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Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount: $150
- Availability: Select areas in Arizona
- Direct deposit required: Optional
- Additional requirements: See below for requirements
- Hard/soft pull:Â Soft
- Credit card funding:Â Up to $2,000
- Monthly fees: $4, waivable
- Early account termination fee: 6 months, bonus taken back
- Expiration date: At latest October 7th, 2014
The Offer
- Enter promotional code “SHRED” when you open a new checking account with Arizona State Credit Union and complete one of the following to receive $150
- Set up at least one direct deposit transaction each month ($100+ per transaction)
- Make at least 10 debit card purchases each month
- Maintain an Enhanced Level Membership
- Maintain monthly aggregate loan and or deposit balances of $10,000 or more
- Maintain average daily deposit balance of $2,000 or more between checking, savings and money market accounts
The Fine Print
- Members who already have a checking account are not eligible for this promotion
- Checking account must remain open for a minimum of six months otherwise the bonus will be deducted from the account at closing
- Only open to the following branches and must be opened before the end date:
- Chino Valley, April 8th
- Prescott Gurley St. May 13th
- Prescott Gail Gardner, June 10th
- Flagstaff-Beaver St. July 8th
- East Flagstaff, August 12th
- Prescott Valley Sept 9th
- Cottonwood October 7th
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
You’ll need to keep this account open for a minimum of six months to avoid them taking the bonus back. There is a $4 maintenance fee, but this is waived on the same criteria as getting the bonus (just make sure you continuing doing this to avoid the fee).
Our Verdict
Unfortunately there is no data points on whether this is a soft or hard credit pull and if you can fund the initial opening deposit with a credit card. Update: A commentor has confirmed that it’s a soft pull and you can do $2,000 in credit card funding, this would add in an extra $40-$60 in profit if you used a card that earned at a high rate on everyday purchases. I’d recommend this deal for those who live in Arizona.  The upside is that direct deposit isn’t required. If I lived within the service area and I could confirm that this was a soft pull, I’d complete this offer. Here is how I would complete it:
- Open account, do the initial funding with a credit card if possible
- Add $2,000 in funds to keep the account fee free and trigger the bonus
- Wait six months
- Withdraw funds to regular checking account and close account
You could also do 10 debit card transactions to trigger the bonus and keep it fee free, but I’d much rather deposit the extra cash so I don’t need to worry about this (especially now that Amazon has made their minimum on gift cards $0.50). This deal hasn’t made our best of list because it’s only available to those in Arizona, but it has been added to our state specific checking promo page. There is also a $125 checking promotion offered by Arizona State Credit Union which we haven’t listed as this offer is better.
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I also signed up for this. Was able to fund a total of $2,500 with CC between savings and checking. Received the bonus within days; no hard pull. Thanks!
I signed up for this and found out: not a hard pull, can fund with credit card up to $2000 per account (checking and saving), you get the bonus within 24 hours. I just got mine!
Awesome information, will add this all to the post.