Chase Freedom(SM) has increased the cash back rate to 5% in credit card cash rebates for purchases in popular rotating categories.
Chase Freedom(SM) now offers a full 5% cash rebate in popular categories that change throughout the year.
You’ll get 5% cash back in popular rotating categories including gas, groceries, airlines, home improvement, and many other categories.

The U.S. Bank S.T.A.R.T program is currently offering up to $100 in banking bonuses when you make qualifying transfers from your U.S. Bank Package Checking account to your U.S. Bank Package Money Market Savings account.
S.T.A.R.T standards for Savings Today and Rewards Tomorrow, and U.S. Bank designed this program to help customers achieve additional savings.
This U.S. Bank S.T.A.R.T bonus offer is available to current or new U.S. Bank Package account customers.
How to Qualify for the U.S. Bank S.T.A.R.T. Bonus

For anyone who is an American College sports fan, and also likes basketball then you’ll probably know that March is when 64 NCAA Basketball teams square off in a tournament tagged “March Madness”. During this tournament a number of financial institutions flex their ad dollars to earn promotional rights during the big tournament.

Metro New York based financial institution Dime Bank has finally rolled out with a fully functional website which you can check out by visiting http://dimewill.com/ – up until now the site only had a splash page which changed periodically depending on their offer.

From now until April 30, 2010, BBVA is offering new consumers who open a checking account and set up direct deposit an opportunity to earn up to $150 in bonus funds.

Get paid to read advertisements with these pay to click networks that offer you cash for reading emails and viewing advertiser’s websites.
You’ll get paid to read emails and view advertiser’s websites with these paid advertisement networks, plus you’ll receive up to $10 in free cash bonuses when you open your new accounts.
Paid to click advertiser networks are free to join, and you’ll earn cash for reading advertiser emails and viewing websites that are related to your interests.

In February of last year we touted First New England Federal Credit Union’s interest checking account as one of the highest yielding on the market. And today, while not the highest, it remains near the top. In February of 2009 this account was providing yields of 5.15% APY on balances up to $25,000. Today this account still provides a whopping yield of 4.10% APY, however limits balances to $15,000 (any balance exceeding that amount will only garner 0.50% APY).

Bank of America (BAC) has made the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) the focus of its campaign on to alleviate some of the difficulty for those struggling to make their mortgage payments.
Permanent Modifications Completed
While Bank of America currently has over 500,000 mortgage modifications, it has been slower in making these modifications permanent.

Bank of America has apologized for a foreclosure process gone wrong, in which contractors hired by the bank allegedly entered a borrowers home, padlocked the door, and repossessed a pet parrot.
What We Have Here is A Failure to Communicate
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal Online, Bank of America said that the contractors [...]

Following the failure of LibertyPointe Bank yesterday, the FDIC has announced another New York bank failure, The Park Avenue Bank, bringing the 2010 bank failure total to 28.
The Park Avenue Bank
The bank, which has 4 branches and an estimated $520.1 million in assets as of last year, was closed by the New York State Banking [...]