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5.00% CDs at Bell General Credit Union
Bell General Credit Union has had an 11-month, 5.45% APY CD special going on since early December, that, amazingly, hasn’t dropped with the lower Fed rates. I thought I should also mention that they also have some longer term CDs available at 5.00% APY: A 1-year CD with a $10,000 minimum, a 2-year CD with a $1000 minimum, a 3-year CD with a $1000 minimum, and a 4-year CD also with a $10,000 minimum.
Bell General CU is open to those in the Chicago area whose employers can trace their roots to the “Bell System,” including SBC, AT&T and Lucent Technologies. Beyond that, there’s another 23 employers and organizations whose workers and members can join Bell General. The entire list is available here. Bell General Credit Union has one location: 205 W. Randolph, Suite 1010 in Chicago.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:33 am
I emailed these guys to ask if there were any geographic qualifications to be in this CU and no one replied. Does anyone know?
January 31st, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Their website has a pretty in-depth description of their field of membership, and unfortunately there’s nothing in there that mentions any geographic qualifications. It certainly wouldn’t hurt to call the credit union or visit it in person and see if there’s a way to get in — some credit unions are more flexible about their field of membership than others and will work to figure out a way to get you to join.