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Update 7/6/19: Reposting as it’s a soft pull.
Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount:Â $200
- Availability:Â Must live, work or worship in Howard, Tipton, Clinton, Carroll, White, Cass or Miami county
- Direct deposit required:Â Yes, no minimum mentioned
- Additional requirements:Â 10 debit card transactions
- Hard/soft pull: Soft pull
- ChexSystems: Yes
- Credit card funding:Â Unknown
- Monthly fees:Â None
- Early account termination fee:Â Unknown
- Household limit:Â None
- Expiration date:Â July 31st, 2019
Contents
The Offer
- Financial Builders is offering a bonus of $200 when you open a new checking account and complete the following requirements in the first 60 days:
- Set up your direct deposit
- Use your debit card 10 times
The Fine Print
- Checking offer is not available to existing Financial Builders checking members
- our direct deposit needs to be an electronic deposit of your paycheck, pension, or government benefits (such as Social Security) from your employer or the government.
- After you have completed all the above checking requirements, we’ll deposit the bonus in your savings account within 60 days.
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
This account has no monthly fees
Early Account Termination Fee
Unsure if there is any early account termination fee or not
Our Verdict
Another one where we need to know if this is a hard or soft pull. If anybody goes for this bonus then please share your experiences below.
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Any out of state give it a crack ?
They will call and verify your connection to counties listed.
FYI for anyone who does this, don’t forget to setup electronic statements. $4 fee for paper
When funding accounts that only allow debit card funding have people tried using VGC? Does it work?
Soft pull
$25/180 days early term fee