11.03.08 | Take the $500 Savings Challenge
Challenge yourself to save $500, you could win $500!
Saving money is hard; we are all much better spenders than savers but saving money is really important. Not only does it give you a safety net but but many students don’t realize that banks pay you for having money in a savings account. Yup, they pay you interest on your money every month. Why you may ask? Because they are borrowing that money from you to use for making loans like student loans to other people. The interest people pay back to banks on loans in part goes towards paying interest to you on your savings account. You can take your money out at any time and the US Government guarantees that up to $250,000.
Sounds awesome huh? That’s why we’ve put together this challenge to help encourage you to start saving. We are asking that you open a free ING Direct Savings account. Its free, flexible and has high interest rates to grow your savings its great for students.
How to Enter:
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What Can I Win?
On December 31st we’ll randomly select two people who entered the challenge to award $500 deposits each. You must open an ING Direct Savings Account to win. Tricking us will result in bad karma plus we will only deposit the money into an ING account. ING gives students great tools to help grow their savings.
Who Can Enter?
Anybody can enter! All you have to do is open a new ING Direct Savings Account.
Top 4 Excuses for Not Taking the Challenge:
1. I don’t feel comfortable giving out my personal information online.
2. I don’t know who ING Direct is.
4. I already have a savings account.
Who is ING Direct and Can I Trust Them?
ING DIRECT, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware exists to help you Save Your Money. I personally have an account with them I opened for this challenge and I use it! ING does business online, over the phone and by mail. Read more about ING here.
More Questions?
If you have more questions about this challenge, ING Direct Savings or StudentPlatinum, direct them to info@studentplatinum.com.
Are you a ScholarshipPoints member? If so use the code INGMEBLOG for 10 cool points.
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I entered this challange because I have return to college as a 42 year old grandmother and have recently found myself being placed on disability. I thought no I will not go out like this. I want to still use my mind regardless of the fact my physical condition has deemed me unable to work.I have exhausted my savings while being on disability and want to trying and become financially stable again.
November 3rd, 2008 | #
I have an ING Savings Account! I have $3.00 so far. Now what? How will studentplatinum.com know how much we have in our accounts? And, any more detail! im still at a loss.
November 4th, 2008 | #
I opened an ING account last Spring to test this out before offering it to members. I didn’t start saving in it until August but its working out very well. Here’s the thing, I have a regular savings account and its just too easy to slide money out of it into my checking account. By having the separate ING account its easier to keep it out of mind. I can always transfer it back though if I needed to. Plus, the higher interest rate on my savings is cool.
November 4th, 2008 | #
I did it! I had to give my checking account number so they could verify I’m a real person and also test the link but it was all secure and stuff. I know all about ING anyway, my brother uses them and has been trying to get me to open an account for years. The $500 give-away was the push I needed.
November 4th, 2008 | #
I’ll give it a try. I’m not sure how much I can save with the holidays approaching but at least I have the chance to win $500 and that will help!
November 4th, 2008 | #
I already have an ING account, but I think I’ll sign up for another one. I’ve wanted to have two accounts anyway, one for emergencies and the other to save for a big purchase.
November 4th, 2008 | #
This is great! So easy to manage an ING account.. I love it!
November 4th, 2008 | #
i have opened an account
November 4th, 2008 | #
I signed up for an ING account! I think it will help me to think about saving more and if I win that would be really cool. Hint hint
November 4th, 2008 | #
I have learned alot from ING and believe that anyone who opens an account with this company is making a great decision! Please inform those who you believe would be interested to know more.
November 5th, 2008 | #
I JUST WANT TO SAVE MONEY TO GO TOWARDS MY SAVINGS FOR MY GRANDMOTHER. SHE NEEDS A NEW WHEEL CHAIR AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE COULD I GET LUCKY.
November 5th, 2008 | #
I already have a savings account, but may consider this one too.
November 5th, 2008 | #
I think I’ll sign up for one.. I need to teach myself how to save and this is a good incentive to start.
November 5th, 2008 | #
hmm this would be something i need to look more into
November 6th, 2008 | #
This is great, easy to manage an ING account
November 6th, 2008 | #
i hope they do more of these promos
November 6th, 2008 | #
cool!
November 6th, 2008 | #
This sounds like a great plan. A good way to stay on track and be able to save up some money to pay off all of the student loans we take out while in college.
November 6th, 2008 | #
sounds awesome!!
November 7th, 2008 | #
I REALLY LUV THIS TOPIC AN ITS TYPED SO NEAT….
November 7th, 2008 | #
I am a student of “NWFP University Of Engineering And Technology” Peshawar Campus Pakistan.I am a poor student,and so have the basic needs to be fullfilled.My parents are old and are unable to earn and afford my expenses.That’s why i applying here and hope to win to stabalise my conditions………
November 8th, 2008 | #
GREAT SITE
November 8th, 2008 | #
thatt sounds cool saving money is hard to d owith a ittle help who knows we’ll all have something put away!
November 8th, 2008 | #
I wish I had money to save! I have to pay household bills and don’t even have a dollar to spare or else I would join. Being an adult full-time student isn’t easy when you don’t earn enough to live on.
November 9th, 2008 | #
this sounds like a great idea. Thank you for this tip
November 9th, 2008 | #
so how does this work? is there a minimum to what you can put in the account? does it automatically start adding up money? can you later access this account or is there a hold on it? where’s the catch? it seems to surreal to just have your money adding up just because…. im sooo confused in this…
November 10th, 2008 | #
This is great, I’d like to win the scholaships.
November 11th, 2008 | #
I wish I could win another scholarship. I could really use it!
November 11th, 2008 | #
I just opened an account! It’s my first savings account ever! I hope it helps! I did automatic deposit. Otherwise I know I wouldn’t ever put money in it cuz I don’t really think I have enough to save! But we’ll see! I wanna win $500!!!!
November 11th, 2008 | #
I HOPE TO WIN A SCHOLARSHIP. I NEED IT. HOPE GOD BLESSES ME.
November 11th, 2008 | #
I’ll try it. I hope i’ll succeed it sounds like a great opportunity.
November 12th, 2008 | #
Great idea! Thanks for the opportunity!
November 13th, 2008 | #
Okay…i’ll try it out… privately.
November 13th, 2008 | #
I have 4000. saved up
November 14th, 2008 | #
Thanks for the tip!!!!
November 14th, 2008 | #
I may give it a try.
November 14th, 2008 | #
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November 14th, 2008 | #
I already have a savings account but I think I am going to get an ING Account also, it sounds like its a really good opportunity!
November 15th, 2008 | #
can i tranfer money from mine ING account to my forex accont online at marketiva and i am in Ghana do i qualify
November 16th, 2008 | #
I just opened and ING savings account, and I am so excited. This will help me save better and not touch my savings because i wont really notice it. Starting at $5 a week will be good till I can do more. A $500 bonus would be nice too! I’m trying to get to the point where I have at least 3 - 6 months worth of savings. Times are getting hard these days, and jobs don’t seem to be garaunteed anymore. Good luck to everyone!!!
November 17th, 2008 | #
Christa you got the idea!
With $5 a week you won’t get there overnight but tomorrow you will be closer than you were yesterday right?
Plus when your balance starts to get up there the interest payments the bank makes on your balance will really accelerate your savings!
November 17th, 2008 | #
Makes it so easy! Love it!
November 18th, 2008 | #
ugh! im so bad at saving money but i would love to challenge myself..lol….
November 18th, 2008 | #
sounds great..I don’t know if I could save that much though lol
November 20th, 2008 | #
I’m going to take the challenge because, I desperately need a car to get to school and there’s no public transportation where I live, in the boonies…
November 20th, 2008 | #
So I am really good at saving money but really terirble at managing things online. Add to that my comp has been fragged more than once, and I got to wonder, just how safe this thing is for a guy like me.
November 21st, 2008 | #
Sudan,
ING happens to be one of the safest banking systems in the WORLD with 0.085 ‘incidents’ per billion dollars in deposits. So many other major banks had such an alarmingly higher amount of theft, including Bank of America, with 17.65 incidents per billion dollars deposited.
In reality, the rewards of being on the Internet and doing commerce way outweigh the risks. And besides, they’re FDIC backed, like any bank. You’re insured.
November 21st, 2008 | #
Thanks for the info
November 21st, 2008 | #
I deliberately need to face the challenge to get myself a laptop for studies
November 21st, 2008 | #
I took up the challenge because in these tough times we all need a safety net of funds that we can rely on should we ever fall short. I hope everyone who opened the accounts puts it to good use and i pray for each and everyone. Good luck!!!
November 21st, 2008 | #
HI I NEED YOUR HELP TO ATTED NASSEAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE
November 22nd, 2008 | #
I’ve seen lots of ING commercials on televsion and the Internet. man did I wanted to start and account with that orange lion. Just never had a chance to find an institute locally. This opportunity is amazing!!
November 24th, 2008 | #
This will be a great opportunity for me am I will take it into consideration.
November 28th, 2008 | #
Thanks for the help.
December 3rd, 2008 | #
wow, thanks for the info
December 5th, 2008 | #
It keeps saying “new” ING Direct savings account. What if I have an existing one?
December 10th, 2008 | #
I think ing sounds like a good idea. Just the thought of saving that type of money right now for the holidays would be nice, but what if I don’t have a banking account could i still open a new account?
December 10th, 2008 | #
I OPENED AN ACCOUNT
December 11th, 2008 | #
What if you already have an ING savings account? I’ve been banking with them for 3 years.
December 14th, 2008 | #
I should try this!
December 17th, 2008 | #
Hi, It’s me again. I’ve been doing great at my savings program. Even with Christmas and children and my first grandchild to shop for I have managed to commit to having money withdrawn from my checking auotmatically every month. I finished the semester back, by the way, with 3 A’s and a B. Not bad for an older woman huh? LOL. Hope you all are doing good with your savings and all did well this semester.
December 18th, 2008 | #
Sounds easy I’ll try it
December 20th, 2008 | #
I am international student studying in the US, so I don’t believe this is for me. Am I wrong?
December 23rd, 2008 | #
hi i love it
December 30th, 2008 | #
It’s now Jan 6th and the $500 Challenge winners haven’t been announced yet. WASSUP?
January 6th, 2009 | #