What bank has the best GIC rates?
- Best Non-registered 3-year GIC: EQ Bank, 4.45% interest rate.
- Best Non-registered 3-year GIC: Motive Financial, 4.83% interest rate.
- Best Long term Non-redeemable 3-year GIC: Motusbank, 4.60% interest rate.
- Best 3-year GIC: Oaken Financial, 4.60%-4.70% interest rate.
- Best 3-year GIC: WealthONE bank, 4.75% interest rate.
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Scotiabank GIC Program | |
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Interest Rate | 0.1 – 1% ( Scotiabank GIC Interest Rates ) |
Number of Branches in Canada | 1,100+ |
- 3.10% †, 6 1-year CIBC Variable Rate GIC. Posted rate: 2.50% Learn more.
- 3.00% †, 4 1-year CIBC Flexible GIC® Posted rate: 2.40% Learn more.
- 4.25% †, 1, 3 1-year CIBC Bonus Rate GIC. Posted rate: 3.45% Learn more.
- Current: 4% up to $6,000.
- Aspiration: 3-5% up to $10,000.
- NetSpend: 5% up to $1,000.
- Digital Federal Credit Union: 6.17% up to $1,000.
- Blue Federal Credit Union: 5% up to $1,000.
- Mango Money: 6% up to $2,500.
- Landmark Credit Union: 7.50% up to $500.
CIBC is the best choice when it comes to opening a GIC account in Canada. It has the slight edge over ICICI Canada and Scotiabank. I work for ExTravelMoney.com, a company that helps students open GIC account abroad and transfer money to Canada at low exchange rates.
The surprise here is that you don't have to lock in for five years to get a rate of 4 per cent or close to it. The quirkiness of today's rate environment means that rates for terms of three, four and five years are pretty much identical. An obvious strategy in this situation is a three-year ladder.
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Rate of return.
In a branch, it might be possible to negotiate a better rate on a GIC if you do a lot of business with the bank. But even if we upgrade the yields on the branch-sold GICs mentioned earlier to 1.75 per cent and 2.1 per cent, respectively, we're still well short of the yield on similar GICs sold online.
The surprise here is that you don't have to lock in for five years to get a rate of 4 per cent or close to it. The quirkiness of today's rate environment means that rates for terms of three, four and five years are pretty much identical. An obvious strategy in this situation is a three-year ladder.
- Royal Bank of Canada. The Royal Bank of Canada is Canada's largest bank and was founded in 1864. ...
- Toronto-Dominion Bank. TD Bank is the second-largest bank in Canada, and has over 25 million customers worldwide. ...
- Scotiabank. ...
- Bank of Montreal. ...
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. ...
- Tangerine. ...
- EQ Bank. ...
- Simplii.