Our favorite online bank, ING DIRECT, is having a special two-day sale July 1 and July 2. Here are the details of this year’s financial independence sale:

Orange Savings Account – For today and tomorrow any referral emails customers send out will earn $76 as well as $25 to each friend who opens an account.  Here are the details -

• Send referral emails between July 1st – July 2nd and you’ll receive a $76 bonus for the first 2 friends that open an Orange Savings Account with a minimum deposit of $250 using the link in the referral email before July 31st, 2011. Each of your friends will get a $25 bonus (if they open with at least $250).

• Your original $10 bonus will be deposited into your account when each of your friends opens an account. Your additional $56 bonus will be deposited into your account by August 10th, 2011.

• Your friends must be new Customers as the primary owner of the account.

• In order to use the Refer a Friend program, you must have an Orange Savings Account or Electric Orange.

Electric Orange – Electric Orange is ING Direct’s paperless checking account. New Electric Orange customers will receive a bonus up to $126, if they sign up either July 1 or July 2  Here are the details -

• Open Electric Orange July 1st – July 2nd and get a $50 bonus when you make a total of 3 purchases using Electric Orange Card or Person2Person Payments withing 45 days and $76 more for switching  when you set up Direct Deposit and have two Direct Deposits of at least $250 post to your Electric Orange by August 31st.

ING DIRECT is also offering $76 for those signing up for their ShareBuilder program – and $1176 towards closing costs for their Orange Mortgage product.

We have been using ING DIRECT for both online savings and online checking for several years.  If you sign up, be sure to refer your friends.  You can refer up to 50 friends and make up to $500, even after this promotion ends.