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Park National Bank VIP All-Access Checking bonus: is $500 worth it?

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

+$244: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus8.11%
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
+$500
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$25,000 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$256
Extra
+$244
Works out to 8.1% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Get $1,000 in direct deposits within 90 days · Deposit $25,000 in new money within 30 days · Keep $25,000 there until day 90. Verified on the bank's page Oct 10, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Get $1,000 in direct deposits within 90 days
  2. 2Deposit $25,000 in new money within 30 days
  3. 3Keep $25,000 there until day 90
Ends
Nov 14, 2026
Where
6 states: TN, SC, OH, IN, KY, NC
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 90 days of finishing
Verified on the bank's page Oct 10, 2026The bank's offer pageFound via Doctor of Credit

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Questions

Is the Park National Bank VIP All-Access 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 +$244: the $500 bonus, minus the $256 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?

Get $1,000 in direct deposits within 90 days; deposit $25,000 in new money within 30 days; keep $25,000 there until day 90. Open to residents of TN, SC, OH, IN, KY, NC.

When does it end?

The offer ends Nov 14, 2026. The terms were last checked Oct 10, 2026.