Generally, nobody responds to mine either - too dry, I suspect.
Have you considered a post-retirement foray into stand-up?
From what I hear, everyone is supposed to have a retirement sideline in the new economy!
3:56 pm
February 27, 2018
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To be honest... it has been mentioned (stand up) but i have a tendency to offend everyone because I have no sense of a filter. Peter is my moderator here.
1:20 am
October 21, 2013
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Kidd said
To be honest... it has been mentioned (stand up) but i have a tendency to offend everyone because I have no sense of a filter. Peter is my moderator here.
Nobody ever succeeded in stand-up by being "moderate".
Practice makes perfect!
You can learn a lot from the following reactions:
If you can, take a listen to The great gasbag : an A-to-Z study guide to surviving Trump world, by Joy Behar. Audio version, read by the author, is best, available in some libraries. This is recent, offensive in parts, very offensive to some people no doubt, and, surprisingly to me, very funny. She gets away with it because she's eloquent and funny.
Then, go find yourself an open mike!
I'm always willing to give unqualified advice on careers, relocating, personal finance, and anything else I don't really know much about - and to get off-topic for a good cause!
But 70+ years of life experience has to be worth something, right?
3:32 pm
January 30, 2009
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FYI - the Platinum Account referred to in the original post is paid annually (not monthly).
I haven't called them yet since since the annual payment may be a deal breaker for me but for those interested, I would also check with them if the 2.75% for balances $250,000 and up applies to the full balance, or only the portion above $250,000. I suspect it is the former but good to ask.
"Designed for members looking for a long-term high-yield Savings account, our Platinum Savings Account provides one free withdrawal a month and interest calculated on your minimum monthly balance, paid annually.
Platinum Savings Rates
$0 - $99,999 .................. 2.45%
$100,000 - $249,999 ..... 2.55%
$250,000+ ..................... 2.75%
Minimum $100 deposit required to open.
Statements will be provided electronically.
*Rates subject to change"
PS. I would go to see a comedy act called 'Loonie and Kidd' if you want to team up. Maybe you could make it half a discussion about banks, and half about jokes. Fits the name perfectly.
6:59 pm
February 27, 2018
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How i see it.
James.
If the interest is calculated on the minimum closing "daily" balance, paying yearly would not really be a deal breaker, especially if the rates are better than other financial institutions. GICs pay yearly. The advantage to this over a gic is... your balance can fluctuate. Even if your account balance goes to zero, at years end, they will give you the interest earned.
Added edit
I did read, you said they calculate interest on "monthly" balance. I think most FI now look at your daily balance.
9:01 am
January 30, 2009
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Kidd said
How i see it.James.
If the interest is calculated on the minimum closing "daily" balance, paying yearly would not really be a deal breaker, especially if the rates are better than other financial institutions. GICs pay yearly. The advantage to this over a gic is... your balance can fluctuate. Even if your account balance goes to zero, at years end, they will give you the interest earned.
Added edit
I did read, you said they calculate interest on "monthly" balance. I think most FI now look at your daily balance.
Hi Kidd,
I understand what you're saying. Note that they charge you if you withdraw more than once per month. Further, the annual payment just irritates me. Now I have to keep track of my balances each month (average) over the whole year and make sure if my balance does drop to zero they don't close my account, and make sure that I don't drop below the thresholds they set above or if I do, calculate interest based on the lower threshold, and make sure that when I'm paid the interest is calculated correctly, etc. etc. Also it's not clear to me, but the way I read it, you lose out on the benefit of compounding interest (but maybe not - someone more interested than me would need to clarify this with them).
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