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First South Financial CU Business Checking bonus: is $1,000 worth it?

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

+$488: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus8.11%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $50,000 while it's there, bonus included.

The math

Compared with leaving $50k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$1,000
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$50,000 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$512
Extra
+$488
Works out to 8.1% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $50,000 in new money · Keep $50,000 there until day 90 · 20 qualifying transactions…. Terms checked Oct 10, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $50,000 in new money
  2. 2Keep $50,000 there until day 90
  3. 320 qualifying transactions…
Ends
No end date listed
Where
Tennessee
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 14 days of finishing
Credit check
A hard pull on your credit

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Questions

Is the First South Financial CU Business Checking bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $50,000 tier adds +$488: the $1,000 bonus, minus the $512 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 $50,000 in new money; keep $50,000 there until day 90; 20 qualifying transactions…. Open to residents of Tennessee.

When does it end?

No end date is listed. The terms were last checked Oct 10, 2026.