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RBC High Interest eSavings Account!

Finally, one of the big banks has started a high interest savings account that is competitive with other financial institutions like PC Financial. RBC has introduced their High Interest eSavings Account that currently pays out 4% interest / year.

If you look at the details below, this account will work out great for those of you who already have RBC accounts as the transfers between accounts are free. For those who don’t have RBC accounts, there will be a transfer fee to port your money from RBC to your own bank account.

The details:

Features and Fees

Monthly fee Per transaction fees
Unlimited Online Banking transfers from this account to other RBC Royal Bank accounts in your name Free
All other debit transactions, cheques, in branch, ATM, Telephone, or Online Banking bill payments $5.00 each
Interac* and Plus* System ATM network access fees3 Interac: $1.50PLUS System: $3.00
(within Canada and USA)PLUS System: $5.00
(outside Canada and USA)
Overdraft protection5 N/A
Stop payments Regular fees apply
Interac Email Money Transfers $1.50
Search for Records/Trace Items greater than 90 days old6 Regular fees apply
Cross Border Debit22 $0.75
Deposited item returned NSF Regular fees apply
Recordkeeping Options:
eStatement with Cheque Images free** Free
Monthly Paper Statement (consolidated/combined***) Free
Cheque Images returned with paper statement $2.00
Bankbook Not available
Other Services
Access to Online and Telephone Banking4 Free

Because I don’t bank with RBC, I will be sticking with the PC Financial Interest PLUS Savings account as the fees involved with the RBC account are too much for me.

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26 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. 1. Jon Lee

    How are the regular RBC chequing accounts? Also, PC gives the annual bonus of 0.03% or something, not a lot but its something.

  2. Good to know RBC has finally got a product like this, but it is said to see in the fine print that the 4% interest rate is only good to July 2007 after which it will drop to 3.25%. So I’m keeping with ING for now.

    CD

  3. Jon: I don’t bank with RBC, but i’m sure that they are similar to the other big banks with fees up the ying yang for regular chequing accounts. I usually stick with accounts with have free transactions with a min balance.

    C. Dream: Sneaky sneaky.. those big banks always have stipulations. Thanks for the heads up.

  4. Good find here Frugal, doesn’t seem to be any major catches with it as well from what I can see from what you posted.

  5. Minus the $5 fees everytime you conduct an atm transactions, and if I am reading this right, in branch are still $5? If so that’s a bad beat, most banks will charge nothing for branch atm transactions…

  6. Blain: I think the trick here is if you already have an RBC chequing account to transfer to your chequing account first (which is free).

  7. The TD Bank has a similar account that pays 3 percent. Not sure how it compares to RBC with respect to fees. The (Casera?)Credit Union in Winnipeg has a similar account that pays 3.25 percent.

  8. How is this better than E*Trade Cash Optimizer which today pays 4.15% without any fees of any kind? I bank with RBC but wouldn’t touch this product because this is just an introductory rate for four months. After that the rate will be 3.25% which is lower than ING and no where nearly as good as some other savings accounts.

  9. 10. Thomas

    It will be interesting to see which big banks follow suit.

  10. 11. mir18

    HSBC is also doing an introductory rate of 5% until October, then dropping to 3.5%…but the best interest rate you can get is at ICICI bank Canada, at 4.5%!!!

  11. 12. ed

    HSBC is 5% until Oct 10 and then it drops to prime. It was 3.5% before they started offering this 5% deal. It may not be 3.5% it could be lower or higher.

    The big bonuses HSBC is you can use BMO ABM as well for fast cash. I have no clue were you can find a ICICI ABM.

    But ING is still offering the $13 if you

  12. 13. dax

    I just enrolled in this program. It is now past July 2007. I will be getting 4%. You think it will only be for 4 months?

  13. 14. Serg

    Here is how you can get RBC checking account without monthly fee

    http://frugal-geek.blogspot.com/2007/11/rbc-no-fee-checking-account.html

  14. 15. bleah

    Ugg, I feel so silly, I opened this account thinking it would help me Save for my Travels in 6 months, thinking it make interest per month, but now im to understand its per year? My face is red.

  15. 16. Ann

    I have dealt with ICICI and it was a good experience. No holds on money transferred back into my PC chequing so could use funds right away.

  16. 18. Neil

    What is the current rate on the e savings account at rbc?
    Is it a tiered rate. So much interest up to the top rate.
    I don’t believe you get 4% ON ALL YOUR MONEY. I cant find
    the rate schedule on the rbc web site.

  17. Neil, just checked their site and their interest rate has dropped to 3.8%. To my knowledge, the 3.8% applies to every dollar in the esavings account.

  18. 21. John

    I’ve been watching the RBC e-savings account and it looks pretty clear that RBC boosted the rate for a few months (after the introductory period) to give a false impression that it was competitive with ING. Now that they’ve sucked in your money, their rate is consistently inferior to ING. IIt was just a marketing gimmick to fool the clients.

  19. 22. Bob Howse

    $5.00 charge for every online bill payment???? President’s Choice PAYS ME PC points for every online bill payment I make! And their interest rate is better. And it’s not tiered.

  20. 23. DAvid

    Bob,
    Does PCF allow online bill payments from their High Interest accounts? Their website is unclear on the topic, as it just speaks about transfers to and from their regular account.

    DAvid

  21. 24. bleah

    Well if you are like me, my high interest savings is my second account and i do all my transfers online. I dont use that account for paying bills, I keep it for earning the interest. I use those hefty fees as a deterrant from using debit etc, and it works for me. as for the 3.8%, thats a whole lot better than what a regular savings pays, a few measly cents.

  22. David, just confirmed that PCF does not allow bill payments directly from savings accounts. It makes sense as they require a 1 day delay for withdrawals.

  23. 26. david

    I can’t believe this, but RBC just dropped their rate to 2.5%! How is this a “High Interest” savings account now?

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