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Update 11/17/21: Deal is back, this time the savings bonus is $100 instead of $50.
Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount: $250
- Availability: All locations in PA [Branch Locator]
- Direct deposit required: Optional
- Additional requirements: See below
- Hard/soft pull: Unknown
- ChexSystems: Yes
- Credit card funding: Up to $500 per account, Mastercard & Discover accepted
- Monthly fees: None
- Early account termination fee: Bonus forfeit, six months
- Household limit: None listed
- Expiration date:
August 31st, 2020December 4, 2021
Contents
The Offer
- Penn Community Bank is offering bonuses of up to $300. When you use promo code FALLBONUS. Requirements are as follows:
- $200 bonus when you open a new checking account and complete one of the following requirements:
- Receive qualifying direct deposits totaling $500 or more OR
- Complete 20 or more debit card purchases
- $100 bonus when you open a new savings account at the same time and maintaining the account minimum daily balance or more for 60 days
- $200 bonus when you open a new checking account and complete one of the following requirements:
The Fine Print
- The up to $250 new account cash bonus offer is available on any new Penn Community personal checking account type, as long as the customer meets standard account eligibility requirements. The direct mail promotional code must be presented at account opening.
- To receive the $200 new checking cash bonus, the account must be opened with $25 or more and complete one of the following within the first sixty (60) days of account opening: 1) receive qualifying direct deposits totaling $500 or more OR complete twenty (20) or more debit card purchase transactions of any amount. Qualifying direct deposits are defined as recurring electronic deposits of payroll, Social Security, pension, government benefits or other eligible regular monthly income.
- To earn an additional $50 cash bonus, checking bonus offer requirements must be met, and must 1) open a new Statement Savings, Common Cents Savings or Ultra Money Market account with standard account minimum opening deposit or more at the same time as qualifying checking account, and 2) maintain the account minimum daily balance for 60 days from account opening. Minimum balance to open and minimum daily balance to earn annual percentage yield and avoid monthly service fee for Statement Savings and Common Cents Savings accounts is $100; for Ultra Money Market account is $1,000. Standard savings and money market account requirements and transaction restrictions will apply. Interest rates are variable and subject to change.
- New account bonus(es) will be deposited to the checking account within 45 days after meeting offer requirements. New account bonus offer available to new checking customers only. Must not have closed a checking account within the preceding twelve (12) months or received a prior new checking account incentive. Limit one bonus offer per household. If multiple accounts are opened with the same signer, only one account will be eligible for the bonus. Account must be open, active and in good standing at time of incentive fulfillment to receive bonus(es).
- If account is closed within six (6) months from date of opening, early termination fee may apply, and amount of new account bonus received will be debited from final account balance.
- All bonuses are subject to 1099 reporting.
- Offer expires August 31, 2020.
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
There is a free checking account with no monthly fees to worry about.
Early Account Termination Fee
Bonus is forfeit if account is closed within six months of account opening.
Our Verdict
Previously they have offered a $200 checking bonus, but a direct deposit was required. Need to know if there is a hard or soft pull to open.
Hat tip to reader Ryan G
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View Comments (31)
@will Of no use to me because it's PA only but a nice bonus for some people: https://www.penncommunitybank.com/400fallDigital/
Any DP on what counts as direct deposit or are people just doing 20 debit card transactions to qualify?
I am in NJ (14 miles to closest branch) and it let me open account with bonus offer. I confirmed proper account setup for the offer via online chat. Current offer is $200 for the checking account, then additional $100 for the savings account. Waiting to receive debit card to do the 20 transactions.
Offer expires December 4, 2021.
Just a heads up, they are a pain to deal with. Account cannot be closed via any method except going into a branch. This isn't the end of the world except that THEY DID NOT CHANGE THIS DURING COVID. Yes, you read that right. When branches were closed or limited hours and COVID was raging through the US, they still encouraged me to come into a branch and insisted there was no other way to close via phone, mail, fax, etc.
Empty the checking account and have no activity for a couple months and they will close it for you but I was able to close my savings account over the phone...
The fine print says “ Limit one bonus offer per household.”
DB - I'm in Central PA, and I wasn't able to even get through after entering my zip code.
"The information you have entered is not valid."
Just wondering but has anyone tried for 2 player mode to see if they enforce the household limit? I did this offer last year so going to try P2 and see what happens for this one.
@will just FYI, all the savings accounts have monthly fees and specifically the statement savings account has $5 monthly fee waived w/ $100 daily balance.
Added, thanks
anyone got the bonus yet? opened on 7/28 and yet to get anything
received 9/28 as well
Opened 7/27 and received my bonus today (9/28)
Opened on 7/10/20, DD is sent on 8/5/20, no bonus yet.
Update: Bonus received on 9/22/20
Data point: Approved for checking/savings account 10Aug. Funded $500 with US Bank Altitude Go, coded as purchase!
Cash app codes on their site as a 'withdrawal' and Amazon reloads are pending now. Anyone have luck with either for all 20x debits?
Update: Amazon reloads went through and I received 20 'Debit card Round Up Withdrawal' transfers charges, which rounds up to the next dollar and transfers that amount to my Savings. Amazon reloads confirmed charge as debit.
When you added the card to amazon what did you use for card number? The front of my card has 18 numbers. I tried using 18 and amazon said no go. I tried the first 16 and amazon still said no go