Update 3/24/24: Deal is back and valid until 12/31/2024. Hat tip to reader Shawn
Offer at a glance
Maximum bonus amount: $150
Availability: If you live, work, worship, go to school, or regularly do business in Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Mason, Kenton, or Pendleton County in Kentucky; Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, or Warren County in Ohio; Dearborn, Ohio, or Union County in Indiana… then you are eligible to become a Cinfed member!
Direct deposit required: Not mentioned
Additional requirements: Use referral promo code
Hard/soft pull: Hard pull
ChexSystems: Unknown
Credit card funding: Unknown
Monthly fees: None
Early account termination fee: Unknown
Household limit: None listed
Expiration date: March 30th, 2019
The Offer
Cinfed Credit Union is offering a checking bonus of $150 when you open a new checking account and complete the following requirements:
Use promo code FRIENDS2024
The Fine Print
Participating members will receive a $100 deposit in their savings account for each referral that meets promotion criteria.
New members will receive $100 deposit into a Cinfed savings account by opening a new Cinfed account.
New members must meet qualifying criteria to open an account and cannot have had a previous Cinfed account.
New account must be opened by 3/30/19.
Bonuses will be credited to accounts within 10 business days and will be reported on form 1099-INT.
Offer excludes HSA Checking accounts and is subject to change without notice.
Loans and credit cards are subject to credit approval.
Rates may vary depending on credit
. Offer expires 3/30/19.
All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
All of their accounts have no monthly fee apart from Fresh Start.
Early Account Termination Fee
I wasn’t able to find a fee schedule so I’m unsure if there is any early account termination fee or not.
Our Verdict
Not worth considering due to the hard pull unfortunately. They offered a $125 bonus in the past as well. I won’t be adding this to the list of the best checking bonuses due to the hard pull.
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