CommonWealth Central CU Rewards Checking bonus: is $200 worth it?
What it adds over what your cash earns now, tier by tier. Change the rate to yours.
+$200: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus815.17%
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
+$200
Interest while it's there
2.5% for 6 mo
+$1
What it'd earn at home
$50 at 4.15% for 6 mo
−$1
Extra
+$200
Works out to 815.2% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.
Deposit $50 in new money. Terms checked Oct 9, 2026.
About this bonus
What it takes
- 1Deposit $50 in new money
- Ends
- Dec 31, 2026
- Where
- California
- Pays while it's there
- 2.5% a year
- Monthly fee
- None
- Closing early
- $200 within 180 days
- Cash stays
- About 180 days
- Bonus paid
- Usually within 30 days of finishing
- Credit check
- A ChexSystems inquiry (not your credit score)
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Questions
Is the CommonWealth Central CU Rewards 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 +$200: the $200 bonus plus $1 interest, minus the $1 that cash would have earned in 180 days. At a different rate the answer changes; the calculator on this page works it out for yours.
What are the requirements?
Deposit $50 in new money. Open to residents of California.
When does it end?
The offer ends Dec 31, 2026. The terms were last checked Oct 9, 2026.