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Fifth Third Bank: Open Eligible Checking Account + $500 Direct Deposit Expired

& Get $325 Cash Bonus
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Fifth Third Bank is offering a $325 Cash Bonus (deposited to your account) when you open an Eligible Checking account and Make Direct Deposits Totaling $500 or More Within 90 Days of Account Opening.

Thanks to Community Member Laeknyr for finding this deal.

Details:
  • Open a new checking account by 3/31/2023.
  • Make direct deposits totaling $500 or more within 90 days of account opening.
  • The $325 bonus will be added to your new account within 10 business days of completing qualifying activity requirements.
  • Offer is valid in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina only.

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  • About this deal:
    • To qualify for the $325 checking bonus, provide the offer code, open a Fifth Third Momentum® Checking, or Preferred2 checking account by 3/31/2023 and make direct deposits totaling $500 or more within 90 days of account opening. Account(s) must be funded within 45 days of account opening or account may be closed, and you may not be eligible for the bonus. The $325 checking bonus does not require any additional activities. A qualifying Direct Deposit is an Automated Clearing House (ACH) credit, which may include payroll, pension or government payments (such as Social Security). The cash bonus will be deposited into your new account within 10 business days of completing qualifying activity requirements. In order to receive the cash bonus, your checking account must be open and in good standing. Offer is not available to existing Fifth Third checking customers or to those with a Fifth Third Checking account that has been closed within the last 12 months. Bank reserves the right to limit each customer to one new account-related gift incentive per calendar year. Eligibility may be limited based on your account type and ownership role. Account must be funded within 45 days of account opening. No minimum deposit required to open a checking account. Bonus may be taxable as interest income and reported on IRS Form 1099-INT. Consult your tax advisor. UNIQUE OFFER CODE MUST BE PRESENTED AT ACCOUNT OPENING TO RECEIVE THE BONUS. See your banker for details. Not valid with any other offer. Offer availability subject to change.
    • Fifth Third Preferred Checking® is an interest-bearing checking account and all balances earn 0.01% Annual Percentage Yield (APY) in all markets. APYs are accurate as of 12/1/2022 and may change at any time.
    • Fifth Third Momentum® Banking benefits are only available with Fifth Third Momentum® Checking.
    • Fifth Third Extra Time® gives you longer—anytime before midnight ET on the business day after your account is overdrawn—to make a deposit that brings your available balance to at least $0. You must deposit enough to cover all items that caused your overdraft plus any outstanding checks, automatic payments, or pending debit card purchases that may be presented that business day. Extra Time® does not apply to items that are returned unpaid.
    • Fifth Third employs a number of fraud protection measures and offers you fee-free tools, such as alerts, to help protect your account. You may also enroll in Fifth Third Identity Alert®, an optional, non-FDIC insured product, subject to additional fees, provided by Fifth Third's vendor, Trilegiant.
    • Early Pay grants you access to your eligible direct deposit payments up to two days prior to the scheduled payment date. Early availability is based on the timing of the payer's payment instruction and standard fraud prevention restrictions apply.
    • Certain restrictions and fees will apply. Fees are disclosed at the time of deposit. Deposits can be made in branch or via our mobile app. Mobile deposits are subject to Digital Services User Agreement; including applicable cut-off times.
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Edited February 23, 2023 at 04:21 PM by
Hi everyone,

This is the best and easiest checking account deal.

Open an eligible fifth third bank account (there is NO account fees plus early pay day), make a direct deposit of JUST 500 (ACH transfer from other bank account works) and there is no early account closure fee. Best of all, there is no 90-day window period, the 325$ deposits in LESS THAN A WEEK for absolutely free.

Edit: If online opening doesn't work, need to go to physical office which is state-locked.

Link:

https://www.53.com/content/fifth-...offer.html

QA note: Offer is valid in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina only.
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Last Edited by MrSkeptic February 23, 2023 at 09:59 AM
Regional ONLY

Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia

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shady bank gonna do shady things; that's a no for me
how long since closing previous account must elapse before we can get the bonus here? I must be missing that term.

found it: Offer is not available to existing Fifth Third checking customers or to those with a Fifth Third Checking account that has been closed within the last 12 months.

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02-22-2023 at 11:22 PM.
02-22-2023 at 11:22 PM.
Can you be from any state or do you need to be from states they have a presence in?
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02-22-2023 at 11:27 PM.

Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank Nashridges

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02-22-2023 at 11:28 PM.
02-22-2023 at 11:28 PM.
Not letting me do it without going to a branch. Tried a few states (western states). Probably only works for these states that they have a location in:
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02-23-2023 at 09:20 AM.
02-23-2023 at 09:20 AM.
Quote from SlickGatsby :
Can you be from any state or do you need to be from states they have a presence in?
Hey. I assume it might be for the states they are physically located in, if they aren't letting you sign up online.
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02-23-2023 at 09:21 AM.
02-23-2023 at 09:21 AM.
Quote from adub5 :
Not letting me do it without going to a branch. Tried a few states (western states). Probably only works for these states that they have a location in:
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
This might be possible as I opened mine in Ohio.
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02-23-2023 at 09:26 AM.
02-23-2023 at 09:26 AM.
so if I transfer 500 from my normal checking to this new account that will count too?
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02-23-2023 at 09:29 AM.
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Quote from sarasara1 :
so if I transfer 500 from my normal checking to this new account that will count too?
Yup. I can confirm a 500$ normal ACH transfer (not the fast one) from Chase works just fine.
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02-23-2023 at 09:49 AM.
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shady bank gonna do shady things; that's a no for me
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02-23-2023 at 09:59 AM.
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shady bank gonna do shady things; that's a no for me

A bonus this generous with no very few hoops to jump through makes me think a lot of people will get denied even if they follow the terms.
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Quote from diavolo33 :
A bonus this generous with no very few hoops to jump through makes me think a lot of people will get denied even if they follow the terms.
GA resident here. Applied online and approved.
Have not deposited anything yet and requires to be funded within 45 days.
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my process failed to load after scanning the ID barcode in chrome and incognito chrome, but appears to be working now in microsoft edge browser.
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