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First Financial Bank Eligible business checking bonus: is the $150 gift card worth it?

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

+$130: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus30.42%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $2,000 while it's there, bonus included.

The math

Compared with leaving $2k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$150
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$2,000 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$20
Extra
+$130
Works out to 30.4% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $2,000 in new money within 90 days · Make 10 debit card purchases within 90 days. Terms checked Oct 9, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $2,000 in new money within 90 days
  2. 2Make 10 debit card purchases within 90 days
Ends
No end date listed
Where
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 21 days of finishing
Credit check
A ChexSystems inquiry (not your credit score)

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Questions

Is the First Financial Bank Eligible business checking bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $2,000 tier adds +$130: the $150 bonus, minus the $20 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 $2,000 in new money within 90 days; make 10 debit card purchases within 90 days. Open to residents of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio.

When does it end?

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