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HSBC Eligible Managed Account bonus: is $1,000 worth it?

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

+$1,000: more than leaving it at 4.15%

With $50,000 for 90 days, the tier that adds the most.

With the bonus12.26%
Leave it where it is4.15%

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

Every tier

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

  • $25,000
    $500 bonus · 90 days
    +$500
  • $50,000Best for you
    $1,000 bonus · 90 days
    +$1,000

The math

Compared with leaving $50k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$1,000
Interest while it's there
4.15% for 3 mo
+$512
What it'd earn at home
$50,000 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$512
Extra
+$1,000
Works out to 12.3% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $50,000 in new money · Keep $50,000 there until day ? · Have an open HSBC Premier checking account on or before 12/18/26 and keep it open…. Terms checked Oct 9, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $50,000 in new money
  2. 2Keep $50,000 there until day ?
  3. 3Have an open HSBC Premier checking account on or before 12/18/26 and keep it open…
Ends
Dec 18, 2026
Where
Nationwide
Pays while it's there
4.15% a year
Monthly fee
None
Closing early
$25 within 180 days
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 30 days of finishing

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Questions

Is the HSBC Eligible Managed Account 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 +$1,000: the $1,000 bonus plus $512 interest, minus the $512 that cash would have earned in 90 days. The $25,000 tier adds +$500. 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 ?; have an open HSBC Premier checking account on or before 12/18/26 and keep it open…. Open nationwide.

When does it end?

The offer ends Dec 18, 2026. The terms were last checked Oct 9, 2026.