Update 2/25/21: Rate reduced to 1.25%
Update 4/1/20: Rate reduced to 2.05%
Update 10/28/19: Rate reduced to 3.51% from 4.01%
Offer at a glance
- Interest Rate:Â 4.01%
- Minimum Balance:Â None
- Maximum Balance:Â $25,000 for 4.01% APY rate
- Availability:Â South Dakota only
- Direct deposit required: Optional
- Additional requirements:Â See below
- Hard/soft pull:Â Unknown
- ChexSystems: Unknown
- Credit card funding:Â Unknown
- Monthly fees:Â None
- Insured:Â FDIC
The Offer
- Reliabank offers the Ultimate Checking account, this account earns 4.01% APY on balances up to $25,000 when the following requirements are met each statement cycle:
- Make 15 debit card transactions per statement cycle
- Enroll and receive eStatements
- Have at least one direct deposit, one automatic debit, or one online bill pay clear the account per statement cycle
Avoiding Fees
This account has no monthly fees to worry about.
Our Verdict
Seems to be a great option, huge maximum balance of $25,000, the rate is high and there is no direct deposit required. We still need to know if it’s a hard or soft pull but if you live in South Dakota then this is definitely a high yield savings account worth considering.
Hat tip to Betelgeuse
They jumped up to 5.03% APY last month.
My, how the mighty have fallen, this time down to 0.77%. Considering it’s easy to get 1% with no ongoing effort, this “reward” checking account is now a sad joke.
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Its a literal job trying to find interest anywhere, and despite all this work still lose purchasing power to inflation.
looks like it’s down to 1.25% now
now down to 2.05%
Down to 3.01% as of 12/20/19
This is down to 3.51% now
so to get the 4% rate i’d have to make 15 Amazon reloads each month and spend $7.50 a month… hmm
Any data points on this bank or account?