[CA] Provident Credit Union In Branch $150 Business Checking Bonus
Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount: $150
- Availability: CA only, must open in branch
- Direct deposit required: Yes, although online Bill Pay is included
- Additional requirements: See below
- Hard/soft pull: Soft
- Credit card funding: Up to $1,000
- Monthly fees: None, but there is a $10 joining fee
- Early account termination fee: None
- Expiration date: None listed
Contents
The Offer
- Receive a sign up bonus of $150 when you open a new Dividend Business Checking Account with Provident Credit Union and complete the following requirements:
- File account opening paperwork with the promotional code 9982
- Add at least $2,500 in deposits within 60 days of account opening
- Make purchases of $300 or more using a Provident Business debit card per month
- Enroll in online banking and e-Documents with valid email address
The Fine Print
- You must be a new business member, 18 or older and reside in California
- You are not eligible if you are a current owner on a Provident Credit Union business account or if you have been an owner on a Provident Credit Union business account within the last six months
- One New Business Account Bonus per business. To be eligible, you must open a Dividend Business Checking Account
- In order to qualify for your New Business Account Bonus your account must be active and in good standing for two consecutive months following the month that your Dividend Business Checking account is opened
- All qualifying purchases and transactions referred to as “per month” or “monthly” only count towards the requirement of the month in which they POST, which will be on a business day (Monday – Friday) and may take one or more business days from the purchase/transaction date
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
No Monthly Fee
The dividend business checking does not have any monthly fee to worry about.
Membership Enrollment $10
If you enroll with provident then you must pay a $10 membership enrollment fee. Although apparently it’s possible to get this waived if you apply online.
Early Account Termination Fee $0
None of the provident checking accounts come with an early account termination fee.
Our Verdict
I’m reposting because this account no longer has any monthly fee to worry about (previously it required a deposit of $15,000). Because of that change it’s now definitely worth doing (thanks to reader Lrdx for pointing this out) I’m going to add this to our list of the best business checking bonuses. In addition they also have a $150 bonus for personal accounts with a 2.01% APY account.
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Just an FYI, I applied for this promotion on Jan 22nd and was turned down due to to many inquires on my Chex Systems report. I had 4 in the second week of December and a total of 21 on my record going back to 2013. No other negative information was on my report.
Yeah same thing happened to me. I tried to open the account online but got the message:
We are unable to process your requests due to past history with other financial institution involving multiple inquiries and/or unpaid report that have been reported on Chexsystems. For more information regarding these inquiries and/or report please contact Chexsystems at 1-800-513-7125. You may also visit their website at http://www.consumerdebit.com.
If you have any questions please contact Provident Credit Union at (800)632-4600 or (650)508-0300.
I opened 4 account in the past 2 months, so I guess that’s why.
It says above must open in branch.
Just turned down for high inquiries as well for March 2016
How many do you have?
If you become a member of Provident, you can also get a Super Rewards Checking account, which pays 2.01% on balances up to $25,000….which of course, I learned about from DofC – thanks!
Thanks, will add this to the post.
Can you open a business account without having a business?
No you can’t. I live and own a business in CA. You usually need the LLC or Corp paperwork (Articles of Incorporation) or sole proprietorship paperwork. You will need 2 forms of ID (DL + credit card). You got to be signatory authority (verbal confirmation). Sometimes they ask for copy of business permit from the city.
Did you open in a branch?
What is sole proprietorship paperwork like?
100% sure this is still a HP, on your HP DPs page you say its only a hardpull for a membership but as with most credit unions they won’t let you just have a checking you need a membership which requires a savings as well. They do a HP on all new memberships.
I assume if you have already a Personal Checking/Savings Account with them, then no need for a new membership for a Business Account.
It says: Direct deposit required: Yes, although online Bill Pay is included
Direct deposit is NOT required. And what does Bill Pay have to do with bonus requirements?
– Make purchases of $300 or more using a Provident Business debit card per month
For how many months?
Quote from the website:
“simply do these three things for two months, starting the month following your account opening”
So, for 2 months.
The bonus is now $300.