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Michigan First CU Centennial Certificate Account bonus: is $100 worth it?

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

+$95: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus73.73%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $5,000 while it's there, bonus included.

The math

Compared with leaving $5k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$100
Interest while it's there
0.8% for 10 days
+$1
What it'd earn at home
$5,000 at 4.15% for 10 days
−$6
Extra
+$95
Works out to 73.7% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $5,000 in new money within 10 days · Keep $5,000 there until day ?. Terms checked Oct 10, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $5,000 in new money within 10 days
  2. 2Keep $5,000 there until day ?
Ends
No end date listed
Where
Michigan
Pays while it's there
0.8% a year
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 10 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 30 days of finishing

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Questions

Is the Michigan First CU Centennial Certificate Account bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $5,000 tier adds +$95: the $100 bonus plus $1 interest, minus the $6 that cash would have earned in 10 days. At a different rate the answer changes; the calculator on this page works it out for yours.

What are the requirements?

Deposit $5,000 in new money within 10 days; keep $5,000 there until day ?. Open to residents of Michigan.

When does it end?

No end date is listed. The terms were last checked Oct 10, 2026.