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SECU Business Checking bonus: is $350 worth it?

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

+$332: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus44.53%
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
+$350
Interest while it's there
2% for 2 mo
+$16
What it'd earn at home
$5,000 at 4.15% for 2 mo
−$34
Extra
+$332
Works out to 44.5% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Average $5,000 from day 1 to day 60 · Within 60 days: sign up for e-statements and enroll in mobile and online banking…. Verified on the bank's page Oct 9, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Average $5,000 from day 1 to day 60
  2. 2Within 60 days: sign up for e-statements and enroll in mobile and online banking…
Ends
Dec 31, 2026
Where
6 states: MD, PA, DE, WV, VA, DC
Pays while it's there
2% a year
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 60 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 90 days of finishing
Credit check
A ChexSystems inquiry (not your credit score)
Verified on the bank's page Oct 9, 2026The bank's offer pageFound via Doctor of Credit

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Questions

Is the SECU Business Checking 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 +$332: the $350 bonus plus $16 interest, minus the $34 that cash would have earned in 60 days. At a different rate the answer changes; the calculator on this page works it out for yours.

What are the requirements?

Average $5,000 from day 1 to day 60; within 60 days: sign up for e-statements and enroll in mobile and online banking…. Open to residents of MD, PA, DE, WV, VA, DC.

When does it end?

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