Bread Savings Review: Savings and CDs
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Overall institution rating
4.5
Bread Savings (formerly Comenity Direct) offers a high-yield savings account and certificates of deposit but no checking accounts. The high-yield savings account offers a solid 4.75% APY and no monthly fees, and the account requires a $100 minimum deposit to open. Bread Savings™️ CDs also offer solid APYs, with a minimum opening balance of $1,500. There are no monthly fees for CDs, but an early withdrawal penalty will apply if a customer withdraws funds before the term length of the CD is up.
Bread Savings is an online-only bank, so it doesn’t have any branches, but its customer service phone line is available seven days a week. Since the high-yield savings account isn’t designed with frequent withdrawals in mind, the only way customers can withdraw cash is by transferring to a linked account.
Best if: You want an online-only account with a solid APY.
Pros
- Competitive rate on high-yield savings account.
- No monthly fees on savings or CDs.
- Online-friendly services.
Cons
- No checking accounts available.
- Relatively high minimum opening balance for CDs.
- No ATMs or branches.
Full review
Savings
Member FDIC
4.5
/5 NerdWallet ratingat Bread Savings
The online bank’s high-yield savings option offers a competitive rate of 4.75% APY. You need only $100 to open, and there’s no monthly fee or minimum balance to worry about. The mobile app lets you deposit checks, but unlike some online banks, Bread Savings doesn’t have goal-setting or budgeting features to help you save.
» Want to see more options? Check out NerdWallet’s best high-yield online savings accounts
CD
Member FDIC
5.0
/5 NerdWallet ratingat Bread Savings
Bread Savings offers a stellar combination of solid rates and a wide range of CD terms from one to five years, including a 2-year rate of 5.00% and a 4-year yield of 4.35%.
The minimum deposit of $1,500 is somewhat higher than some online banks, and the early withdrawal penalty ranges from three to 12 months' worth of interest, depending on the CD term.
» COMPARE: NerdWallet’s best CD rates
Full list of Bread Savings™️ CD rates:
1-year CD: 5.25% APY.
2-year CD: 5.00% APY.
3-year CD: 4.50% APY.
4-year CD: 4.35% APY.
5-year CD: 4.25% APY.
Banking experience
4.0
NerdWallet ratingBread Savings provides customer service by phone daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. CT on weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT on weekend and most holidays. The bank also responds to customers on Twitter and offers secure messaging on the Bread Savings site, too. Its mobile app gets high ratings from iOS users but less favorable ratings from Android users.
Methodology
NerdWallet’s overall ratings for banks and credit unions are weighted averages of several categories: checking, savings, certificates of deposit or credit union share certificates, banking experience and overdraft fees. Factors we consider, depending on the category, include rates and fees, ATM and branch access, account features and limits, user-facing technology, customer service and innovation. The stars represent ratings from poor (one star) to excellent (five stars). Ratings are rounded to the nearest half-star.
