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Waukesha State Bank Student Checking bonus: is $250 worth it?

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

+$250: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus91250%
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
+$250
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$100 at 4.15% for 1 day
$0
Extra
+$250
Works out to 91250% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $100 in new money within 1 day · Parent/guardian joint owner required if under 16. Verified on the bank's page Oct 10, 2026.

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About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $100 in new money within 1 day
  2. 2Parent/guardian joint owner required if under 16
Ends
Dec 31, 2026
Where
Wisconsin
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 1 day
Bonus paid
Usually within 15 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 Waukesha State Bank Student 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 +$250: the $250 bonus, minus the $0 that cash would have earned in 1 day. At a different rate the answer changes; the calculator on this page works it out for yours.

What are the requirements?

Deposit $100 in new money within 1 day; parent/guardian joint owner required if under 16. Open to residents of Wisconsin.

When does it end?

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