Unify Financial Credit Union $150 Checking Bonus

Update 11/6/23: New link looks nationwide?

Update 6/22/22: New link for those in Los Angeles County, CA, Orange County, CA, or Ventura County, CA.

Update 4/16/21: There is now a link for LA County, Ventura County and Orange County. Hat tip to reader TJ

Update 4/9/19: Bonus is no longer nationwide, you now must reside in Collin County, TX

Offer at a glance

The Offer

Direct link to offer

  • Unify Financial Credit Union is offering a bonus of up to $150 when you open a new checking account, bonus broken down as follows:
    • $50 deposited after first statement cycle
    • $50 after establishing a recurring ACH direct deposit of at least $500 aggregate each month (must be done within 60 days of account opening)
    • $1 per debit card transaction of $5 or more within the first 60 days ($50 maximum)

The Fine Print

  • Members cannot have had a UNIFY Free Checking or eChecking Account within the last three (3) years.
  • Offer expires March 31, 2019, and is subject to change without notice.
  • Eligible new account holders who qualify for and open a new checking account (excluding Right Start Checking and Right Start Debit) will receive a $50 deposit into their checking account following the first statement cycle. Limit one $50 new checking bonus per member.
  • Receive an additional bonus of $50 by establishing a recurring ACH Direct Deposit of at least $500 aggregate each month. New Direct Deposit must be established and posted within 60 days of account opening, and bonus will be paid after the second statement cycle following account opening.Limit one Direct Deposit bonus per member.
  • Receive an additional bonus up to $50 by earning $1 bonus for each debit card transaction that exceeds $5 made with your new UNIFY Visa Debit Card within the first 60 days of account opening (maximum bonus of $50). Bonus will be credited to the checking account linked to the UNIFY Visa Debit Card after the second statement cycle following account opening. Limit one Debit Card usage bonus per member.
  • Account must be in good standing to receive any bonus.
  • Account holder responsible for all applicable taxes. Membership eligibility, and account qualification requirements apply. Membership requirements include establishing a membership share savings of at least $5.
  • Minimum deposit of $25 required to open Free Checking, and eChecking. UNIFY employees, volunteers and family members not eligible. Not valid with any other offers and subject to change at any time.
  • All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them

Avoiding Fees

Monthly Fees

The free checking account has no monthly fees to worry about

$1 Paper Statements

After your second month you’ll be charged $1 for paper statements, so opt in for paperless statements when signing up.

Early Account Termination Fee

I wasn’t able to find a fee schedule so I’m unsure if there is any early account termination fee or not.

Our Verdict

Previous deal was for $100, but you also got two LA Rams tickets that could easily be resold for more than $50. That deal also didn’t require any debit card transactions. This bonus isn’t that bad, but the debit card transactions will be difficult for most people to meet – especially as it requires the transaction to be more than $5. Really up to you if you want to go for this deal or wait for a better deal to return. I’ll likely add this to our list of best bank bonuses, just with a disclaimer that they have recently offered a bigger bonus.

Hat tip to reader Jonathan F

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View Comments (399)

  • DP from TX

    Applied with Chex 0/1, 1/2, 2/3, 4/6, 10/12 and denied immediately on submitting application. Got Chex pulled too :(

  • DP:

    07/18/24 account opened
    08/01/24 $50 Deposit Newcheck_50
    08/06/24 $500 transfer from Capital One 360
    09/01/24 $50 Deposit DirectDep_50
    07/27/24 - 09/11/24 50 x $5.00 Amazon gift card balance reloads
    09/17/24 $50 Deposit DebitPromo_50

    Cashapp reloads code as transfers, so I did not bother doing 50 of them

  • For the $5 portion, there's no minimum on Ralphs gift card purchases (and possibly other supermarket chains as well.)

  • DD from AL:

    5/20/24 account opened
    6/1/24 $50 bonus x2 (DirectDep_50 + NewCheck_50)
    6/3-18/24 51 $5+ debit transactions (mostly online bills)
    7/20/24 $50 bonus (DebitPromo_50)

  • For The 50 debit transactions. I used cash app and also sprinkled in some 5 dollar payments to my charter spectrum , water, and cell phone bill to not spread any suspicion to the Bank.

  • DD from Utah
    05/29 - Applied and funded $100 with CC (did not code as a cash advance)
    05/29 - Got a call for more docs (non-citizen), supplied through the portal (DL, SSN, Utility Bill)
    05/30 - Account Opened
    06/01 - $50 bonus posted for NewCheck_50
    06/01 to 06/15 - 51 reloads to Cash App & Amazon balances (each $6 or more)
    06/15 - Real DD $600 posted
    06/18 - $100 bonus posted "NEW MEMBER PROMOTION DEPOSIT"

    The last bonus came to the Savings account, not checking. Not going to complain, but I think I'll also get the bonuses for DD & Debit card transactions again. If not, I got what I expected.

  • Can somebody confirm that cashapp works? It's withdrawal instead of purchase in Unify.

    • Yes it does work. I only did cash app transactions and got the last $50 from the debit purchases today.

    • It shows as "Debit", so I hope that works. I tried to reload 10+ times and Unify locked me out. I'm doing Amazon reloads now, hopefully that works.

  • Wife and I Completed Bonus requirement's and received bonus’s 6/1/24 from California, San Bernardino county to be specific.

  • 5/13 push from fidelity $500 posted
    5/24 push from fidelity $373 posted
    6/1 - $100 bonus paid