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Live Oak Bank Personal Savings Account bonus: is $300 worth it?

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

+$292: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus10.08%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $20,000 while it's there, bonus included.

The math

Compared with leaving $20k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$300
Interest while it's there
4% for 3 mo
+$197
What it'd earn at home
$20,000 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$205
Extra
+$292
Works out to 10.1% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $20,000 in new money · Keep $20,000 there until day 90 · Existing customers: keep combined end-of-day balance across existing Live Oak personal…. Terms checked Oct 9, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $20,000 in new money
  2. 2Keep $20,000 there until day 90
  3. 3Existing customers: keep combined end-of-day balance across existing Live Oak personal…
Ends
Oct 16, 2026
Where
Nationwide
Pays while it's there
4% a year
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 45 days of finishing
Credit check
None

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Questions

Is the Live Oak Bank Personal Savings Account bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $20,000 tier adds +$292: the $300 bonus plus $197 interest, minus the $205 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?

Deposit $20,000 in new money; keep $20,000 there until day 90; existing customers: keep combined end-of-day balance across existing Live Oak personal…. Open nationwide.

When does it end?

The offer ends Oct 16, 2026. The terms were last checked Oct 9, 2026.