My tool of trade lately has been looking for banks that pay higher percentage rewards on checking accounts, a lot of my friends use it and have loved it. I found this tool helpful for me on CheckingFinder.com They have a list of banks offering up to 6% in reward checking accounts just to use the debit card, online banking, or use direct deposit

I’ll pass it on:

Bank Rates:

First Robinson Savings Bank – Robinson, IL
6.01
Southern Missouri Bank & Trust
6.01
Bank of Ripley – Ripley, TN
5.26
Communication Federal Credit Union – OK
5.25
LA DOTD Federal Credit Union – Denham Spring, LA
5.25
Keystone Bank – Auburn, AL
5.15
Connexus Credit Union – Wausau, WI
5.15
Altra Federal Credit Union
5.05
Farmers and Merchants – Nashville, IL
5.05
Community State Bank – Poteau, OK
5.05
First State Bank – Kansas City, KS
5.03
State Employees Credit Union – Santa Fe, NM
5.02
Grand Bank of Texas – Grand Prairie, TX
5.02
Harbor Credit Union – Green Bay, WI
5.01
Malvern Federal Savings Bank – Paoli, PA
5.01
Union State Bank – Everest, KS
5.01
United National Bank – Cairo, GA
5.01
First Banking Center – Lake Geneva, WI
5.01
Noble Bank & Trust – Anniston, AL
5.01
The Community Bank – Brockton, MA
5.01
Bank of Little Rock – Little Rock, AR
5.01
Community Bank of Pleasant Hill – Pleasant Hill, MO
5.01
Community Bank of Raymore – Raymore, MO
5.01
Olmsted National Bank – Rochester, MN
5.01
Royal Banks of Missouri – St. Louis, MO
4.78
Texas Citizens Bank – Pasadena, TX
4.76
Courtesy of BancVue.

Enjoy!

I was in contact with Charles Park from pearbudget.com overnight about a small bug they are having with the javascript.

When you punch in your figures and save or update it appears to change the numbers you just provided to the website.

Here is a workaround that Pear Budget provided. When the bug is fixed shortly we will let you know.

From Pear Budget:
“Thanks so much for the note on that. It’s not an issue with your computer … it’s a javascript issue that we’re working on. If you see that happen again, if you click on one of the other pages (like the Enter page [the link is at the top of the page]) and then come back to the Plan page, you’ll see that the numbers will have sorted themselves out. It’s a frustrating bug, I know, and it’s something I’m working on fixing this week.”

I love that we can easily see where our money is going an what needs to be adjusted from month to month, it’s a great budget for beginners because it’s so simple to use. Great tech support too!