Update 5/31/26: Offer back through 7/31/26. Hat tip to the reader Celia
Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount: 150 dollars
- Availability: Must be a University of Illinois student, alumni or live/work in one of the following counties: Champaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglass, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Moultrie, Piatt, Vermilion, Sangamon, McLean County
- Direct deposit required: No.
- Additional requirements: 10 debit card transactions
- Hard/soft pull: Gentle pull
- ChexSystems: yes
- Credit card financing: Unknown
- Monthly fees: ANY
- Early account closure fee: Unknown
- Family boundary: None listed
- Expiration date: 31.12.2024
Offers
- U of I Community Credit Union offers a $100 bonus when you open a new checking account and meet the following requirements:
- Open a new checking account
- Complete 30 debit transactions
- Enter Digital Banking
Fine Press
- New Checking Account Bonus Offer available to members who open a new qualifying checking account at UICCU between 8/1/2024 and 12/31/2024.
- Members who have held any type of UICCU checking account in the past 180 days or members who have received another checking bonus promotional offer are not eligible for the new checking account bonus offer.
- Offer limited to one new checking account bonus offer per member up to a maximum of $150.
- To receive the new checking account bonus offer, the member must (i) meet all eligibility requirements to maintain a new checking account for the first time with UICCU, including making the required minimum deposit (ii) complete a minimum of 30 valid debit card transactions from the new UICCU checking account within 60 days of opening the account (iii) register or log in to maintain new checking account within 6 days Account bonus payment date.
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you must pay tax on them
Avoidance of fees
Monthly fees
The iChecking account has no monthly fees to worry about.
Early account termination fee
I couldn’t find a full fee schedule, so I’m not sure if there is an early termination fee.
Our verdict
Better than the previous $100 bonus as it is bigger and no direct deposit is required this time. It’s worth doing if it qualifies and we’ll be adding this to our list best control bonuses.
Hat tip to the reader snail
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