Online Bank Deals - rewards, miles, and cash bonuses
October 01, 2007
Online Bank Deals (updated 10/1/2007)
The best online banking deals posted at money-rates.com. Today's deals include:
Sterling Savings Bank is offering to add $101 to any new Perfect Fit Checking account you open by October 31, 2007. To get your $101, all you need to do is simply try three of Sterling’s convenient checking services:
Free Check Card
Free Direct Deposit
1-2-Free Bill Pay2
Free Online Statements
US Bank's Cash Bonus Visa® Check Card allows customers to earn as much as 25% cash back by shopping with any of their select partners. List of partners and their cash back percentages are listed here.
Metropolitan National Bank is offering a $200 bonus to new checking account customers. Apply online.
UFB Direct has a Mileage Checking and Mileage Savings promotion where customer can earn American Airlines AAdvantage miles (up to 17,00 miles) for their banking activity by opening a checking or savings account at UFB Direct.
Guaranty Bank has a program called Savings PayBank which will allows customers who open both a Guaranty Bank checking account and savings account to transfer a set amount each month from checking to savings. Each year, after 11 consecutive monthly transfers Guaranty Bank will match the average monthly transfer up to $100 in the 12th month and add that amount to the savings account balance.
Associated Bank will award a holiday gift of $150 to new Associated Bank checking account customers who open an account of at least $100 with continued direct deposit. The cash bonus will be awarded in December 2007. Details.
SunTrust Bank will either donate $100 to a charity of your choice or award a $50 VISA gift card to new customer who open a new SunTrust Personal or Business Checking account from August 6 through October 12, 2007. Accept and make any purchase with your new SunTrust Visa Check Card by November 15, 2007.
Commerce Bank is offering up to $125 in cash incentives for customers who sign up for their More Than Free Checking account with unlimited checkwriting, no minimum balance requirement, and no monthly service charge.
PNC Bank is offering a promotion in which new customers who open a PNC personal checking account with direct deposit between August 12 and August 25, 2007 will receive a $50 bonus and another $50 bonus if they keep direct deposit for at least six months.
Embassy Bank is offering a $25 bonus as well as a lifetime $25 annual reward for customer who open and maintain a checking account with a $500 minimum deposit.
Bank of America's Keep the Change Promotion rounds up every Bank of America check card purchase made by cardholders and then transfers the difference to a Bank of America savings account. Bank of America will match the amount transfered for the first three months and thereafter will match 5% a year. The maximum total that Bank of America will match in a year is $250.00.
M and T Bank is offering a $50 cash bonus when you activate direct deposit on a new checking account or $25 when you activate direct deposit on any other new consumer checking account.
Sovereign Bank will reward new customers who open a personal checking account with a $100 deposit and a Sovereign VISA Checkcard with a $100 Dining Dough Card or a Roundtrip Companion Airline Ticket or both. Further rewards are possible for setting up a direct deposit or using the VISA Checkcard.
