Marcos Cabello

Writer, Banking and Deposits
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  • Consumer banking
  • Personal finance
  • Economic policy
  • Federal Reserve news
Education Icon EDUCATION
  • Juris Doctor, Boston University
  • Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts, Criminology and Philosophy. Minor in Psychology, Florida State University

Marcos Cabello is a banking writer at Bankrate, where he’s dedicated to helping readers make the best decisions about their finances. Currently, Marcos writes about consumer banking, reviewing deposit products like certificates of deposit, savings, checking and money market accounts. Previously, Marcos wrote about money for CNET and NextAdvisor, running the gamut of personal finance topics including U.S. economic policy and cryptocurrency.

If you don’t find Marcos behind his computer screen, you’ll probably find him behind another screen, playing the newest Nintendo Switch title, streaming the latest TV show, reading a book on his Kindle or doing some creative writing.

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Marcos's latest articles

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    Capital One offers competitive rates on a range of CD terms. You won’t have to worry about any minimum deposits.

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    Ally Bank offers three flavors of CDs: traditional CDs, no-penalty CDs, and raise your rate CDs. Here's what these CDs pay savers.

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  • Bank of America CD rates

    Bank of America offers two kinds of CD account types: featured CDs and fixed term CDs. Featured CDs offer a higher APY, but require a higher balance. Fixed term CDs offer lower APYs but have a lower minimum deposit requirement.

    2 min read Jul 09, 2024

  • Citibank CD rates

    Citibank offers several types of CDs with a large range of terms to choose from. Some of those CDs offer competitive yields.

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  • Discover Bank CD rates

    Discover Bank offers a variety of CD terms that pay competitive yields. Here are the rates Discover offers on its CDs.

    1 min read Jul 09, 2024