It seems that with the new year many of my readers are looking to open a new ING Direct Orange Savings account, based on some of the search terms people have used to find the site in the last week. So to satisfy the masses, I am posting the following referral links. These links will earn you a $25 bonus for opening a new account if your initial deposit is at least $250 (see terms below). You will also be supporting this blog, as I earn $10 for each referral.
These links are one time use, so if you use one of the links please post a comment saying which link you used.
ING Direct Orange Savings – Valid through 2/4/2008CODE USED
- ING Direct Orange Savings – Valid through 2/4/2008
ING Direct Orange Savings – Valid through 2/4/2008- CODE USED
- ING Direct Orange Savings – Valid through 2/4/2008
ING Direct Orange Savings– Valid through2/4/2008– CODE USED- ING Direct Orange Savings – Valid through 2/14/2008
- ING Direct Orange Savings – Valid through 2/14/2008
- ING Direct Orange Savings – Valid through 2/14/2008
- ING Direct Orange Savings – Valid through 2/14/2008
- ING Direct Orange Savings – Valid through 2/14/2008
Rules of the game: Bonuses are only paid for accounts that are opened with an initial deposit of at least $250. Initial deposit does not include bonus. The $25 bonus is available only for new accounts with a new Customer as primary owner. Only one bonus will be provided per household. Bonus starts earning interest upon account opening, but is unavailable for withdrawal for 30 days.
Dumb question here: Why is everyone so enamored with ING Direct? HSBC’s “Direct” offering, to me, seems better; 4.25% interest, on the online savings account, and it’s backed by a large bank in its own right. Its “Online Payment Account,” or what ING calls “ElectricOrange,” only pays 2.50% compared to ING’s 3.11% (for deposits up to $50k), but if you have a regular checking account, these aren’t entirely necessary.
Of course, I’m kinda grumpy at ING anyway, since they consider a partially-completed application an “existing customer” and wouldn’t let me open an account without closing the first one; pity I can’t close an account I don’t have..
Honestly Wes, I don’t get it either. I agree that ING’s offerings are not competitive based on rate. I like FNBO Direct for my savings (currently 5.05% APY) and Presidential Bank for my full-service checking (currently 3.50% APY).
In my view, the pros for ING are a very user friendly site and name recognition. If it were not for the referral bonuses I can offer through my account I would probably close my ING accounts. But with the $25 bonus for a new $250 account, you get an instant 10% return risk-free, which isn’t bad.
I’m not a big fan of HSBC anymore either, but that will be the subject of a separate post.
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