My Debt Reduction Blog

Looks like for me they will pay interest around the 10th of every month. I still don’t know if I want to transfer the majority of savings from ING to HSBC for the gain of a few percent. I really don’t like the HSBC interface.

I opened up an HSBC Direct account last month and am surprised to still not see any interest earned on the account. I emailed their customer support to find out if something is wrong, but have not heard back yet.

Back in August I wrote about a service fee listing on my checking account statement for $37. A charge I normally just ignored and ‘accepted’. I’ve finally took the initiative to find about more about what made up this fee by calling my bank and simply asking for an explanation. The rep said I was [...]

I was looking over my checking account online this morning and there was a new line item. It was called ‘Total Service Charge’ and it cost me $37. Old me has seen these before once in awhile for varying amounts, but new me wants to know what this fee is all about. Old me would [...]

Earlier this year I opened an ING account and earned more interest on a relatively small amount than I’ve probably ever earned total from a regular bank. Lately I’ve been seeing that HSBC is paying 5.05% as opposed to INGs 4.5% so I decided to open an HSBC Direct account too and funded it with [...]