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Found Business Checking bonus: is $125 worth it?

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

+$91: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus15.21%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $5,000 while it's there, bonus included.

The math

Compared with leaving $5k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$125
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$5,000 at 4.15% for 2 mo
−$34
Extra
+$91
Works out to 15.2% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $5,000 in new money within 30 days · Keep $5,000 there until day 60. Verified on the bank's page Oct 9, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $5,000 in new money within 30 days
  2. 2Keep $5,000 there until day 60
Ends
Dec 31, 2026
Where
Nationwide
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 60 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 30 days of finishing
Credit check
None
Verified on the bank's page Oct 9, 2026The bank's offer pageFound via Doctor of Credit

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Questions

Is the Found Business Checking bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $5,000 tier adds +$91: the $125 bonus, minus the $34 that cash would have earned in 60 days. At a different rate the answer changes; the calculator on this page works it out for yours.

What are the requirements?

Deposit $5,000 in new money within 30 days; keep $5,000 there until day 60. Open nationwide.

When does it end?

The offer ends Dec 31, 2026. The terms were last checked Oct 9, 2026.