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Relay Business Checking bonus: is $500 worth it?

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

+$427: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus21.45%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $10,000 while it's there, bonus included.

The math

Compared with leaving $10k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$500
Interest while it's there
1.19% for 3 mo
+$29
What it'd earn at home
$10,000 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$102
Extra
+$427
Works out to 21.5% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $10,000 in new money within 30 days · Keep $10,000 there until day 90. Terms checked Oct 10, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $10,000 in new money within 30 days
  2. 2Keep $10,000 there until day 90
Ends
No end date listed
Where
Nationwide
Pays while it's there
1.19% a year
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 30 days of finishing

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Questions

Is the Relay Business Checking bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $10,000 tier adds +$427: the $500 bonus plus $29 interest, minus the $102 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 $10,000 in new money within 30 days; keep $10,000 there until day 90. Open nationwide.

When does it end?

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