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Thanks. I plan to do that with ETrade.

markber said:sanxxx said:Another question. Is the transfer from ING to any of these banks constitutes direct deposit for the purpose of getting the Direct deposit bonus. or it has to be a salary deposit.

It may depend on a bank. I was able to get a direct deposit bonus using an ACH transfer (via Cashedge/Yahoo Fund transfer) instead of salary deposit in all cases I tried (E*Trade, Bank of America, Charter One).


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$10+$10 Starbucks cards for using Meadows CU bill payment.


Thanks to fotomaniak for finding this deal.

If you did a Meadows CU deal but did not login into you account recently, you may want to do it. You will most likely find a link to the following bonus on your account web page (sorry, no unsecure link to post on FatWallet):

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Try Meadows free online bill payer and we will send you a re-loadable Starbucks Card! Simply pay three bills or more during August using bill payer, we will send you a Starbucks Card with $10 on it!*

And We'll Refill Your Cup Next Month!

Then if you pay five bills or more during September using bill payer, we will reload your Starbucks card with an additional $10!

This is a special offer to our online banking checking members. You already use Meadows Online Banking, and bill payer is just as easy.

If you set up recurring payments this month, then you are most of the way to a refill for next month. Pay your bills using Meadows bill payer and we'll buy your next Vanilla Latte!
*Starbucks Cards will be sent out at the beginning of September for the August period and the beginning of October for the September period. Bills must be paid between August 1- 31, 2004 and September 1-30, 2004 to qualify for each month's award. Do NOT throw away your card after using the August period award. We will reload the September award onto the same card.


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Military bonuses from Bank of America


Liberty Banking
Bonus after 6 months of using Direct Deposit & Automatic Transfers of $10 or more from Checking to Regular Savings - $50

Liberty Plus Banking
Bonus after 6 months of using Direct Deposit & Automatic Transfers of $100 or more per month from Checking to Regular Savings - $100

Liberty Gold Banking:
Bonus in a CD when you open a new 2-year CD with a minimum balance of $2,000 within 90 days of opening your Liberty Gold account - $200

All accounts:
Open both checking and savings with total listed at right for both accounts – with direct deposit- $30 $30 $30
http://www.bankofamerica.com/military/index.cfm?state=&view=PRODUCT&category=DEROS


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Fidelity Bank B&M only, $50 for opening a new checking acct.


*Offer good at all Fidelity Bank locations Upon opening, the $50 will be direct deposited to your new checking account and subject to Form 1099-INT Rules. Free Checking, $25 deposit to open. Annual percentage yields are effective as of 7/14/04 and are subject to change. Money Market Banner APY was 1.00%, $2,500 deposit to open. Superior Money Market APY was 2.03% for $50,000+, %5,000-$49,999 APY was 1.50%. $0-$4,999 APY was 1.00%, $5,000 minimum to open. Fees could reduce earnings. Bonuses will be limited to one checking and one money market offer per customer and are not available if previously received. Some restrictions apply for Fidelity Bank employees and their immediate family.

**Must be 18 to register for shopping sprees. Limit one entry per customer. No purchase necessary.



Edit-- This afternoon I walked into the local Fidelity branch with $25 and 20 minutes later I've got a ZERO fee checking account with ZERO minimum balance requirements with $75 in it. Easiest $50 I can recall.


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OmniAmerican Federal Credit Union $100 bonus (local to Dallas-Fort Worth, TX area only)
Link

Simply open an Omni Free Checking Account or an Omni Growth Packaged Checking & Savings Account, add direct deposit to that account, and you'll receive $100. That's right... $100! Plus, with Omni Free Checking, there are no monthly service charges or minimum opening balance requirements and you'll get free Omni Home Banking, a free VISA® check card, overdraft protection and much more.

Here are the details (just opened mine a couple weeks ago):
Since this is a credit union, you must open a savings and checking account.
You get $25 instantly in your savings upon opening the account. You need to have $250 in your savings to avoid monthly fees. So, I deposited $225 to open the account (plus the $25 they gave me makes $250 to avoid fees)

You get $75 in your checking account 2 days after your first direct deposit. This was so easy. I just linked my Paypal account and Paypal deposited $0.21 total to verify account. Omni considered this a DD, so I got $75 2 days later for free. There are no monthly fees for the checking and no minimum balance, so I withdrew my $75.21 immediately.

Now, I have to keep my account open for 6 months to avoid an account closing fee. No problem. I'm just not going to use it until I withdraw my $225 + interest.

Do the math, and this is a great deal. I am only out $150 for 6 months ($225 deposited initially less $75 withdrawn about 1 week later). I'll cancel this account in 6 months and put my $250 back in my fat wallet


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markber said:Charter One
- $50 for direct deposit to Free checking
- $50 for direct deposit to Energized checking
- $70 in gift cards for using free Bill Pay
- $25 Switch Bonus from CharterOne
Read feedback about CharterOne bonuses onMSN, MoneyBB, FatWallet (1, 2, 3)
Find more info about this bank on Charter One Bank resource page.

The current "gift" for Charter One is a $50 opening bonus given the next business day for the "Best Free Checking" account. I already got my $50 bonus in my account and my mom got hers also


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markber said:To make it possible, I removed information about ... and US Bank referral programs.I cannot find any info on the US Bank referral program on either site ?


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Alcibiades said:markber said:To make it possible, I removed information about ... and US Bank referral programs.I cannot find any info on the US Bank referral program on either site ?

Sorry for confusion. US Bank bonus can be obtained through MoneyBB. Since I get traffic to iBankDesign from my similar Active Bonuses post on MoneyBB and moderate its Online Bank board, one can argue that I benefit indirectly from posting info about US Bank program here. I do not want to spend my time arguing about this issue so I deleted this program. It is just a $8 bonus and is not as important as having links to the rest of bonuses. I did correct the text of my Update #2 to make it clear what US Bank bonus program is.

Mark


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Mark, You're doing a great job. Thanks again. Keep up the hard work from which we all benefit.---z


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Thanks for the efforts, markber!

Has anyone tried for the Meadows CU bonus? I didn't see much activity in any of the other threads...

By the way, here is the new link for the fee schedule.


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markber said:Update 2. After discussing the issue with FW admins, we reached a temporary solution that allows me to post a link to an external page

Thanks for all the hard work on this topic! Any plans to update the "external site" thread on this?


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labboypro said:markber said:Update 2. After discussing the issue with FW admins, we reached a temporary solution that allows me to post a link to an external page

Thanks for all the hard work on this topic! Any plans to update the "external site" thread on this?


It is on my "to do list". The problem is that it is quite a long list. I did clean up the "external post" a little bit last night. There are not too many new deals though. The best one may be the following.


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$100 from SalemFive for direct deposit.

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The online application form has an entry for promotional code. It is not clear if the code is necessary to get the bonus or if you can get other bonuses using a promotional code. The bonus terms below do not mention a promotional code requirement.

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Terms:
*Annual Percentage Yield (APY) on a Star Checking account is 0.10% APY. Rate is variable and subject to change after the account is opened. If you do not establish direct deposit or maintain the minimum account/combined account balance, monthly fees may reduce earnings. Minimum balance to open a Star Checking account is $100 online or by mail. Direct deposit must be initiated within 30 days of opening a Star Checking account to receive the $100 bonus. The $100 bonus is an interest credit that will be posted to the Star Checking account within 60 days of the initial direct deposit transaction. Bonus offer is subject to change without notice. Personal accounts only. Member FDIC. Member DIF. Offer expires 12/31/04 "


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The list is updated on 10/03/2004.


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great post... been trying to find the netbank $75 bonus though and have been unable to...


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snehal said:great post... been trying to find the netbank $75 bonus though and have been unable to...

LINK

I would read feedback about Netbank first just to have proper expectations about this bank.


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Extended E*Trade deal, $175 for from for new account, bill payment and three months of direct deposits has been added to the list
(10/06/2004)


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I would read feedback about Netbank first just to have proper expectations about this bank.

Suggest you try other banks. Just close my accounts in Netbank. Their customer serivice is EX bad.

Few examples:
It took them two months to send me the welcome package. During that period of time, I found no way to fund the accounts (I tried sending them Bank Mails but no one responded and their online funding system did not work as well) and they kept charging me the service fee because my balance was 0.

They promised to give out $15 for signing up their Bill Pay but the money never appeared. During these two months, I contacted them many times about this matter. The first time the lady told me I would get a response in two weeks. And sure I never got any response so I kept contact them. The answers were always the same "my claim was right now in the Marketing Dept." Hey!! This is a simple claim, how come it took them two months and went nowhere!

I read some stories saying that their deposit checks were lost when sending to Netbank. I am glad that this never happened to me.


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Get $100 from Washington Trust (You will need Acrobat Reader to read the PDF file). Could be a local deal only, but you would have to contact the bank to find out if it accepts applications from out-of-state customers.

Terms :
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With Freedom Checking ™ from Washington Trust, you enjoy free online banking,
free bill pay, a free debit card, a free set of checks, even free ATMs*! Plus we’ll give you $50 for your direct deposit and another $50 when you pay your first three bills using online banking. That’s $100 just for choosing the best free checking account around! Visit www.washtrust.com, stop by any branch, or call 800-475-2265 for our Switch Kit.

*Freedom Checking $100 offer requires direct deposit and bill pay transactions within the first three months of account opening. Bonus will be credited to account when first direct deposit is made and/or first three different bill pay
transactions are processed. Minimum balance to open account is $50. Annual Percentage Yield (APY) for balances over $5,000 is 0.10%. APY is as of 3/23/04. Interest rate may change at anytime. New accounts only. Other banks may
charge for use of their ATMs. First set of 50 checks free. Offers may be withdrawn at any time. A $100 service fee will be charged if the account is closed within the first three months. See a Customer Service Representative for details.


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citizensbank.com $100 free for opening a checking account

Get $25 for setting up direct deposit.
Get $25 for paying 3 bills online.
Get $25 by using your debit card 10 times in one month.
Get $25 for setting up monthly transfers to a savings account.



Everybody likes free. That's why we're offering Green Checking™ for free. And everybody really, really likes free money. That's why you can get up to $100 just for using the account the way you normally would. It's free. It's easy. It's money in the bank.


Member FDIC. Receive a cash bonus of $25 if electronic direct deposit is established on your new checking account within 90 days from the day your account was opened. Receive $25 if you sign up for online banking with bill payment and pay three bills within 90 days of account opening. Receive $25 if you conduct ten Debit Card transactions within one of the first three calendar months following account opening. Receive $25 if you establish a monthly Steady Save transaction, with which you must transfer a minimum of $10 at least once per month from your Citizens Bank checking account to any of your Citizens Bank savings or money market accounts (other than a passbook savings account) within 90 days of account opening. Offers cannot be combined with any other offers. Cash bonus will be deposited into the checking account of eligible customers within 180 days after account opening and will be reported to the Internal Revenue Service for tax purposes. ATM/Debit Card required for online banking. This limited-time offer is subject to change and may be withdrawn at any time. All accounts and services subject to individual approval. See a banker for details.


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Thanks, expert5186! It is a great deal for people who lives in Citizens's bank service areas. I wonder if they open accounts for consumers in other states.


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