Highly churnable Citi business checking account bonus ranging from $200 to $2,000 for each account

Citi is offering $200 to $2,000 for opening a business checking account and maintaining qualifying balance levels for 60 days. Bonus payout levels $5,000 balance = $200 bonus $15,000 balance = $500 bonus $25,000 balance = $700 bonus $50,000 balance = $1,000 bonus $100,000 balance = $1,500 bonus $200,000 balance = $2,000 bonus The highlight of the offer is in the terms that state that there’s a limit of “one Cash Bonus per customer per Offer” and that “each independently operated business client with its own unique Tax ID Number is a separate customer.”‘ The …

Alliant Credit Union bonus offer worth up to $300 for existing members and $400 for new members

With Alliant’s new Fast Pass promotion members will receive $100 for opening a new savings account, $100 for opening a new checking account, and $100 for opening a new Certificate of Deposit (CD). Members can also earn an additional $100 by depositing a combined minimum of $10,000 across their checking, savings, and/or CD accounts by March 31, 2023 and maintaining that increased balance until April 30, 2023. The bonus for each account is only available if the member doesn’t currently have a like account open. For instance, a member with an existing checking and savings account cannot …

Affinity Federal Credit Union launches its redesigned site

On January 31, 2023, Affinity Federal Credit Union (AFCU) will launch its new site, which features a fresh, clean design. The credit union provided a preview of the site and stated that the site will be relaunched to “better serve our new and existing members, and to better deliver on Our Mission—improving the financial wellbeing of our members and the communities we serve—we are launching a brand new website.” AFCU stated that the site’s enhancements include: Responsive Design Developed to work across all devices to better serve our members and visitors Simple Navigation Find …

How to use PayPal’s bill pay service and why you might not use it

We knew from prior experience that using PayPal’s bill pay service was risky, primarily due to the chance that PayPal might pay the bill with a payment method that we didn’t intend to use. However, despite PayPal bill pay’s drawbacks, it has some value and we continue to use it since we’ve learned to work around its quirks. Benefits of using PayPal’s bill pay service You might be wondering why one would even use a third-party bill pay service instead of paying directly through the biller. It comes down to cost savings and convenience. Some companies …

Beware of misleading OANDA bonus offers

OANDA is advertising multiple offers promising $250 to $10,000 for funding a forex account and trading. OANDA has confirmed that the offer located at expired on January 15, 2023. In fact, it’s still very prominently displayed on the site almost a week after they acknowledged that their team had failed to remove the expired offer that they’re refusing to offer. The first item of the site’s main menu is the “Trading” option, which links to the expired offer. However, the landing page and offer terms do not provide an expiration date. U.S. customers should also …

Important tips to consider when paying your Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) credit card bill

Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) allows customers various ways to pay their DCU credit card. It’s important to note the differences between using the “One-Time Payment” and “Transfer Money” options. While both methods will successfully apply a payment to the member’s credit card, both methods have different cut-off times, which could result in your payment not being applied as promptly as you had expected. For both methods, though, it’s important to note the time zone that DCU is in, which is the Eastern. When paying your DCU credit card using the “One-Time Payment” method, DCU applies …

How to log into U.S. Bank when the login form does not appear

We recently provided tips on overcoming issues accessing U.S. Bank’s site during a recent outage. There are still intermittent issues accessing the login form. At times, clicking the “Login” button does not present the user with the login form. Accessing the page in Incognito Mode is a workaround. A more convenient option is to instead bookmark and log in through …

Early Warning Services, owner of Zelle, to launch a digital wallet

Early Warning Services (EWS) has confirmed that it will launch a digital wallet this year. The wallet is EWS’s attempt to tap into the $2 trillion payments app market and will compete with top digital wallets, like PayPal and Apple Pay. Early Warning Services is not new to the payments market as it owns one of the most used peer-to-peer payment apps, Zelle. Early Warning Services is owned by Capital One, US Bancorp, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Truist, Bank of America, and …

Citi allows customers to fund new accounts, but fails to disclose withdrawal restrictions

We recently wrote about Citi’s unbelievable new checking account bonus that pays new checking account customers $200 after receiving at least two Enhanced Direct Deposits within 90 days of account opening. Citi categorizes services like Zelle as Enhanced Direct Deposits. When we began writing this post, this was important to note because Citi’s restrictions on withdrawals were believed to be isolated to Zelle. Unfortunately, it appears that Citi places even more restrictions on withdrawing funds from new accounts. New Citi checking accountholders are unable to use Citi’s bill pay service without first activating the debit card associated …