Did you know that ING Direct acquired Sharebuilder earlier this year? If so, did you know you can now link the two accounts together through ING Direct? Yep! They enabled that functionality recently and if offers a simple way to view everything all through your ING Direct screen.

To link the accounts:

1. Log into your ING Direct account.
2. On the dashboard, click on “Access your ShareBuilder account(s).”
3. If that option isn’t there, go to the “Transfer Money” page and click on “Connect your accounts.”
4. Then, you’ll be asked your Sharebuilder username and password.

They link the accounts by personal information, so it takes a few days if you just opened either account.

If you need an ING Direct account, open one using a referral to get $25. You can find referrals on this ING Referrals Promotion page. If you need a Sharebuilder account, use one of these Sharebuilder promotion codes to get a $50 bonus.

At Blueprint for Financial Prosperity, I keep as current a list of Sharebuilder promotion codes as I can and I’ve recently added a few more $50 codes to the list.

• ORANGE50CASH
• INVEST50
• BONUS50
• CASH50

You have to sign up for an account, make at least one trade, and then the promotional funds will be deposited in your account. Sharebuilder is now a division of ING Direct and you can link the two accounts together to make managing them easier.