Get $25 for Opening an ING savings account.

About a year ago I opened an online savings account at INGdirect.com. At the time it was paying between 4% and 5% APY. Like all of the online savings accounts, it's dropped down to 3% over the last couple of months. Still, that's better than the 0.75% I was getting at First National of Griffin. I am trying to get my son, a young soldier, started out on better financial footing than I am. So I sent him a link to open an account with ING also. I sent it several months ago, and evidently those things are stamped with an expiration date. Tonight he wrote me back and asked for a new link. I'm so excited to think he may get off to a good start saving, I went to ING's website and sent him another link right away.

He could have gone to the website and just signed up without the link. But if he uses the referral link and deposits at least $250 he gets a $25 bonus from ING. According to their website, I'm allowed to refer up to 50 people. So if you'd like to move $250 over there, get a $25 bonus, and get about 4 times as much interest on your savings as your local bank is giving you, email me. I'll be glad to send you a link. In the interest of full disclosure, they also give me a $10 bonus if you open an account with $250.