Here’s some more free money for all of you out there in Austin who do the bank account deals. PlainsCapital Bank is offering a $150 bonus for opening a free checking account. Just open the account with a minimum of $50 using the offer code FCAU1109 by February 19 and you’ll get $50, and when [...]
One of my colleagues at the office is fighting with an identity theft scam involving her primary checking account, and listening to the line of bull they are feeding her has inspired me to post about the things you bank doesn’t want you to know if you are an identity theft victim. Here’s her story: [...]
Everyone is looking for a little extra cash around the holidays, and here is a great opportunity for some easy money. Chase is offering a $125 bonus for opening a free checking account with direct deposit. To get in on the offer you will need to logon to your existing Chase online account and click [...]
My MIL sent me an email this morning asking about bank account bonuses, and in doing a little research I found this gem. You can get a $200 bonus for opening a no-fee Capital One Rewards Checking account with a minimum $50 opening deposit and a direct deposit. This offer has been sent to select [...]
I posted this as a comment on another blog, and then got to thinking I need to post this on my own blog. I written before about Chase banking bonuses (March 2008, November 2007, September 2007), and I have always been able to get these without issue. If you have never done these before, right [...]
Seeing how hard it is to make money in the stock market these days, it is always fun to pick some of the low hanging fruit in the financial world. While you can easily lose 10% in the market, you can just as easily make 10% on your money by opening a new Orange Savings [...]
A few months ago I wrote about my need to simplify my finances by closing old bank accounts. I got off to a decent start, closing four obviously unnecessary accounts, but never went past that. Why? My theory is that those were the only ones that were obviously unnecessary, while the others I could make some case [...]
Update 11/27/2007: New working link at http://www.chase.com/ccp/index.jsp?pg_name=ccpmapp/smallbusiness/shared/page/200_coupon_offer&ID=0000007224. Offer still expires on 11/30/2007. Thanks RJ! Update 11/24/2007: Unfortunately, it looks like the link to generate a coupon code for this offer is now dead. You may want to try contacting one of the nice Chase bankers that have posted their information in the comments to this [...]