Household bank MC and Chase Freedom & Rewards are counting the deposits as a purchase...(services & merchandise is the category).
However, I am unable to login to make the trade as I keep getting a "Connection not available" error when I try logging in.

as promised, here is the update:
all 4 transactions ($5000 * 4) on single citicard showed as purchases. Made two EURUSD trades (buy and sell) last night and pocketed $1 profit. Then initiated withdraw request by check for $20000. Citicard statement will be out in 3 days, so let's see what is going to happen by then regarding the CashBack on citicard, cash withdraw from zecco foxex, and cash bonus from zecco forex. If everything went well, it would be tempting to do it once more with some other account.... greedy..

Has anyone experienced delays in the initial credit card deposit posting to his or her account? For me:

Jul. 8th - Opened account and funded with credit card
Jul. 10th - Appeared on statement (as a purchase)
Jul. 13th - Still no available funds in account.

The website says up to one business day, but have a feeling they may be swamped with new applications. Or am I the only one?

jfharper said:billionen said:Bonus appeared this morning, 1.5 business days after making the trade.
I did not receive the original email, but I applied before the new terms went into affect. Also, Fidelity Visa and Amzon.com Visa both count as purchase.
Now to the withdrawal phase.....
Sorry, what new terms? I've been following this thread but missed where the terms changed?

i meant this change....sorry for the poor choice of words.

Got my bonus today.

Time table:
8/7 - opened an account (no invite, followed the offered link), deposited 5K using Schwab CC
10/7 - learned from the thread that deposits should be done within 72h frame, deposited $5,001 using Fidelity and CapOne CCs.
12/7 - made a trade, lost $12 ;(, requested a withdrawal.
13/7 - saw the bonus posted (that's 24h turn around), began 90 day waiting period.

Jobowoo said:pisistratus said:Got my bonus today.

Time table:
8/7 - opened an account (no invite, followed the offered link), deposited 5K using Schwab CC
10/7 - learned from the thread that deposits should be done within 72h frame, deposited $5,001 using Fidelity and CapOne CCs.
12/7 - made a trade, lost $12 ;(, requested a withdrawal.
13/7 - saw the bonus posted (that's 24h turn around), began 90 day waiting period.

Are you keeping your initial $5,001 in there or are you withdrawing everything except for the bonus?

I requested a withdrawal of the initial $10,001.

jolapo said:

 

where did you see that? It that specific to Zecco Forex?

There are two different programs being talked about.

http://hello.zecco.com/landing/search/forex_cash/

Zecco Forex states:
"Cash bonus cannot be withdrawn within 90 days of initial funding."

http://forex.com/tradestopsandlimits.html

Forex.com states:
Initial deposit can be withdrawn at any point. To withdraw cash bonus, initial deposit must not be withdrawn for a minimum of 90 days from the first trade.

EDIT: You may NOT get bonus if you were not on their email distribution list. The following info is incorrect per what I'll call a more official email received 07/16/2009 here

govenar said:The initial web page now says (in the image, below the Open an Account button): "This promotion is limited to Zecco members who were sent the promotional email on July 8th, 2009. This offer is not transferable."
I don't remember seeing that there when I looked at the page yesterday. I guess this is dead now for people who didn't get the email.FYI...

IN SHORT: All who apply and satisfy requirements will receive bonus (even those that did not receive email)

SUPPORTING DETAILS:

07/08/2009
I applied and was approved for an account on July 8th (no email - I simply clicked the promo link in VerbalK post).

07/09/2009
Not knowing how to trade currencies, I opened a practice account with the standard $50,000 play money.

Email came later in day inviting me to open a real account to receive the $200.

07/13/2009
I wanted to open an account for my DW.

The hotlink inside the invitation did not work so I responded to my account rep saying: Unfortunately I am unable to click through to apply (on your Click here reference in your closing paragraph). Is that because the $200 promotion was only for Zecco clients which received the promo email invitation sent July 8th (your invitation below reads July 9th)?

07/14/2009
My account rep responded with: If you are not able to access the application through the email, simply do so on the our website. There will be a promotional code at the end of the application. Enter, “cashad04” . This will allow you to receive the promotion.

edit: added my interest in an account for my DW

edit: added ruinous message at top so others are not misled by my attempt at the real truth (I also updated QS)

carefreeninja said:One more data point -
Forex.com has a referral bonus
Link

Yes, but it requires 50 round trip trades. Judging by the amount just one has cost some people here, I would imagine 50 would come close to eating up the bonus, and then taxes would help do their part.

# Eligibility: Only available to new FOREX.com clients. In order to receive referral cash bonus, the referred client must open an account and deposit funds. Withdrawal of referral cash bonus is contingent upon execution of 50 round trip trades (round trip is defined as one complete trade - a transaction including the buying and selling of one currency pair) by the "Friend's" account within the first 90 days of account opening, or both the "Referrer" and "Friend" accounts will be debited for the amount of the bonus upon the expiration of the 90 day period, or upon closing of the account, whichever comes first.

Can anyone confirm that using the code “cashad04”, is enough for getting the bonus?