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Jeremy
Jeremy (@guest_241861)
April 4, 2016 17:42

You have to close your account in the branch. I was hoping to be in and out quickly. That was not the case as I had to sit down and talk with the branch manager and then she had to call to have my debit card shut off. The whole thing took about 20 minutes

Jeremy
Jeremy (@guest_214160)
January 4, 2016 20:03

My $150 posted today for this offer.

Brad
Brad (@guest_214424)
January 5, 2016 15:52

Yep, same here. Now my plan is to wait for 180 days, from when I opened the account, to avoid fees, then close the account.

michael Walker
michael Walker (@guest_178513)
September 28, 2015 11:58

WoW! I bet they do the same thing for Wisconsin, I’m in West Central Wisconsin and it seems there target area might be only in Milwaukee or somewhere close to Il.. even though it says Wisconsin on DOC, we need to have this verified before I apply and have my money locked up for weeks!

Michael Walker
Michael Walker (@guest_178914)
September 29, 2015 12:27

UPDATE: I was able to get an Account no sweat immediatly and actually logged into their Website Banking, and Mobile Banking App because they gave me the Account Number and Routing Code right after application, no money was even withdrawn yet nor the Verification deposit.. even easier!! I live in Wisconsin and asked in an email beforehand if I qualify in the Wisconsin area, sounds like anywhere in Wisconsin your ok..

Todd
Todd (@guest_176954)
September 24, 2015 17:15

They only serve McHenry County in Illinois. And the bank is called Illinois State Bank there. If you go to illinoisstatebank.com, you’ll see it’s a division of North Shore Bank and it uses the same routing number as North Shore in WI. It’s because there’s another North Shore Bank in Illinois and they weren’t allowed to use that name.

Would like to hear if anyone from another Illinois County gets to keep their checking account.

And BTW, they withdrew, via ACH, 0.54 out of my other checking account that I using to fund this account, without doing the 2 deposits. They said they would credit me back the 0.54 within a week or two so if you funded with another checking account – check to see if it happened to you too.

Douglas
Douglas (@guest_177036)
September 24, 2015 21:34

Same thing happened to me, mine was .52.

Evan
Evan (@guest_177318)
September 25, 2015 14:29

Yes they took out .50 from my checking account too.

I’m still waiting to receive my $750 back that I funded the account with.

Disappointed this was a waste of my time and now I’m waiting for my money. It’s been a week already, it better be in my checking account early next week.

They really need to have a page on their application that clearly states who is eligible for this bonus so that people in Chicago or other IL areas don’t have to waste their time applying and then waiting to get their money back once the account is closed.

As you can tell, I’m still annoyed by this one. Really would’ve liked to get this easy bonus, but also didn’t expect to deal with this hassle and have my time wasted.

Douglas
Douglas (@guest_176294)
September 23, 2015 08:35

I had the same thing happen to me. Received an email yesterday. Anything that can be done to have them re-open?

James Crowe
James Crowe (@guest_175640)
September 21, 2015 21:16

Important to note that this is Northern Illinois only. I opened an account online from Chicago and they closed it, claiming I was out of their service area.

Evan
Evan (@guest_175593)
September 21, 2015 18:43

What a joke. I applied and funded 5 days ago and now receive an email saying my account is being closed for not meeting the location requirement…and I live in Chicago and have family in northern Illinois suburbs as well. Clearly should not be closed.

Thanks for wasting my time north shore.