Time Sensitive $100 Checking Bonus from Huntington Bank

Here’s a pretty nice Black Friday checking account offer from Huntington Bank.

From November 25 to November 29 ONLY new customers can set up a Huntington Bank checking account and cash in on a $100 bonus as long as they can meet the 2 requirements.

Requirements:

1) Make at least five debit card purchases from the account in 60 days.

2) Set up at least one direct deposit.

How to Open?

1) Visit this URL – Huntington.com/100dollars

2 or stop by a local branch.

Other Checking Account Promotions:

There are a few new checking account offers on the table as of November. Chase Bank has their infamous $125 offer available through January 7, 2012. This bonus comes with relatively few strings attached as you’ll just need to set up a direct deposit and make an initial deposit of $100. If you’re looking for a checking bonus that doesn’t require a direct deposit you may want to review ING’s checking bonus. It’s requirements for the bonus are minimal. Plus the account comes with zero overdraft fees, zero monthly fees and no ATM surcharges.

Premier Money Market Rates Found at Huntington Bank

We just got word of some exceptional money market rates for those of you looking to keep a large chunk of change in a liquid FDIC insured investment.

Currently with a “Premium Plus Money Market Account” from Huntington Bank you’ll earn a nice 1.25% APY on balances above $20,000 (and all the way up to $2 million). The only catch is that you’ll also need to open one of their checking accounts and maintain a $1,500 balance. The checking account, unfortunately, garners little in the way of APY, so you may want to factor that in to your overall projected earnings with the MMA.

Huntington Bank, while based out of Ohio, opens it’s doors to consumers across the country excluding only residents in California and Massachusetts. They have over 600 branches in the United States with a large number of them in the mid-west and east (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia).

Compare this offer with some of the top yielding money market accounts from our database of nationwide institutions and you’ll see that it beats most of them on interest rate by roughly 25% (the top institution available nationally and online pay just 1.00% APY but come with no minimum balance requirements and requires no additional accounts with the institution).

To put this offer in further perspective, the national average for money market rates on balances above $25k sits at roughly 0.80% APY. The national average for money market accounts with balances of $0-$10k and $10k-$20k sit at roughly 0.55% APY and 0.63% APY, respectively.

Checking Account Promotions: TOP 10 in 2010! …so far

We’ve seen a great number of phenomenal checking account promotions, bonuses and deals roll through our inbox so far this year so we decided to publish a top 10 list to extend some credit to the top offers. The following types of bank accounts come in the form of either: free checking accounts with cash bonuses, cash back checking accounts, or high interest checking accounts. The promotional accounts listed below are not ALL available everywhere. Several of the bank promotions we’ve listed are available nationwide, however, a few are exclusive to a limited number of states.

These are the top 10 checking account promotions uncovered in 2010…so far. If you feel we’ve missed a deal, please let us know by leaving a comment!

UPDATE: Check out the top 5 checking account promotions in 2011.

TOP 10 Checking Account Promotions in 2010:

(all offers available at some point in 2010)

1) PerkStreet Checking Account: Coming in at the #1 spot with a 2% cash back for the first 3 months. After the 3 months, you will earn 2% cash back on every non-PIN purchase when your balance is $5,000 or more or earn 1% cash back for balances below $5,000. After savings rates (certificate of deposit, money market and checking) have ALL taken a horrendous nose dive, cash back checking accounts have attempted to step in and fill the void. And PerkStreet Finacial is doing a fantastic job. Why is this account so valuable? Because, for example, if you spend $500/month from this account you will receive dividends of $10/month in the form of cash back ($500 X 2.0% = $10). Nothing like a recurring cash bonus from a checking account!

2) Capital One’s Checking Account Sign up Bonus: $300 – When we originally published this deal it was not confirmed, however, a number of reader comments did confirm the offer worked in several states throughout the country. The coupon code(s) for this account was RC3 and one reader suggested another coupon code (RC2) worked for a $200 bonus as well. We suggest trying the RC3 code first!

3) Citizens Bank Checking Account Promotion: Up to $220 in cash bonuses. This account is only available in certain states and the bank is headquartered out of Rhode Island. The bonus structure with this checking account promotion is set up in tiers. You earn a certain amount of cash for meeting various criteria. You get $50 for setting up the account and funding it via direct deposit, $25 after the completion of 5 bill payments, $25 after the completion of 5 debit/credit card purchases, and the final $120 when you enroll in their “greensense” or paperless program.

4) SunTrust Checking Account Bonus: up to $150 in cash bonuses. Similarly to Citizens Bank’s checking bonus, this one is set up in tiers as well. In the first tier you receive $50 for setting up the account. The second tier pays $100 and involves a 3 month process of bill payments.

5) Banco Populars Checking Account Promotion: $125 in cash plus a free “gift.” You received the $125 upon the completion of 3 very easy steps. The gift part, however, is a little vague. Supposedly individual branches were doing their own thing in regards to the gift giving, but we do know they gave out binoculars as the gift last year!

6) ReliaBank’s Ultimate Checking Account: 4.07% APY on balances up to $25k. This is a rewards checking account and requires you to make 12 monthly debit card transactions as well as setting up a monthly, recurring, direct payment of some sort. You can receive 4.07% APY on balances up to $25,000. This account is ideal for those looking for an alternative to low interest money market accounts.

7) Huntington Bank’s Checking Account Bonus: $100 in cash. This checking promotion is simple and available everywhere besides California. You receive a $100 cash bonus for opening up any one of their numerous forms of free checking accounts.

8 ) Harris Checking Account: $150 in cash bonuses. To receive this bonus you must open their interest checking account with a minimum of $100 AND set up a monthly direct deposit. They are a bit deceiving in calling this an “interest checking account” when their interest rate is just 0.05% APY.

9) Chase Bank Checking Account Promotion: $100 in cash. This promotion NEVER seems to get old. Chase seems to continually renew this offer time and time again. Although some readers have submitted negative comments about this account for various reasons, it still seems to be fairly popular among the majority.

10) Bank of America’s MyAccess Checking Account: $75 sign-up bonus. Use the coupon code CH75OL1 and fund the account with $125 within 90 days and the bonus is yours. This account is available online and in local Bank of America branches.

Huntington Bank’s Checking Account Bonus: $100

Here is a pretty sweet $100 sign-up bonus for anyone in the market for a new checking account. Thanks to BankVibe.com reader Jessica for forwarding us this offer! Currently Huntington Bank is offering anyone opening a new checking account $100 once they’ve set up the account with a direct deposit and made 5 check card transactions within the first 6 months.

This offer is only available through February 27, 2010 and is available in every state besides California (sorry Californians…).

Details of $100 checking account bonus with Huntington Bank:

• To be eligible for the $100 checking account cash bonus, customer must open a new Huntington Free Checking, Huntington 50 Plus Checking, Huntington High Value Checking, Huntington High Rate Checking, Huntington High Performance Checking, Huntington Investor Checking, or Huntington At Work Checking account between February 12 and February 27, 2010 with new money AND, either (i) set up an automatic direct deposit to the new account with the first deposit occurring within 60 (sixty) days of account opening OR, (ii) make 5 or more Check Card purchases within the first 60 (sixty) days of account opening.
• Applications started online during the bonus period must be completed within 30 calendar days to qualify for the $100 cash bonus.
• All new accounts subject to account opening approval.
• For this offer, there is no specific dollar amount needed for the initial minimum opening deposit, however, the $100.00 bonus money will not be considered as part of the initial deposit.
• Bonus will be deposited to the new checking account within 90 (ninety) days of account opening (if “i” or “ii” condition is also met).
• Bonus is considered interest and will be reported on IRS Form 1099-INT.
• Offer not available on account conversions or in combination with any other offer.
• An Early Account Closing Fee will apply to accounts closed within 180 days of opening.
• Bank reserves the right to limit one gift incentive per household.