I just recently applied for First United Basic Checking account for the $250 sign up bonus. I was instantly approved despite a lot of recent Chex inquiries — so they seem lenient. I was pleasantly surprise to find that they offer $500 in credit card funding; even more exciting is that they accepted American Express. The details for the account are here on Profitable Content.
Category: Bank Accounts
Signed up for On Tap Checking account a few days ago for the $150 sign up bonus as well as CC funding. I funded the account $1000 with my Citi Strata Premier.
I have several CD’s open as you may guess, since many banks all you to fund them with credit cards. Often after maturity date, the banks automatically renew the CD and usually at a much lower rate. For example, I opened up a CD with BluPeak Credit Union just over 6 months ago and I got over 4.5% for that six months. However it just matured a few days ago and automatically renewed at only 1%.
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Until now, when transferring money from another bank to Fidelity, I typically logged into the Fidelity portal and initiated an ACH Pull. This always resulted in a 7 to 10 day hold on the cash before I could transfer it out again.
Note: In addition to details about this bank account in this article, I also share a lot of organizational details how I manage bank account bonus hunting.
I very recently applied for a U.S. Bank Smartly Checking personal checking account for a $500 sign up bonus. I was approved with no problems.
Previously the only core position available for Fidelity Cash Management accounts was the FDIC Insured Deposit Sweep — currently at around 2.72% APY at this time of writing. Now you can change your Core Position to SPAXX — currently at around 4.95% APY at this time of writing.
I just read from DoC that the minimum Amazon gift card reloads have increased from $1 to $5. Less than one year ago the minimum was only 50 cents. This is annoying.