Looking for a way to keep large deposits safe? Ask us about CDARS®. It's a great solution for: businesses * nonprofit organizations * public funds managers * trustees * financial advisors * individuals * credit unions * IRAs
With CDARS, you can access up to $50 million in FDIC protection on CD investments through Portage Commerce Bank. There are few guarantees in life - FDIC insurance is one of them. CDARS can be a valuable cash management or longer-term investment tool for you.1
Why CDARS?
It's one-stop shopping. With help from CDARS, you can access:
You can select from various maturities, ranging from four weeks to five years (260 weeks) and choose the terms that best suit your investment needs. You can also ladder your CDs or combine maturities to effectively create a customized term.
How does CDARS work?
We are a member of a special network. When you place a large amount with us, we place your funds into CDs issued by other banks in the same network - in increments of less than $100,000 - so that both principal and interest are eligible for complete FDIC protection. As a result, you can receive coverage from many banks while working with just one.
These exchanges, which occur on a dollar-for-dollar basis, can bring the full amount of your original deposit back to our bank. As a result, we can make the full amount of your deposit available for community lending purposes. 2
What else should I know?
Now, you no longer have to spend time managing multiple bank relationships, administering various interest rates, organizing interest disbursements from various sources, or manually consolidating monthly statements. This reduces your administrative burden, especially during tax and financial reporting seasons.
And with CDARS, you can eliminate the need to monitor changing collateral values - another time saving convenience.
There are no hidden fees of any kind. We do not charge annual fees, subscriptions fees, or transaction fees for using the CDARS service; the rate you see is the rate you get.
Of course, your confidential account information remains protected.
Ask us about how CDARS can work for you.
Contact Roy Dangel, First Vice President, at 269-488-4272 or
email us at: ebank@portagecommerce.com for more information.
1 Funds may be submitted for placement only after a depositor enters into the CDARS Deposit Placement Agreement with Portage Commerce. The agreement contains important information and conditions regarding the placement of funds by us.
2 This benefit applies to some, but not all types of CDARS transactions. Let us know if this benefit is important to you, so that we can explain the relevant terms and conditions in more detail.
CDARS is a registered service mark of Promontory Interfinancial Network, LLC.
