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Hanmi Bank Personal Checking bonus: is the 10,000 uChoose Rewards points worth it?

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

+$49: more than leaving it at 4.15%

With $3,000 for 90 days, the tier that adds the most.

With the bonus10.81%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $3,000 while it's there, bonus included.

Every tier

A smaller tier often wins: less cash away from what it earns now.

  • $3,000Best for you
    $80 bonus · 90 days
    +$49
  • $0
    $40 bonus · 90 days
    +$40
  • $0
    $40 bonus · 90 days
    +$40

The math

Compared with leaving $3k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$80
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$3,000 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$31
Extra
+$49
Works out to 10.8% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Average $3,000 from day 1 to day 90 · Order, activate and enroll debit card in uChoose Rewards within 30 days; remain…. Terms checked Oct 10, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Average $3,000 from day 1 to day 90
  2. 2Order, activate and enroll debit card in uChoose Rewards within 30 days; remain…
Ends
Dec 31, 2026
Where
6 states: CA, IL, NJ, NY, TX, VA
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 30 days of finishing

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Questions

Is the Hanmi Bank Personal Checking bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $3,000 tier adds +$49: the $80 bonus, minus the $31 that cash would have earned in 90 days. The $40 tier, with no cash parked, adds +$40. At a different rate the answer changes; the calculator on this page works it out for yours.

What are the requirements?

Average $3,000 from day 1 to day 90; order, activate and enroll debit card in uChoose Rewards within 30 days; remain…. Open to residents of CA, IL, NJ, NY, TX, VA.

When does it end?

The offer ends Dec 31, 2026. The terms were last checked Oct 10, 2026.