Capital One Basic or Enhanced Business Checking bonus: is $500 worth it?
What it adds over what your cash earns now, tier by tier. Change the rate to yours.
Yearly rate on $5,000 while it's there, bonus included.
The math
Compared with leaving $5k at 4.15%
Deposit $5,000 in new money within 30 days · Keep $5,000 there until day 90 · 10 qualifying electronic transactions within 90 days. Terms checked Oct 9, 2026.
About this bonus
What it takes
- 1Deposit $5,000 in new money within 30 days
- 2Keep $5,000 there until day 90
- 310 qualifying electronic transactions within 90 days
- Ends
- No end date listed
- Where
- Nationwide
- Monthly fee
- None
- Cash stays
- About 90 days
- Bonus paid
- Usually within 90 days of finishing
- Credit check
- An Early Warning inquiry (not your credit score)
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Questions
Is the Capital One Basic or Enhanced Business Checking bonus worth it?
At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $5,000 tier adds +$449: the $500 bonus, minus the $51 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?
Deposit $5,000 in new money within 30 days; keep $5,000 there until day 90; 10 qualifying electronic transactions within 90 days. Open nationwide.
When does it end?
No end date is listed. The terms were last checked Oct 9, 2026.