Online Bank Deals including iPods, Cash, and Airline Miles
December 14, 2007
Online banks are in giving mood this holiday season with a wide variety of free giveaways. The list below is online bank offers. Restrictions and requirements may apply so please contact each individual banks for more details. Investors looking for deposit rate specials can +6.00% rates on Rewards Checking accounts and +5.00% rates on CDs, money markets, savings accounts, and checking accounts.
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 December 31, 2007. Accept and make any purchase with your new SunTrust Visa Check Card by February 8, 2008.
U.S. Bank is giving away $125 for opening a U.S. Bank checking account with direct deposit by January 31st, 2008. Call 1-800-720-BANK to apply.
American Trust in Iowa is giving a free iPod Nano or portable DVD player for opening up a new checking account with direct deposit.$100 minimum deposit. Recurring direct deposit must be set up within 60 days.
Rockland Trust is giving away a $50 bonus to new customers who open checking account with direct deposit. Customer can choose between free checking ($25 min), interest checking ($25 min), or high yield checking ($250 min., 3.00% APY).
CitiBank is offering a $200 cash bonus to new customers who open a checking account with direct deposit. The first $100 is awarded after 3 months of direct deposit activity and the second $100 after another 3 months of direct deposit activity. Offer valid until February 29, 2007. Call 866-810-9043 and use promotional code MVS4.
CitiBank is offering a $100 cash bonus to new customers who apply online for both a new checking account and e-savings account. Minimum deposit $5,000. Offer code CS2P.
Evergreen Private Bank is giving away either a $100 credit or an iPod Shuffle for new customers who open a checking account with direct deposit.
NewBank will pay a $50 bonus to new customers who open a new checking with a deposit of at least $2,500. The NewBank checking account charges no fees and currently earns an APY of 3.50%.
Capitol Federal Savings is offering students in Kansas a Cool Blue Checking account offers accessibility with online banking, flexibility with a VISA® check card and free iTunes®downloads. No monthly fees, no minimum balance, free online bill payment. Requires branch visit.
LaSalle Bank is offering a $100 bonus to customer who open both a checking account and a savings account and use a new LaSalle Money Card debit card.
Wells Fargo Bank is offering a $50 bonus to new customer who open a free checking account with a minimum deposit of $100. No direct deposit requirement or monthly minimum balances.
South Shore Savings Bank is rewarding new customers who open a checking with up to $125 in cash rewards. The rewards are (1) $25 for opening a new account, (2) $25 for adding direct deposit, (3) $25 for adding bill payment, (4) $25 for closing your old checking account, and (5) $25 as a final reward for completing the first four steps.
ViewPoint Bank is giving away a free ipod Nano when you open a new Beyond Free checking account and have a minimum of two direct deposits before December 31, 2007. $100 required to open account. No monthly fees. Interest rate on balances 0.25%.
Capital One Bank's Rewards Money Market account offers a 4.00% APY on money market balances as well as a 2,500 bonus miles reward after the first $500 deposit within one month of the account being opened. 1 mile for every $20 average monthly balance in the account is rewarded allowing customers to earn miles to redeem for airline tickets, cash, merchandise, and other rewards.
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.
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.
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.
