Check out the new Bank of the West’s $100 checking account bonus good until 2/19/2010. Simply do direct deposit of at least $250 or make 10 online bill payments. Good thing is the Branches are located throughout the Western and Midwestern states. They include Oklahoma, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon and California.
From the website:
Open any new personal checking account, and either establish one monthly recurring direct deposit of at least $250 to your new account or make 10 bill payments with Bank of the West Online Banking and receive a $100 bonus. The first recurring direct deposit must be posted to your account within 60 calendar days of your account opening date. The 10 bill payments must occur within 60 calendar days of your account opening date. Bonus will be credited to your account within 60 days after satisfaction of conditions. Offer valid for a new personal checking account opened from 1/11/10–2/19/10 with $100 or more from a financial institution other than Bank of the West. Offer subject to change without prior notice and may be terminated or extended based on response. Offer does not apply to second or multiple checking accounts and/or existing checking customers. Limit of one $100 bonus per household per calendar year. To the extent required by law, Bank of the West will report the value of the offer to the IRS on Form 1099. Any applicable taxes are the responsibility of the account holder. All accounts are subject to the Bank’s standard terms and conditions and fee schedule.
They also have a great rate with their 1.50% APY Online Savings Account. The rate is good for $10K or above only. Good if you have a local bank.
ShareBuilder $50 Bonus
If you never open a Sharebuilder account, then these bonuses are pretty easy. There is no hard pull on your credit report. Normally, you would need to make a trade, but it seems like there is no need to make one trade on this bonus offer.
Here’s the newest code I just found: 50WCFA
Follow these steps:
- Sign up to your ShareBuilder account
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- Click on the “Get Started” tab.
- Select account type Individual Account and then click “I’m responding to a Promotion”.
- Fill out the rest of the form. Click “Next” to fill out second form. Under Promotion Code, enter promo code E.G.: 50WCFA
- Select “No I don’t have an account” and fill out the owner information and username/password information. Click “Next”.
- Select “Sharebuilder Basic Account” (Don’t select Standard or Advantage as those programs have monthly fees).
- Deposit $50 from your checking account, Fund your account with an Electronic funds deposit from savings or checking account .
- It seems like you don’t even need to make a trade to get the bonus.
- Receive email that you got the promotion.
- Wait 4-6 weeks to get your bonus.
