The few checking accounts that do earn interest are
usually premium accounts that require large amounts of money to open or to waive the account fees charged by the bank each month.
Not exact matches
Your payments
usually include a sum for property taxes and homeowners insurance
premiums, which goes into an escrow
account.
Some places offer
premium checking
accounts that do earn interest, but their rates are
usually too low to make up for the higher fees and minimums.
Even these
accounts don't
usually come close to the rates offered online, but if you also have investments and loan
accounts to consider, it might be easier to open a
premium savings
account at a major national bank that lets you integrate all your finances.
Banks
usually prefer escrow
accounts because it assures them insurance
premiums and real estate taxes are up to date.
For
premium brokers, the
account opening requirements is
usually higher and often beyond the financial capability of the small retail trader.
For example,
usually the month of July will
account for 20 % of your total
premium for the year, but the month of October will only
account for 5 %.
You can change the death benefit the
premium you pay and the interest in the cash value
account grows at an amount subject to market conditions (there is
usually a guaranteed minimum though).
Most whole life policies can be surrendered at any time for the cash value amount, and income taxes will
usually only be placed on the gains of the cash
account that exceeds the total
premium outlay.
Whole Life policies are also popular because of their guarantees which are
usually available through the
premiums and a guaranteed interest rate return on your cash value
account.
This type of
account usually has larger
premiums, but you are allowed to borrow against your policy if needed and you can cancel it at anytime.
They
usually also accumulate cash value which can then be paid out in dividends or applied to your
account as a payment against your
premium.
However, after the initial
premium payment you can
usually change the payment method and switch to an
account in your name.