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PSECU Teen Banking account with checking and debit card bonus: is $100 worth it?

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

+$100: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus8111.11%
Leave it where it is4.15%

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

The math

Compared with leaving $5 at 4.15%

Bonus
+$100
Interest while it's there
4% for 3 mo
$0
What it'd earn at home
$5 at 4.15% for 3 mo
$0
Extra
+$100
Works out to 8111.1% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Make 5 debit card purchases within 60 days · Sign up for and log into digital banking (online or mobile). Verified on the bank's page Oct 10, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Make 5 debit card purchases within 60 days
  2. 2Sign up for and log into digital banking (online or mobile)
Ends
Dec 31, 2026
Where
Nationwide
Pays while it's there
4% a year
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 90 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 10, 2026The bank's offer pageFound via Doctor of Credit

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Questions

Is the PSECU Teen Banking account with checking and debit card bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $5 tier adds +$100: the $100 bonus, minus the $0 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?

Make 5 debit card purchases within 60 days; sign up for and log into digital banking (online or mobile). Open nationwide.

When does it end?

The offer ends Dec 31, 2026. The terms were last checked Oct 10, 2026.