CIT Savings Connect account review

What we like about CIT Savings Connect

CIT Bank is an FDIC-insured online bank, and there isn’t much to say about Savings Connect — which is a good thing. It’s a no-hassle, straightforward option, which is great when you just need a safe and interest-fighting account to store away your savings.

High rates and unlimited transactions

CIT Savings Connect account doesn’t have any monthly fees and earns a high 4.65% APY on all balances. This rate is a little over 10 times the national average rate of 0.46%⁽¹⁾ for savings accounts, easily placing it among the highest-yielding accounts in the current market.

You can also perform unlimited transactions, which isn’t the norm. The lack of limits lets you move money around freely without the risk of excessive transaction fees. Most savings accounts limit you to six monthly transactions to abide by the Fed’s Regulation D, which stipulates those limits. But that regulation is currently suspended indefinitely, so banks can choose whether to implement a requirement.

Where it falls short

The CIT Savings Connect account has limitations similar to other online saving options. You won’t get access to any physical branches or get an ATM card. You’ll also need at least $100 to open the account. While we’ve seen opening deposits much higher than $100, plenty of high-yield savings accounts don’t require an opening deposit at all.

And while the CIT Bank Savings Connect account is pretty solid, there’s another CIT account with a higher rate at 5.05% APY — the Platinum Savings account. To earn the 5.05% APY, you’ll need a balance of at least $5,000 or you’ll only earn 0.25% APY. So, if you’re planning to keep at least $5,000, it’s worth considering CIT's Platinum account instead.

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Customer experience

CIT Bank has been in business for over 100 years and holds an A- rating with the Better Business Bureau (BBB). Most notably, it has zero complaints — an extremely rare achievement. Even brick-and-mortar banks typically have hundreds of complaints, and online banks are known for having thousands. No news is good news as far as we’re concerned.

The bank has a handful of reviews on its BBB profile, mostly negative, and some common threads are reports of poor customer service, issues submitting documents, accounts being closed and a few grievances about loan and credit card interest rates. But these are rather common for financial institutions.

On Trustpilot, CIT has a few hundred reviews and a mediocre 2.2-star rating. Negative reviews are in the same vein as BBB. Most reviews are positive, praising the bank’s loans, professional customer reps and fast turnaround times for new accounts.