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Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount:Â $150
- Availability:Â Must live, work, or worship in Tom Green county
- Direct deposit required:Â Optional
- Additional requirements:Â Use promo code
- Hard/soft pull: Hard pull
- ChexSystems: Unknown
- Credit card funding:Â Unknown
- Monthly fees:Â None
- Early account termination fee:Â None listed
- Household limit:Â None
- Expiration date:Â January 31st, 2020
Contents
The Offer
- Texas Trust Credit Union is offering a bonus of $150 when you open a new checking account and complete the following requirements:
- Use promo code 8009
- Set up and have at least one direct deposit of $500 or more within the first 90 days after account opening; OR you must have a Texas Trust debit card and make at least 10 non-PIN based transactions totaling $100 processed within a 35 day period within 90 days after account opening; AND your account must remain open with a positive balance once the above conditions are satisfied.
The Fine Print
- Limit one offer per primary member. This offer is not available to current Texas Trust checking accountholders. Promo code 8009.
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
Easy checking account has no monthly fees to worry about.
Early Account Termination Fee
I wasn’t able to find any mention of an early account termination fee in the fee schedule.
Our Verdict
Super location restricted, but should be worth doing if it’s a soft pull. If anybody does this deal please share if it’s a hard or soft pull in the comments below.
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William Charles Chuck Texas Trust has a $100 referral bonus for both parties now through October 31, 2022. Here’s the link with the requirements: https://www.texastrustcu.org/GreatRefer
Also, it’s fairly local. Membership eligibility: https://www.texastrustcu.org/about-us/our-membership/membership-eligibility
In-footprint, but not in San Angelo/Tom Green County. Otherwise met the terms, and the bonus posted.
They got me on the 1-2 combo. Equifax hard pull before declining for being more than 30 miles from a branch.
So it’s not just that you have to live in the listed counties?
They did a hard pull before declining me. Beware.
This made me think of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM8Q_lz9BzE
Fun fact: Tom Green went to a Tom Green County library in San Angelo while I was living there to film some antics for his tv show at the time. Long story short, he was quickly banned for life from the library and the mayor requested he never return to the county.