Since the annual Series I bond rate jumped to 7.12% last November, there has been more than $27 billion in sales, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Meanwhile, some investors have ...

Oct. 28 is the deadline for investors to lock in the record-high 9.62% interest rate for Series I bonds. TreasuryDirect.gov, the website to buy the Treasury bonds, has become "one of the most visited ...

Inflation hedge Series I savings bonds paying 9.62% unleashed a flood of buyers to the Treasury Department website on Wednesday, crashing the website ahead of a Friday deadline to receive the ...

Not only did you need your account number and password (which was entered on a virtual keyboard), but there were multiple security questions, plus you needed a physical access card. This card was ...

The TreasuryDirect digital system requires old-school paper when customers update their linked bank account. That’s a particular concern as interest in inflation-indexed bonds surges. By Ann Carrns As ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Now, other assets, such as Treasurys, are taking longer to transfer from TreasuryDirect to brokerage accounts. In some cases, the wait could be up to 12 ...

The inflation-fueled frenzy to buy I Bonds led to an unprecedented volume of purchases in the last 24 hours, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. As of 4 p.m. Friday, TreasuryDirect saw 68,751 ...

As the Treasury Department’s antiquated website has been giving bond investors fits, F/m Investments is hoping to seize on the opportunity to offer smoother access to government bonds through its ...

If you’ve ever tried to buy bonds from the Treasury Department, you might’ve run into your share of hurdles. Users have complained about several issues they’ve encountered with TreasuryDirect, ...

The 9.62% annualized rate for I Bonds proved too hot to handle for a last-minute rush on the Treasury Department's website. The I in I Bonds stands for inflation. And red hot inflation has driven up ...

Series I savings bonds have drawn a lot of attention over the last few years as inflation flew. Back in 2022, billions of dollars of I-bonds were sold when their interest rate ran up to 9.62%. As ...