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$220 Bonus from Bank of America Checking

BudgetBoy — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:26:28 +0000

If you are a current Bank of America credit card holder, then you are in luck! You can get up to a $220 bonus when you open a new checking account with them.

Here is how it works. You must open a new person checking account online by 12/4/2010 using the offer code: CHC220OL. You can open their free MyAccess Checking account to qualify for this promo. There are no fees on this account when you set up direct deposit. Since that is a requirement to get the $100 part of the bonus, this shouldn’t be an issue.

Once you establish direct deposit, you will receive a $100 statement credit. You must get the direct deposit going within the first 3 months of your account opening.

The rest of the bonus ($120) is paid out $20 increments when you pay your Bank of America Credit Card from your new checking account. You will receive $20 / month for 6 months each time you make that payment.

Your statement credit(s) will be applied to your credit card account within 60 days after the date of each qualifying transaction, provided that both your credit card and checking accounts are open and in good standing.

A $220 bonus is one of the larger bank bonuses that I have seen in a long time. If you are a current Bank of America credit card holder, then you should definitely jump in on this one.

Take a look at the Bank of America Promo page for more details!

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Tradeking $50 Bonus Ends August 31st

BudgetBoy — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:34:00 +0000

If you are looking to open a new brokerage account and get a free $50 along with it, then don’t forget that the current Tradeking Promotion is scheduled to end at the end of this month.

When you open a new brokerage account with Tradeking, fund the account with $2500 and execute one trade, you will receive a $50 bonus credited to your account. This bonus can be used to purchase more stock or to cover future trading commissions. Since Tradeking only charges $4.95 per trades, that is essentially 10 free stock trades that you can get.

Since the stock market is down from its highs, now is definitely a good time to get in and start investing. A lot of folks tend to shy away from investing when the market is down, but they are also the ones that lose out on the cheap buying opportunities.

See the Tradeking Bonus page for more details on this offer and how to sign up.

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Chase Business Checking $100 Bonus

BudgetBoy — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:39:03 +0000

Sorry guys, I just found out about this one. You can get $100 bonus when opening a Chase Business Checking account by August 20th 2010.

To qualify for this offer, you need to open a Chase BusinessClassic Checking or Chase BusinessClassic Checking with Interest by August 20th and deposit a minimum of $1000 into the account within 30 days of account opening. The $100 bonus will be deposited automatically into your checking account within 10 business days after the minimum deposit requirement is met.

The Chase BusinessClassic account is a free checking account. To avoid any service fees, you need to have at least one of the following conditions:

have 5 or more debit card purchases are posted to your checking account each statement period (withdrawals from the ATM or cash advance transactions do not qualify)
link the checking account to a Chase Business Credit Card that is not delinquent, closed, charged off, or revoked and as long as the card balance exceeds $0 at least once during the current checking account statement cycle
link the checking account to a Chase Premier Checking^SM or Chase Premier Platinum Checking^SM personal checking account
maintain a monthly average balance of $4,000 to $7,500 (depending on region) in the checking account.

Check out the Chase $100 Bonus Page for more details.

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ING Checking $50 Bonus

BudgetBoy — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:57:04 +0000

ING Direct is one again offering a $50 bonus when you open a new Electric Orange Checking Account.

To qualify for the bonus, all you need to do is open an account, activate your Electric Orange Debit MasterCard and use it to make at least 3 signature-based purchases within 45 days of account opening. Once this is completed, your $50 bonus will automatically be deposited into your account on day 50.

ING’s Electric Orange Checking Accountis exactly what is says, a checking account without paper, meaning you don’t get a checkbook. You can pay bills online and even have a paper check mailed, but it is all initiated from your online account. All statements are paper and you get a debit card that you can use at ATM’s or anywhere Mastercard is accepted.

You also can link your current bank accounts to your Electric Checking account that allows you to easily move money in and out of your account. The account also pays some interest on your balances. The interest amount is based on the amount of money you hold in the account.

If you are in the market for an online checking account, if you can get by without a checkbook, then this may be an option for you.

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$50 Tradeking Promotion – August 2010

BudgetBoy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:31:25 +0000

Tradeking is once again having it’s annual Tradeking Promo where you can get $50 when opening a brokerage account. To qualify for the promotion you need to do the following:

Open a new brokerage account by August 31st 2010 using the following link –
Fund the account with $2,500 or more within 30 days of account opening
Execute any one trade within 180 days of account opening
NOTE: $2,500 must remain in the account (minus any trading losses) for a minimum of 6 months or the credit may be surrendered

This tradeking bonus ends on August 31st, so be sure to open your account by then! So if you are on the fence about opening an account, getting $50 for free should seal the deal.

For those of you that are not familiar with Tradeking, they offer a flat $4.95 commission on stocks and options. Tradeking was founded in 2005 by the founders of Suretrade.com which was eventually sold to TDAmeritrade. All accounts are SIPC protected, so you can be sure that your money is safe.

I’ve had a Tradeking account since 2006 and use it as my primary trading account. Why spend $10 or more for a stock commission with the other guys when Tradeking offers the same service for half as much! There are no account minimums or inactivity fees. (note that in this special case to qualify for the Tradeking Promotion there is a $2500 minimum to get the free $50 but once the 6 months is up, there is no minimum balance). Check out my Tradeking Review for an indepth review of their service.

Some other cool features they offer is an ACH feature where you can move money in and out of your linked checking account. There is also a money market sweep that invests your uninvested money in a money market account that earns interest. They also offer loads of educational material to help you understand the basics of investing with stocks and options in case you are just starting out. I learned how to trade options with Tradeking very quickly using their helpful training tools. You can also send them any paper stock certificates you have to them and they will add them to your account for free. I had to use this feature once with a stock purchase plan I had for a company I worked at. It was a very simple process and I was able to trade those stocks electronically in less than 2 weeks.

As a reminder, there is no Tradeking Promotional Code required for this promotion, just click on the link below to see all the details and sign up:

You can also take a look at out Tradeking Promotions page to see all the active Tradeking Bonus items that are going on now.

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Citi Forward Card Promo – $200 Restaurant.com Gift Certificate

BudgetBoy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:15:10 +0000

There is a new Citi Forward promotion where you will get a $200 Restaurant.com gift certificate after you make $100 in purchases with the card by September 15th, 2010.

It’s as simple as that, all you have to do is apply for the card and make $100 in purchases by 9/15/2010. You will receive the gift certificate details by mail 6-8 weeks after you have met the minimum purchase requirement. You then can redeem the gift certificate at restaurant.com.

If you have never bought anything from restaurant.com, they offer discounted dining certificates to restaurants all over the country. In most cases you can find one of your favorites there and get a great deal off of the bill using their service.

The Citi Forward card is a rewards card. You will earn 5x ThankYou® Points for every $1 spent at restaurants, on books, movies and music. You also get 1 reward point for every $1 you spend on all other purchases. Even better is that you can earn up to 2,500 when you sign up for Paperless Statements.

The Citi Forward comes with 0% Intro APR on Balance Transfers for 12 months and 0% Intro APR on Purchases for 7 months. After that, the APR will be 12.99%-19.99%. This APR will vary with the market based on the Prime Rate. Both the rate and duration of this offer will be based on your creditworthiness.

There is no annual fee for this card.

See the Citi Forward Promo page for the terms and conditions of the card.

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Hot Brokerage Promos

BudgetBoy — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:42:44 +0000

Since the market has turned around a bit many of the online brokerage sites are offering promos to get you to open an account. Now is not a bad time to start investing since the market is still of its highs from last year but seems to be rebounding a bit. Sure we still may be in for a rocky ride, but if you are investing in the long term, now is the perfect time to get going. If you have some extra money to invest I suggest you look at one of these promos prior to signing up with anyone.

Here are a few of the current ones going on:

Tradeking Promo – Get up to $150 in transfer fees credited to your account when you transfer your account from another brokerage to Tradeking (see post for more details)
ETrade IRA Promo – Open an ETrade IRA and get 100 free trades. (See post for more details)
Zecco Promo – Zecco brokerage gives you Get 10 free stock trades every month if you $25,000 balance or make 25 paid trades each month. Otherwise the commission is only $4.50 / trade which is one of the lowest out there. (See more details here
OptionsXpress Promo – OptionsXpress is giving away $100 when you open a new account with them. (See post for more details)
Firstrade Promo – Firstrade is giving away 5 free trade when you open a new account. (See post for more details)

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PNC $125 Bonus For New Checking Account

BudgetBoy — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:23:26 +0000

PNC Bank has a new checking account promo running where you can get a $100 bonus when you open a new checking account. You can then get another $25 bonus when signing up for online banking. This would bring it up to a total of $125 in bonuses for opening the account.

To qualify you need to open a new account using their online application by 7/24/2010. You then need to set up a direct deposit of at least $400 as well as make 10 debit card purchases to qualify for the $100 bonus. To get the $25 bonus you must make 5 online bill payments using the online banking. Both of these need to be completed within 60 days of the account opening to qualify.

The PNC Free checking account qualifies as a checking account that can be opened to get this bonus. The PNC Free Checking account has no monthly maintenance fees or minimum balance requirements. A unique feature of this account is that if you maintain a $2000 average monthly balance, they will reimburse you any foreign ATM fees. Most free checking accounts don’t offer a feature like this. You also receive fee online banking and bill pay

This bonus is only avaialbe to new customers, you cannot be a recently converted National City customer as well. The $125 in bonus will be deposited to your account within 60 days of the above conditions being met. They do spell out what is considered as a direct deposit. Here is the text from the offer:

A “Qualifying Direct Deposit” is defined as a recurring direct deposit of a paycheck, pension, social security or other regular monthly payment electronically deposited into a Free, Performance, Performance Select Checking account, or the Spend account for Virtual Wallet (each an “Eligible Account”) on a recurring month-to-month basis. The amount of each recurring Direct Deposit must be at least $400. The recurring Direct Deposits must be made by an employer or an outside agency

See the PNC Promo Page for more details

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Perkstreet Financial Checking Earn Up To 5% Cashback

BudgetBoy — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:41:57 +0000

In a time when banks and credit cards are lowering rewards and interest rates, Perkstreet Financial has made some exciting changes to their Free Checking Account.

They already had a great deal where if your balance is $5000+, you receive 2% cash back on all non-PIN debit card purchases and 1% cash back if your balance is below $5000+. Well now they are also giving 5% back on those same non-PIN debit card purchases in certain categories that rotate each month. They will post that information to their Blog as it changes. Here are the current 5% cashback categories for July:

Buy gas by paying at the pump at any gas station in the country.
Shop at Lowes®, Home Depot® and Menard’s®.
Ben & Jerry’s ®, Dairy Queen®, Culver’s® and Cold Stone Creamery®.

Reading through that Blog it also looks like they post 5% cashback daily deals, for example they had one where you could get 5% on all Apple store purchases between 6/24 and 6/27. Talk about getting 5% back on an iPhone purchase, that would have been awesome!~~

(Note that during the first 3 months after opening your account you get 2% back on all non-PIN debit card purchases regardless of your account balance, then after those 3 months it will change do 1% if your balance is under $5000+)

The Free Checking Account does not pay interest and has replaced that by the amount of perks that you can rack up using the free debit card. There is no minimum balance required for the account, however you do need to have activity on the account each month to avoid a $4.50 inactivity charge. You can accomplish this by using your debit card, using their bill pay or have an electronic deposit or withdrawal happen at least once a month. They only require $25 when opening the account.

If you are looking to drop the large banks that only pay you zero to little interest, than you might want to take a look at this account. In terms of the cashback percentage alone PerkStreet Financial has created a very competitive checking product with their Free Checking Account

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$100 Chase Freedom Promo

BudgetBoy — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:24:42 +0000

There is a new Chase Freedom Promotion where you can get $100 after opening a new account and spending $799 within the first three months. You will receive the bonus as a $100 cash rebate which you can then get redeemed as a check for $100. You should receive the bonus in your account roughly six to eight weeks after you have totaled $799 in purchases within the first 3 months of the account being opened. You must be a new card member to be eligible for this bonus.

In addition to the $100 Chase Freedom Bonus, this card is also a cash back rewards card. You will receive 5% cash back from purchases on rotating categories like gas, home improvement and department stores and will receive 1% back on all other purchases. And those cash back rewards never expire, unlike some other cards out there. Here are the next 2 categories for the year that will pay you 5% back:

$100 bonus and 5% cash back makes this one of the best rewards cards out there. Another great feature is that this card has no annual fee. The APR on this card ranges from 12.99% to 22.99%, based on your creditworthiness. These APRs will vary with the market based on the Prime Rate.

Check out the Chase Freedom Promo page for more details.

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