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California Coast CU Checking bonus: is $50 worth it?

What it adds over what your cash earns now, tier by tier. Change the rate to yours.

+$49: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus405.56%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $50 while it's there, bonus included.

The math

Compared with leaving $50 at 4.15%

Bonus
+$50
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$50 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$1
Extra
+$49
Works out to 405.6% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Average $50 from day 1 to day ? · One of: enroll in Digital Banking, use Bill Pay, or set up Direct Deposit. Terms checked Oct 10, 2026.

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About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Average $50 from day 1 to day ?
  2. 2One of: enroll in Digital Banking, use Bill Pay, or set up Direct Deposit
Ends
No end date listed
Where
California
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 4 days of finishing
Credit check
A hard pull on your credit
Terms checked Oct 10, 2026The bank's offer pageFound via Doctor of Credit

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Questions

Is the California Coast CU Checking bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $50 tier adds +$49: the $50 bonus, minus the $1 that cash would have earned in 90 days. At a different rate the answer changes; the calculator on this page works it out for yours.

What are the requirements?

Average $50 from day 1 to day ?; one of: enroll in Digital Banking, use Bill Pay, or set up Direct Deposit. Open to residents of California.

When does it end?

No end date is listed. The terms were last checked Oct 10, 2026.