Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount: 250 dollars
- Availability: Only CA branches
- Direct deposit required: Yes, $3,000+
- Additional requirements: See below
- Hard/soft pull: Gentle pull
- ChexSystems: Unknown
- Credit card financing: ANY
- Monthly fees: $3, avoidable
- Family boundary: A
- Expiration date: None listed
Offers
- Columbia Bank offers a $250 bonus when you open a new personal checking account at participating branches and meet the following requirements:
- Sign up for online banking.
- Maintain at least an average deposit balance of $3,000 for 90 days.2
- Deposit a total of $3,000 or more within the first 90 days of your account opening date.
Fine Press
- Limited time offer.
- Existing customers with a current account or customers who had a deposit account in the last 12 months are not eligible.
- You must open a new checking deposit account in person at a participating branch to qualify.
- Only Pinnacle, Embark and Foundation checking accounts are eligible.
- Your promotional offer must be activated by your banker at account opening.
- You must enroll in online banking within 90 calendar days of account opening to qualify.
- Once all requirements are met, the bonus will be paid within 45 calendar days, deposited directly into the qualifying account.
- The account must be open without a negative balance to receive the bonus.
- The bonus will be reported as interest earned on IRS Form 1099-INT and the recipient is responsible for any applicable taxes.
- Limit one bonus of $250 per qualifying account. Limit one bonus of $250 per household per address. Trust accounts and non-profit organizations are not eligible for this offer. Employees of Columbia Bank, its subsidiaries and affiliates are not eligible for this offer. Offer cannot be combined with any other current account offer.
- We reserve the right to limit or change this offer at any time.
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you must pay tax on them
Avoidance of fees
Monthly fees
Embark has a $3 monthly fee, this is waived with eDeclaration
Early account termination fee
Account must be open at time of bonus posting. Other than that, I don’t think there is any early account termination fee.
Our verdict
Shame are only the branches of the CA, there was a business bonus in the past as well. Will add this to ours best check bonus site.
Hat tip to the reader snail
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