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Goldwater Bank is offering a 3.03% APY 36-month CD with a minimum balance of $50,000. That's the best 36-month CD rate according to the BestCashCow rate table.

The Jacksonville Bank, a small bank in Florida is currently paying 1.75% APY on a 6-month CD and 2.60% APY on a 24-month CD. Those are the best CD rates for their respective terms according to the BestCashCow rate tables.

Century Bank Direct is offering a 15-Month CD that pays 2.25% APY. It is also offering several other competitive products including a 2.09% APY 10 month CD and a 2.35% APY 20 month CD.

First National Community Bank is offering a 15-month and 18-month CD that pays 2.25% APY when you also open a Maximum Earnings Checking Account.

Southern Commerce Bank of offering a 12-month CD that pays 2.30% APY. That's the best 12-month CD rate according to the BestCashCow rate tables.

Atlantic Coast Bank is offering a 24-Month CD that pays 2.4% APY. That's one of the best rates on the BestCashCow 24-month rate table.

Rates on Certificate of Deposits ended their winning streak of the last three weeks with 3 year CD rates declining 1 basis point and 5 year CD rates declining 5 basis points. That's the largest drop we've seen in the 5-year CD rates since August. The 1-year rate rose 1 basis point. Let's hope this is a just a one-week decline and that next week rates will move up again.

H&R Block Bank is offering a 90-day CD that pays 1.5% APY.

Rates on Certificate of Deposits rose in the last two weeks, and the average 5 year CD rate according to the BestCashCow rate table is now at its highest since August 2009. The average for the 5 year CD has risen from 3.24% APY to 3.42% APY. Are we seeing more sparks of life? It would certainly take more yield to convince me to lock my money up for five years, especially if the economy is reviving. Perhaps this sentiment is gaining steam.

Amboy Direct is offering an add-on CD in which the APY is based on how much is deposited into the CD. What's unique is that you can make deposits after you have opened the CD.

ING Direct if offering a competitive 2.25% APY on a 12-month "Value Added" CD when it is funded with new money.

Hudson City Bank if offering a 2-year CD that pays 2.50% APY. That's the top 2 year CD rate according to the BestCashCow rate tables.

Aurora Bank is offering a 2.45% APY 2-year CD. Aurora Bank was formally known as Lehman Brothers Bank and after its parent firm's bankruptcy changed its name to Aurora. The bank did not go bankrupt with its parent.

newDominionDirect.com is offering a 2.76% APY 36 Month CD. That's currentlyl (9/29/09) the top CD rate for that term.