Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount: $500
- Availability: IL, IN, KY, MI, MN & WI, In Branch Only
- Direct deposit required: No
- Additional requirements: See below
- Hard/soft pull: Soft
- ChexSystems: Unknown
- Credit card funding: Up to $500, can fund with American Express, Visa & Mastercard
- Monthly fees: None
- Early account termination fee: $25, 180 days
- Household limit: None
- Expiration date: 9/30/2025
Contents
The Offer
- Old National Bank is offering a $500 bonus when you open a new business checking account and complete the following requirements:
- Deposit a total of $7,000 or more within 30 days of account opening
- Maintain a minimum balance of $7,000 for days 31-90 of account opening
- Log in to Small Business Digital Banking within 30 days of account opening
The Fine Print
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
Free business checking has no monthly fee to worry about (available in all states apart from Wisconsin). Essential business checking account is required in Wisconsin, not sure if this has a monthly fee or not.
Early Account Termination Fee
There is an early account termination fee of $25 if closed within 180 days.
Our Verdict
Seems much easier than previous business checking bonuses from Old National (here & here). Think it is worth doing but unfortunately needs to be opened in branch. Added to best business checking bonuses.
Hat tip to reader Mike
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View Comments (12)
Does anyone know if our business need to be in these states or just our address? I have businesses now registered in a different state but have my summer address in one of these states.
Only 4 branches in KY: 3 in Louisville and one in Lexington.
wondering how chex sensitive this is. ik their personal accounts are super sensitive
Freeze chex and go in person. Worked for me with personal account.
They didn't mention Chex at all during the application? That's a promising turn of events.
My online application did not go through. In branch, they said that I must have had it turned off, but they did not seem to care.
Nice! I might make a trip in-branch to try opening both the personal and business accounts.
Approved today in branch with chex frozen. I have an EIN and LLC articles. They said nothing about chex.
Hell yeah, great DP!
Are they? I should've paid more attention, but if it's helpful to anyone, I have opened a bunch of bank accounts in the last few years, or I guess what I would consider a bunch, probably 8-10, and successfully opened a personal account with old national online two weeks ago. I saw this post and was going to go in branch and try to open a business account in a few weeks
can confirm denied for a personal account myself, presumably for chex. I had applied for 8 bank accounts (got 6) in the 3mo leading up.
Regular checking available in [IA, IL, IN, KY, MN, WI, TN & MI] Is Business different?