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Grasshopper Bank Innovator Business Checking bonus: is $200 worth it?

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

+$180: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus40.56%
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
+$200
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
+$180
Works out to 40.6% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Keep $2,000 there until day 90 · Must apply with a current client's referral code entered in the application. Terms checked Oct 9, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Keep $2,000 there until day 90
  2. 2Must apply with a current client's referral code entered in the application
Ends
No end date listed
Where
Nationwide
Monthly fee
None
Keep it open
At least 150 days, or the bonus can be taken back
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 15 days of finishing
Credit check
None

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Questions

Is the Grasshopper Bank Innovator 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 +$180: the $200 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?

Keep $2,000 there until day 90; must apply with a current client's referral code entered in the application. Open nationwide.

When does it end?

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