Wakanda

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Wakanda replied to the Online Banking board. 6:38 AM

Re: Great 'Emergency Funds' Bank Account

@aj485

Though comic book related usernames, the full usernames reference something else. My full usernames were SuntanSuperman and SuntanIronMan. It's a joke/commentary about how comic book writers decades ago would just add [more]

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Wakanda replied to the Online Banking board. 6:06 AM

Re: Great 'Emergency Funds' Bank Account

@Rayvt

Sorry for being excited about fixing something about my financial life. This is the internet after all. We can't have someone being happy about something. Nope. We definitely can't have that. We have to knock those happy jerks [more]

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Wakanda replied to the Budgeting board. 6:22 AM

Re: Great 'Emergency Funds' Bank Account

Thank you for the information about the name, 2gifts. I did a quick search before trying to find why exactly it was called Digital Federal Credit Union, but didn't see any info. I might learn a little about Digital Equipment Corporation as well. [more]

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Wakanda replied to the Budgeting board. 6:17 AM

Re: Great 'Emergency Funds' Bank Account

"I'm glad it works for you. However, if you compare it to, say, Ally Bank's current 1.88% rate (1.90% APY), at about $3000, you start earning more with Ally. I don't usually bother with tiered rate accounts because of this. The [more]

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Wakanda posted to the Online Banking board. 5:15 AM

Great 'Emergency Funds' Bank Account

Until recently I have never had ‘Emergency Funds’. I graduated from university in 2008, so savings account interest rates have been basically zero my entire working life. How could I justify parking my money in a bank account and earn practically [more]

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Wakanda posted to the Budgeting board. 2:40 AM

Great 'Emergency Funds' Bank Account

Until recently I have never had ‘Emergency Funds’. I graduated from university in 2008, so savings account interest rates have been basically zero my entire working life. How could I justify parking my money in a bank account and earn practically [more]