Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount: $100
- Availability: All branches in NE [Branch locator]
- Direct deposit required: Yes, $300+
- Additional requirements: None
- Hard/soft pull: Unknown
- ChexSystems: Unknown
- Credit card funding: Unknown
- Monthly fees: Unknown
- Early account termination fee: Unknown
- Household limit: None listed
- Expiration date: None listed
Contents
The Offer
- Metro Credit Union is offering a bonus of $100 when you open a new account with Direct Deposit of at least $300
The Fine Print
- $25 minimum opening deposit required. $100 bonus offer good for new checking accounts only with a new Direct Deposit of at least $300.
- $100 bonus paid within 30 days of the initial Direct Deposit.
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
Unsure if there is any monthly fee or not
Early Account Termination Fee
Unsure if there is any EATF or not.
Our Verdict
They also offer a high yield savings account that earns 1.75% APY. We need to know if it’s a hard or soft pull, relatively small bonus though.
Hat tip to reader G
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https://www.metrofcu.org/get-started/our-history
Today, anyone who lives, works, worships, attends school or regularly conducts business in any of the following eight counties can bank with Metro Credit Union:
Nebraska:
Douglas
Sarpy
Saunders
Cass
Washington
Iowa:
Pottawattamie
Harrison
Mills
Residents in select counties in Iowa seem to be also eligible. William Charles
Anyone tryna apply OOS?
The direct link in the post is for Metro Credit Union in Omaha, NE.
The highest yield of the High Yield Savings account is 0.50%, for $50,000 or more. The yield of the My Reward Savings account is 2%, up to $3000.
https://www.metrocu.org/rates
Good info, but this promotion is from metrofcu.org in Nebraska,
not the metrocu.org in Massachusetts. DoC should fix the heading.
Rates available for this CU:
https://www.metrofcu.org/savings/savings-rates
This is the metro in Nebraska not Massachusetts
Fixed, thanks