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Best CD rates in Charlotte, NC
Compare published certificate yields with their terms, opening minimums, requirements, collection dates and original sources.
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- 5.00%APY$205 over 5 months on $10,000
Requirements
Product: Consumer accounts only. $500 minimum opening deposit for regular certificates. Balance limits are aggregate per member.
Offer: 5-Month Certificate Special. Maximum balance limit $500,000.00 total across all 5-month accounts per member.
5.00% interest rate · Balance cap $500,000 · Effective Oct 5, 2026
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More details - Truliant Federal Credit UnionRegular CertificatesCD · 12 months · $250 min · 2.99%–5.00% by balance
Credit union · 5 branches
5.00%APY$500 over 1 year on $10,0002.96% interest rate · Effective Oct 4, 2026
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Rate by balance for Regular Certificates Balance APY $250 and up 2.99% $5,000 and upYour amountLimited-time offer. Penalty for early withdrawal. Funds will roll over into an 12-month regular certificate upon maturity. Not available for business certificates. 5.00% $25,000 and up 3.10% $100,000 and up 3.15% Rate checked
More details - Piedmont Advantage Credit Union12-Month Special Limited Term CertificateCD · 12 months · $5,000 min
Credit union · 1 branch
5.00%APY$500 over 1 year on $10,000intro rateRequirements
Product: Penalty for early withdrawal. Not available on Business accounts. Special requires a minimum deposit of $5,000 and entire balance must come from funds not currently on deposit at Truliant or Piedmont Advantage, a division of Truliant Federal Credit Union.
Offer: Special requires a minimum deposit of $5,000 and entire balance must come from funds not currently on deposit at Truliant or Piedmont Advantage, a division of Truliant Federal Credit Union. Not available on Business accounts. Penalty for early withdrawal. Limited time offer.
Promotional rate · 4.88% interest rate · Effective Oct 2, 2026
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More details - Advancial Federal Credit UnionSavings CertificatesCD · 60 months · $1,000 min · 4.66%–4.87% by balance
Credit union · 1 branch
4.66%APY$2,558 over 60 months on $10,000Requirements
Product: Advancial membership required ($5 minimum membership share deposit). Subject to early withdrawal penalties.
4.56% interest rate · Effective Oct 6, 2026
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Rate by balance for Savings Certificates Balance APY $1,000 and upYour amount 4.66% $25,000 and upJunior Jumbo tier 4.76% $50,000 and upJumbo tier 4.87% Rate checked
More details - 4.50%APY$801 over 21 months on $10,000
4.41% interest rate · Effective Oct 1, 2026
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More details - Carolinas Telco Federal Credit UnionShare Certificate AccountsCD · 15 months · $500 min
Credit union · 3 branches
4.30%APY$540 over 15 months on $10,000Requirements
Product: Must deposit or maintain minimum required share(s) in a Prime Share Savings account ($5.00 par value). Dividends compounded and credited monthly. Dividends calculated using the average daily balance method. Penalty applies for early withdrawal. Account automatically renews at maturity unless specified otherwise.
4.22% interest rate · Effective Oct 13, 2026
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More details - 4.30%APY$615 over 17 months on $10,000with conditions
Requirements
Product: Civic membership required. Fixed-rate account; dividends are compounded monthly and may be paid monthly or rolled back into certificate account at maturity. Early withdrawal penalty applies (6-11 months = forfeiture of 90 days' dividends; 12-60 months = forfeiture of 180 days' dividends).
Offer: Promotional Choice Certificate with Signature+ Checking account relationship.
Qualified rate · 4.22% interest rate · Compounded monthly · Effective Sep 2, 2026
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More details - State Employees' Credit UnionShare Term Certificate (STC) AccountCD · 18 months · $250 min
Credit union · 9 branches
4.30%APY$652 over 18 months on $10,000Requirements
Product: Interest accrues as simple daily interest and is fixed for the term. Interest cannot remain on the account and payout is mandatory for non-compounding STCs (transferred monthly to an SECU deposit account of choice, or paid at maturity for 6- and 12-month terms). Penalty for early cancellation/withdrawal prior to maturity/renewal is the lesser of 90 days of interest on principal or all interest earned. One partial deposit or withdrawal permitted at no penalty during the 7-day grace period.
Offer: Interest payout is mandatory and must transfer monthly to another SECU deposit account.
4.30% interest rate · Effective Oct 1, 2026
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More details - 4.25%APY$317 over 9 months on $10,000
Requirements
Product: A $500 minimum deposit is required. Daily balance method is used to calculate the interest. APY was calculated based on monthly compounding and assumes that all interest earned will remain on deposit until maturity. Penalties may be imposed for early CD withdrawal.
Offer: Special Promotional APY is subject to change without notice. This offer is valid for consumers only and applies to new certificates of deposit opened with qualifying funds for Woodforest checking account holders. Qualifying funds are new funds deposited into a certificate of deposit that are not from money currently or previously held in any account at Woodforest National Bank. This is a limited time offer and may be withdrawn at any time without notice.
Effective Oct 2, 2026
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More details - 4.25%APY$389 over 11 months on $10,000with conditions
Requirements
Product: Fixed rate for the term. Requires a $5,000 minimum opening deposit. Special interest rates apply to initial term only and automatically renew for the disclosed renewal term at standard rates in effect at maturity. Maximum aggregate deposit limit of $2.5 million. Public funds are not eligible. Early withdrawal penalties apply.
Offer: Relationship rate; requires linked Prime Checking, Premier Checking, or Private Bank Interest Checking account at open and renewal. Renews to a 6-month term at 0.05% APY.
Qualified rate · 4.16% interest rate · Effective Oct 3, 2026
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More details - PNCFixed Rate Certificate of Deposit (CD)CD · 13 months · $1,000 min · 0.01%–4.25% by balance
Bank · 7 branches
4.25%APY$461 over 13 months on $10,000intro rateRequirements
Product: A minimum opening deposit of $1,000 is required for all CD accounts. Penalty for early withdrawal. Fees may reduce earnings. At the end of Promotional CD term, account automatically converts to the Standard consumer CD term that is closest to but not greater than Promotional CD term, at the applicable Standard rate. No withdrawals without penalty within first seven days. No partial withdrawals permitted. The $1.00 - $999.99 tier is for Renewal Only.
Offer: Renewal Only. Promotional rate.
Promotional rate · 0.01% interest rate · Effective Oct 21, 2026
Rate by balance
Rate by balance for Fixed Rate Certificate of Deposit (CD) Balance APY Up to $1,000 0.01% $1,000 and upYour amount 4.25% Rate checked
More details - 4.18%APY$1,307 over 36 months on $10,000
Requirements
Product: $500 minimum deposit. Terms 3 to 60 months. Shares rates with standard term certificates.
4.10% interest rate · Effective Oct 1, 2026
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More details - 4.18%APY$1,307 over 36 months on $10,000
Requirements
Product: $500 minimum deposit. Terms 3 to 60 months. Shares rates with standard term certificates.
4.10% interest rate · Effective Oct 1, 2026
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More details - 4.18%APY$1,307 over 36 months on $10,000
Requirements
Product: Fixed rate share account. Early withdrawal penalties: 90 days of interest on terms of 12 months or less; 180 days of interest on terms greater than 12 months.
4.10% interest rate · Effective Oct 1, 2026
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More details - 4.10%APY$169 over 5 months on $10,000intro rate
Requirements
Product: Rate based on ZIP code 43215. Minimum opening deposit is $1,000. For accounts less than $100,000. Early withdrawal penalty applies. Not valid with other offers, no rate exceptions. Not available for brokers, agents, public entities, or financial institutions.
Offer: Promotional rate. Account balance less than $100,000. Early withdrawal penalty applies.
Promotional rate · 4.02% interest rate · Effective Oct 16, 2026
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What CDs pay in Charlotte, NC
358 CDs at 30 banks and credit unions · checked Oct 6–22
- Typical
- 2.48%
- Top 10% from
- 4.07%
- Banks, typical
- 0.50%
- Credit unions, typical
- 3.69%
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