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No, it's not Carnival, but Banco do Brasil Americas has broken out savings and CD rates that are amongst the best in the country for balances of $100,000 or over. If you don't want to deposit that much in the bank, their rates for balances between $10,000 and $99,999 aren't bad either. The chart below shows their rate offerings:

For several years, Salem Five's online savings account has been one of the most competitive online accounts available. Many of our readers suggest that we remove it because it has features that are more onerous and difficult to understand than some of the other savings accounts listed on the site. BestCashCow.com recognizes these issues but feels that it Salem Five needs to be listed among the best yielding savings accounts because these issues can be worked around.

This issue's yield looks attractive, but it should be avoided.

In this low interest environment, the major money center banks have been offering next to nothing in interest for years. Citibank and Merrill now give you a reason to keep your cash with them.

Greece lies on the brink of collapse. Puerto Rico debt obligations are all going to be restructured. Even if the worst case were to materialize (both default), US interest rates are not headed for a dramatic decline or even a retest of recent lows. They are headed up.

Open as many as you can and enjoy a ton of free travel benefits!

Learn about the seven ways to pay that hefty tuition bill and strengths and weaknesses of each.

The information below shows the most common savings techniques used by those saving for college according to a survey done by Fannie Mae and some helpful information about each of them.

Citibank is aggressively advertising its new and improved ThankYou cards, but the benefits of the costly Prestige Card aren't entirely clear. We did some digging and found they are there.

The answer: "It depends."

Even though Singapore's KrisFlyer program is an outstanding way to redeem Chase points, it still makes sense to transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points to United under certain circumstances.