Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount:Â $400
- Availability:Â NC, SC, VA, TN, GA. TN & GA require a membership with the American Consumer Council
- Direct deposit required:Â Yes, two direct deposits of $500+ each within 60 days of account openingÂ
- Additional requirements:Â See below
- Hard/soft pull:Â Unknown
- ChexSystems:Â Unknown
- Credit card funding:Â Up to $2,500
- Monthly fees:Â None
- Early account termination fee:Â None
- Household limit:Â None
- Expiration date: November 30, 2022.
Contents
The Offer
- Truliant Federal Credit Union is offering a $400 checking bonus when you do the following:
- Make two qualifying direct deposits of at least $500 each within the first 75 days of opening the account.
- Use your Truliant debit card for 10 purchases within 60 days of receiving the card
The Fine Print
- You must set up and receive at least two qualifying direct deposits of $500 of more each to your checking account within 75 days of opening the account to receive the 400-point certificate, which is redeemable for a free gift card. A qualifying direct deposit is a recurring electronic direct deposit of your paycheck, pension, or government benefits (such as Social Security) from your employer or government. Person-to-person and transfers between your TFCU accounts or accounts you have at other financial institutions or brokerages do not qualify. Payments received for goods sold do not qualify. After you satisfy all of the requirements, you will receive an email notification for your reward redemption within 60 days. The checking account must be open and in good standing (reflect a positive balance) when notified of reward redemption. Third-party gift cards name/brands are the trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective owners. One bonus offer per member, offer is non-transferable, cannot be combined with any other offer, valid email address required, and is void after November 30, 2022.
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
This account has no monthly fees to worry
Early Account Termination Fee
According to this fee schedule there is no early account termination fee.
Our Verdict
This is much better than the $250 giftcard bonus that was previously offered. Probably worth it even if it’s a hard pull especially with the credit card funding. We will add this to our list of the best bank account bonuses.
Hat tip to reader BankDeal
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Expired
I can’t get through the voice prompts to even talk to someone. Anyone have pro tips on how to contact them?
Received the Truliant Rewards Mail yesterday.
Gift Card choices included Amazon/UberEats/Target/HomeDepot.
No Option to Redeem for Visa/Mastercard for cash.
Email or regular mail? When did you open and meet requirements?
anyone receive this bonus on this go-round? want to make sure I didn’t miss the email
I completed the requirements in early December, but have not received any notification on the bonus yet.
P1 satisfied requirements on 11/16/22 so should have gotten bonus by 1/17/23. Has not received anything.
P2 satisfied later and won’t be due until early March. Has not received anything either.
I’m almost at the point where the bonus should have been received. Mind letting me know what you hear if you follow up with them?
I’ll post here once I follow up and/or receive the bonus. Will probably follow up I’m the next few weeks.
Link broken when attempting to go to offer, must’ve been pulled?
pulled on 11/30
Chase Ink Cash codes as purchase. I was actually able to open 2 checking accounts days apart and fund $2500 twice.
Have you received the bonus?
I did this promotion when it was a $250 bonus. I did not receive the bonus automatically. I had to call two different times.
I would recommend calling them if you do not receive the bonus within 60 days of meeting the requirements. Try to get the customer service representative to contact the marketing department. I did not speak to the marketing department directly but the customer service rep relayed my info to them.
Is Amazon reload (around $1) count as debit card qualifying purchase for this promotion?
It seems that the page to fill in cc information only takes cards with 16-digit number and 3-digit CVN, so AmEx cards are not allowed.
Is this bonus a targeted offer? I did not see any targeted word in offer?
10.14: applied
10.18: get a call request to upload SS card.
10:20: approved