Best high-yield savings rates

Requirements

Product: Savings with check-writing capability. $12 monthly service fee can be avoided with a $3,500 minimum daily balance each fee period. Relationship rates require linking to an eligible checking account (such as Prime Checking or Premier Checking).

Offer: Relationship rate; requires linking to a Premier Checking account. $12 monthly service fee avoided with $3,500 minimum daily balance.

Requirements

Product: Available only to holders of a Peak PLUS High Yield Checking or Peak PLUS Cash Back Checking account. Limit of one Peak Plus High-Yield Savings account per membership. There are no recurring monthly maintenance charges or fees to open or close this account. No minimum balance is required to earn or receive rewards.

Offer: Base/non-qualifying rate. Applies to entire balance if minimum qualification requirements during the monthly qualification cycle are not met. Rate is variable.

Requirements

Product: Pairs with Kasasa Cash or Kasasa Cash Back checking account to auto-transfer rewards. No monthly maintenance fee. Requires qualifying monthly activities (at least 12 debit card purchases of $5.01 or more, e-statements, online/mobile banking login).

Offer: Applies to all balances if monthly qualifications are not met on linked Kasasa checking account.

Requirements

Product: Minimum opening deposit is $0 online or $25 at a branch. Monthly service charge of $12 waived with an average monthly balance of $5,000 or when linked to a select PNC checking account. Minimum to earn interest is $1.

Offer: Standard Rate. $0 minimum deposit to open online ($25 in branches). $12 monthly fee waived with $5,000 average monthly balance or linked select PNC checking account.

Requirements

Product: Variable rate savings account. $8.00 monthly maintenance fee waived for the first 6 months for new accounts; thereafter waived by maintaining a minimum daily balance of $500 or more, owning a Bank of America Advantage Relationship Banking account, having an account owner under age 25, or being enrolled in BofA Rewards at Preferred Plus, Preferred Honors, or Premier tier. No Overdraft Item Fees. Paper check writing is not permitted. Online new account opening limit is $250,000.

Offer: Standard rate for balances less than $5,000. Variable rate. Applicable to Western North Carolina. $8.00 monthly fee with waiver options ($500 minimum daily balance, owner under 25, Advantage Relationship Banking, or qualifying BofA Rewards tier; fee waived first 6 months for new accounts).

Requirements

Product: Savings with check-writing capability. $12 monthly service fee can be avoided with a $3,500 minimum daily balance each fee period. Relationship rates require linking to an eligible checking account (such as Prime Checking or Premier Checking).

Offer: Relationship rate; requires linking to a Prime Checking account. $12 monthly service fee avoided with $3,500 minimum daily balance.

Requirements

Product: Rates listed are for accounts opened online. Must be 18 or older, a U.S. citizen or resident alien, and reside in AZ, CA, CO, IL, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, NM, OK, TX, UT, or WI to open online.

Offer: Monthly service fee waived with $100 minimum daily ledger balance.

Requirements

Product: No monthly maintenance fee. Earn an extra $5 savings reward every month the balance grows by $200 or more for the first year (up to 12 rewards for new accounts). Variable rate account; minimum opening deposit is $25.

Offer: Applies to ZIP code 60603 (Illinois and Northwest Indiana locations, excluding locations in South Beloit, Roscoe and St. Clair County in Illinois). Interest compounded daily and credited monthly.

Requirements

Product: Standard savings account. $5 monthly service fee can be avoided with $300 minimum daily balance, 1 automatic transfer of $25+ each fee period from linked Wells Fargo checking, 1 automatic transfer of $1+ each business day from linked checking, 1+ Save As You Go transfers from linked checking, or if the primary account owner is 24 years old or under.

Offer: Standard rate. Fee waived with $300 minimum daily balance, 1 automatic transfer of $25+ per fee period, 1 daily automatic transfer of $1+ each business day, 1+ Save As You Go transfer, or primary owner age 24 or under.

Requirements

Product: Savings with check-writing capability. $12 monthly service fee can be avoided with a $3,500 minimum daily balance each fee period. Relationship rates require linking to an eligible checking account (such as Prime Checking or Premier Checking).

Offer: Standard rate. $12 monthly service fee avoided with $3,500 minimum daily balance.