Country Bank Business Checking bonus: is $500 worth it?
What it adds over what your cash earns now, tier by tier. Change the rate to yours.
+$474: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus81.11%
Leave it where it is4.15%
Yearly rate on $2,500 while it's there, bonus included.
The math
Compared with leaving $2.5k at 4.15%
Bonus
+$500
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$2,500 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$26
Extra
+$474
Works out to 81.1% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.
Average $2,500 from day 1 to day 90. Terms checked Oct 10, 2026.
About this bonus
What it takes
- 1Average $2,500 from day 1 to day 90
- Ends
- No end date listed
- Where
- 6 states: MA, NH, ME, RI, CT, VT
- Monthly fee
- None
- Cash stays
- About 90 days
- Bonus paid
- Usually within 90 days of finishing
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Questions
Is the Country Bank Business Checking bonus worth it?
At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $2,500 tier adds +$474: the $500 bonus, minus the $26 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 $2,500 from day 1 to day 90. Open to residents of MA, NH, ME, RI, CT, VT.
When does it end?
No end date is listed. The terms were last checked Oct 10, 2026.