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Capital One 360 Performance Savings bonus: is $1,500 worth it?

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

+$1,198: more than leaving it at 4.15%

With $100,000 for 105 days, the tier that adds the most.

With the bonus8.32%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $100,000 while it's there, bonus included.

Every tier

A smaller tier often wins: less cash away from what it earns now.

  • $5,000
    $75 bonus · 105 days
    +$60
  • $20,000
    $300 bonus · 105 days
    +$239
  • $50,000
    $750 bonus · 105 days
    +$599
  • $100,000Best for you
    $1,500 bonus · 105 days
    +$1,198

The math

Compared with leaving $100k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$1,500
Interest while it's there
3.1% for 15 wk
+$892
What it'd earn at home
$100,000 at 4.15% for 15 wk
−$1,194
Extra
+$1,198
Works out to 8.3% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $100,000 in new money within 15 days · Keep $100,000 there until day 105. Terms checked Oct 10, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $100,000 in new money within 15 days
  2. 2Keep $100,000 there until day 105
Ends
No end date listed
Where
Nationwide
Pays while it's there
3.1% a year
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 105 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 60 days of finishing

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Questions

Is the Capital One 360 Performance Savings bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $100,000 tier adds +$1,198: the $1,500 bonus plus $892 interest, minus the $1,194 that cash would have earned in 105 days. The $50,000 tier adds +$599. At a different rate the answer changes; the calculator on this page works it out for yours.

What are the requirements?

Deposit $100,000 in new money within 15 days; keep $100,000 there until day 105. Open nationwide.

When does it end?

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