All you ever wanted to know about Direct Deposit:
http://www.electronicpayments.org/
never ask any bank rep to confirm if ING/Paypal/ACH push transfer is counted as direct deposit!
Banks that count ING/Paypal/ACH push transfers as direct deposits (confirmed successes):
Bank of America (ING, Paypal, ACH push)
Bank of the West (ING, Paypal)
Bank One (ING, Paypal, ACH push)
Bank of New York (ACH push)
Capital One (ING)
Charter One (ING, ACH push)
Chase (ING, Paypal, ACH push) - seems to only allow ACH push and only from some banks, YMMV
Citibank (ING, Paypal, ACH push)
Citizens Bank (ING)
Columbia Bank (Paypal)
Commerce Bank (ING, Paypal) - refers to one in the northeast
Commerce Bank (ING) - refers to the one in Missouri
Compass Bank (ING)
E-Trade Bank (ING, ACH push)
HSBC (ING, Paypal, ACH push)
Huntington National Bank (ING, PayPal, ACH push(from E-Trade) )
KeyBank (Paypal, HSBC, ACH push)
LaSalle (ACH push (Etrade))
M&I Bank (Marshall & Ilsley) (Paypal)
M&T Bank (ACH push (HSBC trial deposit))
PNC Bank (Paypal, ACH push, ING)
Principal Bank (ING)
Salem Five (ACH push)
Sovereign (ACH push-Etrade, ING)
SunTrust (ING, Paypal)
TD Banknorth (ACH push)
UFBDirect (ACH push)
USAA (ING)
US Bank (Paypal, ACH push)
Valley National Bank (ING)
Wachovia (ING, ACH push)
Washington Mutual (ING, ED, Paypal)
Wells Fargo (ING?) - One report that ING is counted as DD, one report that it isn't...YMMV
Banks that don't count ING/Paypal/ACH push transfers as direct deposits (confirmed failures):
Charter One (no Paypal)
Chase (no ING and Paypal?) No bonus after 30 days
MeadowsCU (no ACH push)
Metropolitan National Bank(NY)
PNC Bank (no Etrade, no GMAC)
Presidential Bank
Salem Five (no PayPal)
Sovereign (no HSBC Direct) No DD bonus.
Wachovia (no Paypal)
Wells Fargo (no ING?)