Offer at a glance
- Interest Rate: 2.02% APY
- Maximum Balance: $10,000
- Availability: Nationwide
- Direct deposit required: No (does require ACH)
- Additional requirements: 18 debit transactions
- Hard/soft pull: Unknown
- Credit card funding: Unknown
- Monthly fees: None
- Household limit: No (it’s one per SSN)
- Insured: FDIC
The Offer
- BankFirst offers 2.02% APY on up to $10,000 with their Kasasa checking account; the interest is deposited into the linked Kasasa Saver account.
To be eligible for the 2% interest rate, the following qualifying activities are necessary:
- Have at least one direct deposit or ACH payment transaction post and settle (tip: automate this by setting up a recurring transfer from another checking account)
- Have at least 18 debit card purchases post and settle
The account requires e-statements. It also comes with up to $25 of ATM fee waivers, nationwide.
Avoiding Fees
There aren’t any monthly fees on this account.
The Fine Print
- Minimum to open is $100 for Kasasa Cash and $100 for Kasasa Saver
- For Kasasa Cash, if qualifications are met each monthly qualification cycle: (1) Domestic ATM fees incurred during qualification cycle will be reimbursed up to $25 and credited to account on the last day of monthly statement cycle; (2) balances up to $10,000.99 receive APY of 2.02%; and (3) portion of balance over $10,000.99 will earn 0.15% APY depending on the balance.
- If qualifications are not met on Kasasa Cash all balances earn 0.10% APY
- Qualifying transactions must post to and settle Kasasa Cash account during monthly qualification cycle; “Monthly Qualification Cycle” means a period beginning one day prior to the first day of the current statement cycle through one day prior to the close of the current statement cycle
- Interest earned in Kasasa Cash is automatically transferred to Kasasa Saver each statement cycle and does not compound; the Kasasa Saver APYs may be less than Kasasa Cash APYs
- ATM receipt must be presented for reimbursement of an individual ATM fee of $10.00 or higher
- Direct Deposits include payroll, Social Security, and other government benefits, and tax refunds
- Limit one account per Social Security Number (SSN)
Our Verdict
We’ll add this to our list of Best High Interest Saving Accounts – check there to compare this with other high-yield options.
This might be a stupid question, but could somebody please explain what’s ACH payment transaction?
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Kasasa? Don’t care for that hippie name. Or spending money to make money.
Isn’t remarkable? Really?
I would rather go with Northpointe 5% on $10,000 maximum than this one
Yup, if you can manage Northpointe’s debit requirement that one is probably best.