Western Alliance Bank Review 2025: Savings
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Overall institution rating
4.3
Western Alliance Bank is headquartered in Phoenix. It is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and your bank account balances at this institution are protected by FDIC insurance up to a certain amount.
The bank mainly offers commercial and small-business banking products and services, but it does have personal banking products, though only its high-yield savings account is available to open online. The online savings account offers a highly competitive rate.
We rated only Western Alliance's high-yield savings account because its other personal banking products can only be opened either in person or over the phone or, in the case of certificates of deposits, online but through a third-party broker rather than directly through Western Alliance Bank.
Best for: Savers who want a high-yield online savings account with a very competitive interest rate and who already have an account at another financial institution.
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- No monthly fees on some savings accounts.
- Competitive rate on some savings accounts.
- Low minimum opening deposit on some savings accounts.
- No cash deposit or withdrawals.
- Limited branch access.
- Must already have another bank account to fund your account.
- Cannot open some accounts online.
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What the Nerds think
Savings
4.9
/5APY
4.25%
With $0.01 min. balance for APY
Bonus
N/A
APY
4.25%
With $0.01 min. balance for APY
Bonus
N/A
Western Alliance Bank’s High-Yield Savings Premier account is a high-yield online savings account that earns a super competitive 4.25% annual percentage yield. You’ll need to open the account with at least $500, but there are no monthly fees. However, in order to make deposits and withdrawals, you will need to link an external bank account. There’s no way to make cash deposits or withdrawals to this account or even deposit checks. This product is also available as a joint account.
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Customer experience
The high-yield account is tricky to find on the bank’s website. You have to go to the search bar and type in “HYSA” or “high-yield savings” to see it, though this may be temporary while the bank is building its consumer business, and the page may later become available directly through the navigation menu on the site, according to Alisa Bal, senior marketing director at the bank. But once your High-Yield Savings Premier is open, you can log into it directly from the bank website.
Customer support for the High-Yield Savings Premier account is available by secure messaging and email, and by phone on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. PDT. Other institutions that offer high-yield online savings accounts offer more expansive hours, including 24/7 customer service. The bank also offers mobile apps for iOS and Android devices, but neither receives good user ratings.
How does Western Alliance Bank compare?
4.25%
N/A
Up to 3.80%
Up to $300
4.10%
N/A
Methodology
NerdWallet’s overall ratings for banks and credit unions are weighted averages of several categories: checking, savings, certificates of deposit or credit union share certificates, banking experience and overdraft fees. Factors we consider, depending on the category, include rates and fees, ATM and branch access, account features and limits, user-facing technology, customer service and innovation. The stars represent ratings from poor (one star) to excellent (five stars). The ratings are incremented in tenths of a star.