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Citizens Bank Clearly Better Business Checking bonus: is $1,500 worth it?

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

+$477: more than leaving it at 4.15%

With $100,000 for 90 days, the tier that adds the most.

With the bonus6.08%
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
    $300 bonus · 90 days
    +$249
  • $15,000
    $500 bonus · 90 days
    +$347
  • $30,000
    $750 bonus · 90 days
    +$443
  • $100,000Best for you
    $1,500 bonus · 90 days
    +$477

The math

Compared with leaving $100k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$1,500
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$100,000 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$1,023
Extra
+$477
Works out to 6.1% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $100,000 in new money · Keep $100,000 there until day ? · 5 qualifying transactions…. Terms checked Oct 9, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $100,000 in new money
  2. 2Keep $100,000 there until day ?
  3. 35 qualifying transactions…
Ends
Nov 30, 2026
Where
15 states: CT, DE, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, VA, DC, MD, FL
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 30 days of finishing

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Questions

Is the Citizens Bank Clearly Better Business Checking 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 +$477: the $1,500 bonus, minus the $1,023 that cash would have earned in 90 days. The $30,000 tier adds +$443. 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; keep $100,000 there until day ?; 5 qualifying transactions…. Open to residents of CT, DE, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, VA, DC, MD, FL.

When does it end?

The offer ends Nov 30, 2026. The terms were last checked Oct 9, 2026.