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Reliant Community FCU Checking bonus: is $150 worth it?

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

+$149: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus608.33%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $100 while it's there, bonus included.

The math

Compared with leaving $100 at 4.15%

Bonus
+$150
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$100 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$1
Extra
+$149
Works out to 608.3% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Average $100 from day 1 to day 90 · Set up a direct deposit · Sign up for online banking and e-statements. Terms checked Oct 9, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Average $100 from day 1 to day 90
  2. 2Set up a direct deposit
  3. 3Sign up for online banking and e-statements
Ends
Dec 31, 2026
Where
New York
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 100 days of finishing

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Questions

Is the Reliant Community FCU Checking bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $100 tier adds +$149: the $150 bonus, minus the $1 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?

Average $100 from day 1 to day 90; set up a direct deposit; sign up for online banking and e-statements. Open to residents of New York.

When does it end?

The offer ends Dec 31, 2026. The terms were last checked Oct 9, 2026.