Highest Savings Rates in Connecticut
67 Connecticut-specific accounts

Interest is earned only on an average daily balance between $100 and $10,000. Balances outside that range earn no interest.

The preferred rate applies only to a balance from $10,000 up to $2,500,000. A balance below or above that range earns the bank's base rate on the entire balance. The account must be opened with funds not already on deposit at the bank, and deposits are capped at $2,500,000 per household. Online opening is limited to residents of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine.

Eligibility restricted to select states.

A personal Camden National Bank checking account is required, either held already or opened at the same time. The account must be funded with new money: transfers from an existing Camden National Bank account are not eligible.

Only new money may open this account. Funds already held at New Haven Bank cannot be used.

New money only. The account requires $10,000 to open, in funds that were not on deposit with Centreville Bank in the previous 30 days. The lowest rate tier starts at a $2,500 daily balance. The bank states this is a limited time offer that it can withdraw at any time.

A Washington Trust checking account is required. Opening needs $10,000, or $25 for a Freedom Ultra Checking customer. No monthly service charge if the tax reported owner is under 21 or 62 and older.

The rate needs one Ion Bank debit card purchase over $50 each statement cycle, or the Statement Savings rate may apply. An Ion Bank personal checking account and debit card are required.

This account can only be opened online.

The account opens with $2,500, which is also the balance at which the higher rate band begins. The lower rate band applies only to an account whose balance has since fallen below $2,500.

A linked MoneyMaking Checking account is required. The advertised rate is earned only on the first $100,000 of the balance, and only in a month with at least 12 debit card purchases, at least one direct deposit or automatic ACH payment, and eStatements enrolled. The part of the balance above $100,000 earns less, and in a month that misses any qualification the whole balance earns the lower non-qualifying rate. Online opening is limited to residents of Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester counties in Massachusetts and Hartford and Tolland counties in Connecticut.

Closing the account within six months of opening is charged $15.

Online opening is limited to residents of Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester counties in Massachusetts and Hartford and Tolland counties in Connecticut.

The bank also offers this account as a CRA lifeline account with no monthly charge.

A higher rate applies when the depositor also holds a First Bank of Greenwich checking account.

The monthly maintenance fee is waived for all tax reporting owners age 18 and under, or age 65 and over.

The account opens with $1,000, but a $2,500 minimum daily balance is required to earn interest.

The monthly maintenance fee is also waived, whatever the balance, for account owners aged 55 or older and for those under 18.