Extended to 9/30/25
extended to March 31, 2025
Update 7/2/24: Deal has been extended until 9/30/24
Update 4/3/24: Bonus is back at the $400 level.
Update 7/5/23: Deal is back and good through 9/29/2023.
Update 4/4/23: Bonus now $400.
Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount: $400
- Availability: AL, AR, GA, FL, IN, KY, MD, MS, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV or DC
- Direct deposit required: No
- Additional requirements: See below
- Hard/soft pull: Soft pull
- ChexSystems: Yes
- Credit card funding: None
- Monthly fees: None
- Early account termination fee:
180 days, bonus forfeitNo longer - Household limit: None
- Expiration date: June 30, 2022
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The Offer
- Truist Bank is offering a bonus of $300 when you open a new business checking account and complete the following requirements:
- Use promo code SB24Q4CHECKING
- Make cumulative qualifying deposits of
$1,500+$2,000+ - Enroll and Sign In to Truist Online Banking for Business within 30 days of account opening.
The Fine Print
- Open a new Truist Simple Business Checking or Dynamic Business Checking account online or in a branch from March 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022. Within 30 days of opening the new business checking account, you must:
- Make cumulative Qualifying Deposits* of $1,500 or more into your new account.
Enrollment in the promotion is required at the time of account opening, using promo code SB22NEW2BIZ2, in order to be eligible for a promotion reward. - Please refer to the Account Opening and Enrollment section below for instructions.
- Qualifying Deposits for new business checking accounts exclude debit card credit transactions and NSF fee refunds. Deposits can be made on a one-time basis or cumulatively over the 30 days.
- The new business checking account must remain open and in good standing with a balance ≥$0.00 until the reward is processed in order to receive the reward. Reward forfeiture will occur if: (1) the business checking account is changed to an account type not included in this client offer, (2) the business checking account is closed prior to the reward being processed, or (3) the new business checking account has a negative available balance at the time of qualification validation. Truist reserves the right to deduct the reward amount from the business checking account at the time of closing if the new business checking account is closed by the client or Truist within 180 days after opening.
- You must be a new Truist business checking client. To be considered a new business checking client, the business cannot have an existing Truist business checking account with the same Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), including but not limited to an Employer Identification Number (EIN), prior to promotion start or have closed a business account within 180 days of the promotion start date (on or after September 2, 2021).
- The business account holder must be 18 years or older at time of account opening.
- The account holder cannot be a non-resident alien.
- The business must be registered within the U.S. with the business’s physical street address located in the following states: AL, AR, GA, FL, IN, KY, MD, MS, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV or DC and have a valid U.S. TIN or EIN. The qualifying checking account must be opened in a Truist branch in one of the above-listed states or online.
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
Simple business checking account has no monthly fees to worry about.
Early Account Termination Fee
Account needs to be kept open for 180 days otherwise the bonus is forfeit. No longer any EATF.
Our Verdict
Truist is the new name for the merged BB&T and SunTrust bank. BB&T has offered a $300 bonus in the past and SunTrust has offered a $400 bonus in the past. Now that this bonus is $400, it’s definitely worth doing.
Hat tip to reader Mawney
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Post history:
- Update 3/1/23: Extended until March 31, 2023.
- Update 2/16/23: Bonus has been increased to $300. Hat tip to SDubbs
- Update 11/10/22: Deal is back and valid until Feb. 28, 2023. Hat tip to reader Kwan.
DP:
08/07/24: Previous biz account closed
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04/02/25: Tried to open online: 130 error. Scheduled a virtual (phone) meeting to open an account.
04/10/25: Account opened via phone call.
04/14/25: $2000 ACH push from an external account
04/24/25: $400 bonus posted: MKTG PROMOTIONS MISC CREDIT Reward SB25Q2CHECKING
Similar story with 130 error. Scheduled a virtual phone meeting and opened within 30 minutes. Got email on promotion confirmation, and offer showing on Truist Offers site same day. Much more convenient than opening in branch.
3/14 opened account
4/11 $200 dd
4/14 $301 push from Schwab brokerage
4/15 $501 push from Schwab brokerage
4/24 reward pending on offers website
4/25 $400 reward posted
Went about it in kind of as silly way, but worked fine. Attempting to open P2 and getting code 130. Probably my fault for using VOIP phone number, still new to this, will try again later.
4/7 opened One Checking Account $400 Direct Deposit Bonus
4/15 $501 Discover Push, Coded as PREARRANGE
4/18 $502 Discover Push, Coded as PREARRANGE
Tracker Updated to reward pending as of 4/23
P1:
3.31 OPENED THE ACCOUNT
4.20 $2001 fidelity ach PUSH
4.18 $400 bonus
no bonus tracker
P2:
3.24 OPENED THE ACCOUNT
4.2 $2001 fidelity ach push
no bonus yet…
no bonus tracker
As expected all 3 Biz (2 are SSN based Sole prop- 1 for P1 and 1 P2, 3rd Biz is EIN based LLC) got the $400 bonus on 4/18/25 this go round. Will close next month and wait for the next churn.
Opened: 4/7 in branch, gave the banker the promo code, and recieved an email after opening saying please wait while they verify my eligibility.
2k Deposited: 4/10
2k Withdrew: 4/15
Bonus Posted: 4/19
The tracker never did update to show the offer, used the same email from my other churns with Truist. Another easy $400
How did you do the withdrawal? Pull from another bank?
A few DPs hopefully others find helpful –
Personal account was closed 05/2024
Previous business account (opened with SSN) closed 12/2025 (had separate email/username from personal account… took some verification when this one was opened).
Went to open new business account 03/2025 with a new phone number and email.
-first app got error 2002.
-started second app with a different business category.
-second app got error 130
-started fresh once more with same phone number and email from my previous personal account
-application instantly approved.
-bonus deposited.
A did not use old account info to pre-fill any data in application.
A few takeaways –
Error 2002 seems to be business category related
Error 130 seems to be email/phone related which prevents successful identity verification
You can use separate business accounts (one with SSN, one with EIN) within the 180 days listed in fine print.
Hope this helps
Thanks for the details.
Do you recall if your tracker updated and what were the statuses ?
I see some dps of tracker not updating at all but still bonus paid out.
I am stuck at enrollment pending although 2K funding completed on 4/9.
Nope – tracker did not update either.
03/25/25 – Opened account in branch using Sole Prop with EIN and deposited $2,000
I already have a personal account and I received a $400 bonus which was a month before applying for business checking.
Rep told me it will take 7-10 business days for promo to be applied to the account. I also received an email the same day that explained what the rep had told me and that I will receive another email once my account is approved for eligibility of bonus.
04/07/25 – Logged into the Truist offers website on the 10th business day and the bonus was still not showing attached to the account. Called and first rep said it was attached. HUCA Second rep said they did not see the bonus attached and a ticket was submitted to attach the bonus to account.
04/12/25 – Received $400 Bonus – Tracker still did not show that the bonus was attached and I never received an email that the account was approved for the bonus probably because it required manual intervention.
could you share the number you called? I tried many numbers and all representative told me they didn’t see any offer code applied to my account and ask me to wait for as least 30 days
Sure. 800-709-8700. Make sure to tell them the terms of the agreement for the bonus is 4 weeks after your deposit into the account. They tried to tell me to wait up to 15 days when I called, which would of put them past the 4 weeks. So in the ticket I had them put it can not go past the 4 weeks without violating their own terms. It ended up posting 5 days after the ticket was submitted.
Thank you! I‘ll give it a try.
https://www.truist.com/small-business/banking/checking-offer – valid through 9/30/2025. Requires $2000 in deposits within 30 days and earn $400. Promo code SB25Q2CHECKING. SB25Q2CHECKING. Churning possible if you did not have an account on or after 10/3/2024.
Open it up a week ago did a 501 today sending from chase will do another 501 next week and keep everyone posted if it’ll work for me or not.