Investments

Tax-Deferral Retirement Plans

With a FENB Retirement Account you can put your retirement funds to work, earning our high-yield 18-month Time Deposit rates, tax-deferred and insured to $100,000.

Account Type

Minimum Opening Deposit

Minimum Balance to obtain Annual Percentage Yield

Interest Rate

Annual Percentage Yield *

Tax-Deferred Retirement Account

 

 

 

 

$500,000.00 and up

$1,000

$500,000

2.99%

3.00%

$100,000.00 to $499,999.99

$1,000

$100,000

2.99%

3.00%

$50,000.00 to $99,999.99.

$1,000

$50,000

2.99%

3.00%

$25,000.00 to $49,999.99

$1,000

$25,000

2.99%

3.00%

$10,000.00 to $24,999.99

$1,000

$10,000

2.99%

3.00%

$1,000.00 to $9,999.99

$1,000

$1,000

2.99%

3.00%

$0.01 to $999.99

$0

$0

0.50%

0.50%

Updated on: 05/6/08

 

 

*APY - Annual Percentage Yield. APY is accurate as of the updated date reference above. Rates are subject to change without notice. Fees could reduce earnings on the account. An early withdrawal penalty will apply if the account is closed prior to maturity date, which may reduce your interest income. Please check with our branches for updated account information including our list of miscellaneous fees and charges.

FENB offers a variety of retirement plans to provide tax-deferred investment opportunities for your retirement portfolio. Funds are invested in fixed-rate time deposits that guarantee your rate of return for the term of the account, and provide an easy to maintain, safe way to plan for your future with tax-deferred savings.

Individual Retirement Account (IRA)

An FENB IRA offers the advantage of making tax-deductible contributions for most individuals while accumulating tax-deferred earnings in an FDIC insured investment account.

Whether you are starting to plan for retirement or receiving a retirement plan distribution, you'll find our retirement time deposit the perfect place for your funds. Several IRA funding options are available at FENB, including contributory accounts, spousal accounts, rollover accounts, and the new Roth IRA accounts.

If both you and your spouse have earned income, each of you may contribute 100% of earned income up to $3,000 each year. Combined spousal contributions, for spouses who have little or no income, may not exceed $4,000 per year (effective 1/97.)

Generally, your IRA contributions are fully deductible up to $2,000 ($4,000 under spousal rules) if you meet the following conditions:

  1. You (you and your spouse, if married) do not participate in a retirement plan;
  2. you are single, and your adjusted gross income (AGI) is $30,000 or less and the threshold will increase incrementally each year until 2007 when it will be $50,000; or you are married, file jointly, and your combined adjusted gross income (AGI) is $50,000 and the threshold will increase incrementally each year until 2007 when it will be $80,000.

Partial deductions are also available for individuals and married couples with incomes above these adjusted gross income levels. Contact us for details.

Simplified Employee Pension Plans (SEP)

Many business owners can establish a simple, inexpensive retirement plan for their business, even if they have no employees other than themselves.

A SEP is simply a written arrangement under which an employer contributes money to the employees' IRA accounts. Once in the IRA, these funds are much like any other IRA funds, whereby the employee directs the investment and administration of the IRA. The employer is not involved in the assets once the contributions have been made to the employees' own IRAs. This feature virtually eliminates the paperwork and administrative requirements for the business owner.

Roth IRA

The Roth IRA is a nondeductible account that features tax-free withdrawals for certain distribution reasons after a five-year holding period.

The income you earn on funds you put in a Roth IRA will not be taxed, under present tax law, if you follow the rules. You can withdraw your principal any time, and there are certain penalty-free and tax-free withdrawals of the income for buying a home, paying for education and medical emergencies.

There are two basic requirements for eligibility to contribute to a Roth IRA:

  1. You must have earned income (or your spouse must have earned income) and
  2. Your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) must be within certain limits.

Roughly, singles who earn less that $110,000 and married couples who earn less than $160,000 qualify for a Roth IRA. You may contribute any amount up to 100% of your earned income or $3,000 per year, whichever is less, as long as your MAGI is within prescribed limits; however, your contribution is not tax-deductible.

 

Retirement IRA fees

 


For more detailed information on all our retirement accounts:

Call: 213-687-1200

Write:
Far East National Bank
Retirement Plans Administration
Two California Plaza
350 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90071

 

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