SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE LATEST POSTS VIA EMAIL!$50 from ING Direct Electric Orange Checking
October 30, 2008
ING is giving out a $50 bonus when you open a new Electric Orange Checking Account and making 3 signature based purchases with your debit card in the first 45 days of opening the account.
Open an Electric Orange high-yield checking account and enter the code EM227 into the Reference Code box in the application.
After applying you will receive an Electric Orange MasterCard Debit Card. Activate it and use it for 3 signature-based purchases within the first 45 of opening your account.
Your $50 bonus will be deposited into your checking account 50 days after you have completed your 3 purchases.
I can’t seem to find an expiration date on this offer, so get in while you still can.
Free $200 From National City Checking
October 23, 2008
National City is has a promotion going where you can get $200 when opening a new checking account and having direct deposit.
What’s great about this promo is that opening their “Free Checking” account will qualify you for the $200. You just need to open the account with a minimum of $50 and establish direct deposit to the account and sign up for the free debit card. That’s it! No purchase requirements of debit card transactions required. The $200 bonus will be credited to your account within 60 days after all conditions have been met.
You can apply online if you live in the following states: FL, IL, IN, KY, MI, MO, OH, PA, WI.
This offer expires on October 31st. And you cannot already have a National City Checking accounnt. Unfortunetly I fall into that category, so no bonus for me!
National City checking accounts feature:
- Unlimited transactions
- Free Visa® CheckCard
- Free Online Banking
- Free Online Bill Payment
- Personal savings account (with no monthly maintenance fee and no minimum balance)
- Free online statements
- Free banking rewards program - points from National City®
Free $100 From Bank Of America Checking
September 29, 2008
Bank of America is giving out a $100 bonus when signing up for a MyAccess Checking Account. Bank of America’s MyAccess Checking account is free checking account with no direct deposit or minimum balance requirements.
To get the bonus do the following:
- follow this link and open an MyAccess Checking Account
- enter the bonus code WGSUOISI808
- deposit at least $25 into the account within 30 days of account opening
The $100 bonus will be paid out within 60 days of openening the checking account. Thereis no expiration date on this offer, so it will likely go until Bank of America decides to pull it after too many applications.
Free $250 From WTDirect Savings Account
August 25, 2008
EDIT: Wow, it looks like WTDirect has pulled this promo already. I just received this email this afternoon: We would like to thank you for your recent participation in the WTDirect Sign On Bonus promotion. The promotion was wildly successful, moreso than forecasted. Unfortunately, WTDirect needs to end the promotion early. Effective immediately, the Sign On Bonus is no longer valid. Damn, and I didn’t even get a chance to get in on it. I hope you all did.
WTDirect is offering up to a $250 bonus when opening a new High Yield Savings Account with them. If you open a WTDirect Savings Account by September 5th you will receive a bonus based on your initial deposit amount. Here are the deposit amounts and associated bonuses:
| Initial Deposit | Bonus Received |
| $10,000 | $100 |
| $15,000 | $150 |
| $20,000 | $200 |
| $25,000 | $250 |
You must keep the initial balalnce in the account for 60 days. The current interest rate on the account is 3.31% APY which is pretty respectable considering other banks out there.
Use the promo code WTF3SOB when Signing Up. Note that the bonus will be credited to your WTDirect account during the first week of November, assuming you fulfilled the deposit and hold requirements.
Free $25 From ING Electric Orange Checking
August 17, 2008
ING is offering a $25 bonus on their Electric Orange Checking Account.
All you need to do is open an Electric Orange Checking Account with at least $1, activate your Electric Orange Debit Card, and use your Electric Orange Card to make at least 3 signature-based purchases in the first 45 days after your account has been opened.
Your $25 bonus will be automatically deposited into your Electric Orange 50 days after your account has been opened when the 3 purchases have posted.
ING’s Electric Orange Checking account offers higher than average interest rates on your balances. One thing to note is that ING’s Electric Orange Checking account does not have paper checks, the idea is that everything should be done electronically through debit card transactions and electronic bill pay. You can have paper checks sent from ING to people you need to pay, but you don’t actually receive a checkbook.
If you can get by without a paper checkbook, then this account should suit you fine.
If you would like a $25 bonus for ING’s Orange Savings account, check out this post.
Free $125 When Opening Chase Free Checking Account
August 12, 2008
If you open a Chase Free Checking account by October 15th, you can receive a $125 bonus.
The only catch is that you currently have to have an existing Chase account, be it a mortgage, credit card, etc.
To qualify for the bonus, goto Chase.com, log in with your userid and password. Once you have successfully logged in, cut and paste the URL below into that same window and hit enter.
http://www.chase.com/ccp/index.jsp?pg_name=ccpmapp/shared/marketing/page/75158_Checking_Offer&ID=0000008415
You should then be sent to the promotion page for the offer. You can either print it out to open an account in a branch, or complete the application online from the link on the offer page.
You must open the account with a minimum of $100 and set up direct deposit to the account. The first direct deposit must be completed within 60 calendar days of account opening. The $125 reward will be deposited into your new account within 6-8 weeks after the initial direct deposit is completed.
Chase Free Checking has no monthly service fee when you have a direct deposit or five or more debit card purchases post to your account each statement period.
This isn’t a bad deal if you are looking for a free checking account and some cold hard cash to go along with it!
