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KeyBank Key Business Reward Checking bonus: is $1,000 worth it?

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

+$659: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus12.17%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $25,000 while it's there, bonus included.

The math

Compared with leaving $25k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$1,000
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$25,000 at 4.15% for 4 mo
−$341
Extra
+$659
Works out to 12.2% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $25,000 in new money within 30 days · Keep $25,000 there until day 120. Verified on the bank's page Oct 9, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $25,000 in new money within 30 days
  2. 2Keep $25,000 there until day 120
Ends
Nov 6, 2026
Where
15 states: AK, CO, CT, ID, IN, MA, ME, MI, NY, OH, OR, PA, UT, VT, WA
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 120 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 60 days of finishing
Credit check
A ChexSystems inquiry (not your credit score)
Verified on the bank's page Oct 9, 2026The bank's offer pageFound via Doctor of Credit

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Questions

Is the KeyBank Key Business Reward Checking bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $25,000 tier adds +$659: the $1,000 bonus, minus the $341 that cash would have earned in 120 days. At a different rate the answer changes; the calculator on this page works it out for yours.

What are the requirements?

Deposit $25,000 in new money within 30 days; keep $25,000 there until day 120. Open to residents of AK, CO, CT, ID, IN, MA, ME, MI, NY, OH, OR, PA, UT, VT, WA.

When does it end?

The offer ends Nov 6, 2026. The terms were last checked Oct 9, 2026.