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Wintrust Community Banks Entrepreneur Checking bonus: is $300 worth it?

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

+$284: more than leaving it at 4.15%
With the bonus79.35%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $1,500 while it's there, bonus included.

The math

Compared with leaving $1.5k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$300
Interest while it's there
No interest assumed
$0
What it'd earn at home
$1,500 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$16
Extra
+$284
Works out to 79.3% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Keep $1,500 there until day 92 · Make 5 debit card purchases within 92 days · Enroll in business online banking and activate e-statements within the Qualification…. Terms checked Oct 10, 2026.

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About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Keep $1,500 there until day 92
  2. 2Make 5 debit card purchases within 92 days
  3. 3Enroll in business online banking and activate e-statements within the Qualification…
Ends
Nov 9, 2027
Where
Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 92 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 30 days of finishing
Terms checked Oct 10, 2026The bank's offer pageFound via Doctor of Credit

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Questions

Is the Wintrust Community Banks Entrepreneur Checking bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $1,500 tier adds +$284: the $300 bonus, minus the $16 that cash would have earned in 92 days. At a different rate the answer changes; the calculator on this page works it out for yours.

What are the requirements?

Keep $1,500 there until day 92; make 5 debit card purchases within 92 days; enroll in business online banking and activate e-statements within the Qualification…. Open to residents of Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida.

When does it end?

The offer ends Nov 9, 2027. The terms were last checked Oct 10, 2026.