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Fidelity Bank Statement Savings bonus: is $250 worth it?

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

+$148: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus10.14%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $10,000 while it's there, bonus included.

The math

Compared with leaving $10k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$250
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$10,000 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$102
Extra
+$148
Works out to 10.1% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $10,000 in new money within 1 day · Keep $10,000 there until day 90 · Must be opened simultaneously with a new personal checking account. Terms checked Oct 9, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $10,000 in new money within 1 day
  2. 2Keep $10,000 there until day 90
  3. 3Must be opened simultaneously with a new personal checking account
Ends
No end date listed
Where
Pennsylvania
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 120 days of finishing
Credit check
A ChexSystems inquiry (not your credit score)

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Questions

Is the Fidelity Bank Statement Savings bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $10,000 tier adds +$148: the $250 bonus, minus the $102 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 $10,000 in new money within 1 day; keep $10,000 there until day 90; must be opened simultaneously with a new personal checking account. Open to residents of Pennsylvania.

When does it end?

No end date is listed. The terms were last checked Oct 9, 2026.