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U.S. Bank: Earn $500 When You Open a Business Checking and Deposit $3k

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Earn a $500 bonus when you open a new, eligible U.S. Bank Business Checking account online with promo code Q1AFL23 and complete qualifying activities. Subject to certain terms and limitations. Offer valid through April 23, 2023. Member FDIC.
  • Silver - Simplicity, value and convenience for newer or smaller businesses.
  • Gold - Flexibility and value for businesses with moderate transaction levels.
  • Platinum - Extra rewards and benefits for businesses with higher balances.

Complete these steps to earn the offer:
  • Enroll in business online banking within 60 days of account opening.
  • Complete $3,000 in new money deposits and maintain for 60 days from account opening.
  • Applicant must reside in AZ, AR, CA, CO, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, NC, ND, OH, OR, SD, TN, UT, WA, WI, WY to be eligible for checking account.

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BrianK5207
03-05-2023 at 01:44 PM.
03-05-2023 at 01:44 PM.
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Thanks for the pointer, but it doesn't seem like payment processing (which is a B2B instead of direct consumer issue) is not on their list of of complaints that CFBP handles:

I think it is covered by their money transfers section but if they find they don't cover it they will give you the federal agency that does.
More info: https://fee.org/articles/regulato...-on-venmo/
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catbert
03-05-2023 at 04:20 PM.
03-05-2023 at 04:20 PM.
Quote from BrianK5207 :
I think it is covered by their money transfers section but if they find they don't cover it they will give you the federal agency that does.
More info: https://fee.org/articles/regulato...-on-venmo/
Thanks. When I see money transfers, I was thinking of things like Western Union. If Venmo counts, then payment processors should count.

I wouldn't have signed up for payment processing with US bank (there's a $600 bonus for it) if they told me that they could snatch the funds back if they don't like my risk profile for any reason (mine is low volume, high amount, something I learned later that credit card processors typically don't like), and they don't have to give me the bonus if they unilaterally decided to close it within the first 3 months. That's my major complaint of their business practice. I really hate to be at somebody's mercy.
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TheodoreBagwell
03-05-2023 at 04:21 PM.
03-05-2023 at 04:21 PM.
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Got burned by them before on an account opening bonus. So I don't trust them. US Bank sucks.
From the comments I'm reading here does U.S. Bank suck overall even with just day to day general banking activities i.e just opening a simple personal checking and savings account?

Or do they suck at handling "business" checking accounts and promotions like this?

>>>Anyone can answer this
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BrianK5207
03-05-2023 at 04:25 PM.
03-05-2023 at 04:25 PM.
Quote from catbert :
Thanks. When I see money transfers, I was thinking of things like Western Union. If Venmo counts, then payment processors should count.

I wouldn't have signed up for payment processing with US bank (there's a $600 bonus for it) if they told me that they could snatch the funds back if they don't like my risk profile for any reason (mine is low volume, high amount, something I learned later that credit card processors typically don't like), and they don't have to give me the bonus if they unilaterally decided to close it within the first 3 months. That's my major complaint of their business practice. I really hate to be at somebody's mercy.

Sounds like something right up CFBP's area of expertise. I've had 3 complaints, one was found in my favor, one was a referral to the OCC (they found in my favor) and one of my complaints was not found in my favor but all were handled very professionally and I think fairly.
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ahart
03-05-2023 at 04:34 PM.
03-05-2023 at 04:34 PM.
US Bank sucks. I have been denied the Credit card bonus before (In 2018) and most recently I opened a Business Checking account and they forgot to send me a debit card after funding the account, couldn't overnight a new debit card (even though the account had been open at that point for over 16 days), and when I went to make a mobile deposit they had a limit on my account of $500 per day. I coudn't even deposit a work check!. I called to get the deposit limit raised and they put in a request for $2000 and I got denied the next day so I closed the account. fark them. For reference my Schwab lets be deposit 100k and Penfed 15k each day. $500 is pathetic and unusable for businesses.
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kstar1990
03-05-2023 at 05:12 PM.
03-05-2023 at 05:12 PM.
How soon do we have to deposit the $3k? It only let me put in $250 to start i think.
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mmacdon3
03-05-2023 at 05:16 PM.
03-05-2023 at 05:16 PM.
Anyone know if they have a blackout period if you've redeemed a US Bank promo in the past? Think I did a US bank one about 2 years ago. Wonder if I can still do this one since it's a business account?
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namlook
03-05-2023 at 05:16 PM.
03-05-2023 at 05:16 PM.
"New customers only."

What is the definition of a new customer? Someone who had never had a business checking account? What if you had a consumer checking account?
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namlook
03-05-2023 at 05:30 PM.
03-05-2023 at 05:30 PM.
Application gets stuck in making a deposit "Choose where to transfer from" using Firefox. Won't let me choose an option.
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catbert
03-05-2023 at 06:42 PM.
03-05-2023 at 06:42 PM.
Quote from ahart :
US Bank sucks. I have been denied the Credit card bonus before (In 2018) and most recently I opened a Business Checking account and they forgot to send me a debit card after funding the account, couldn't overnight a new debit card (even though the account had been open at that point for over 16 days), and when I went to make a mobile deposit they had a limit on my account of $500 per day. I coudn't even deposit a work check!. I called to get the deposit limit raised and they put in a request for $2000 and I got denied the next day so I closed the account. fark them. For reference my Schwab lets be deposit 100k and Penfed 15k each day. $500 is pathetic and unusable for businesses.
Oh. I forgot about this too. They put a $500/week limit on mobile check deposits (as of 2023) as they apparently don't trust their customers so they want the customers to prove themselves and earn their trust. They could just have a longer check clearing time but instead they want to play stupid games like that which shows an attitude. Stay away from US bank. This bank has deep trust issues. They see banking as a privilege they offer to you. They don't feel like they want to earn your business. It's not worth the signup bonus for the trouble and the uncertainty dealing with these crooks and sociopaths.
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catbert
03-05-2023 at 06:58 PM.
03-05-2023 at 06:58 PM.
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Sounds like something right up CFBP's area of expertise. I've had 3 complaints, one was found in my favor, one was a referral to the OCC (they found in my favor) and one of my complaints was not found in my favor but all were handled very professionally and I think fairly.
Nice. What's OCC? The amount of direct damages (the few hundred dollars of bonus they cheated me out of and the lost interest over holding the money for 90 days) is no big deal to me to worth the trouble compared to the intense mental anguish they've caused.

I hate it when they are doing this to everybody and expect to just pay off a few complainers (so no real penalty to them) and shortchange the rest. Can the official complaint get them into real legal/regulatory/reputation troubles?
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BrianK5207
03-05-2023 at 07:07 PM.
03-05-2023 at 07:07 PM.
The OCC is Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and they administered an issue with BofA mortgage shortly after their Countrywide merger that the CFPB didn't have jurisdiction over at the time.

If you were to try to recover via the courts the findings would only apply to you and you'd have to pay costs associated with the complaint, however, when complaining via a federal governmental agency, not only do you have a chance to be made whole you can help stop bad/illegal/unethical behaviors.

The CFBP has been instrumental in fines for many financial institutions that don't follow the rules. This what they assisted with last year: https://www.hudsoncook.com/articl...penalties/
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BargainShopper101
03-13-2023 at 11:24 AM.
03-13-2023 at 11:24 AM.
How long does one have to keep the account open after the bonus? Don't want any claw backs
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catbert
03-19-2023 at 02:31 AM.
03-19-2023 at 02:31 AM.
Quote from BrianK5207 :
The OCC is Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and they administered an issue with BofA mortgage shortly after their Countrywide merger that the CFPB didn't have jurisdiction over at the time.

If you were to try to recover via the courts the findings would only apply to you and you'd have to pay costs associated with the complaint, however, when complaining via a federal governmental agency, not only do you have a chance to be made whole you can help stop bad/illegal/unethical behaviors.

The CFBP has been instrumental in fines for many financial institutions that don't follow the rules. This what they assisted with last year: https://www.hudsoncook.com/articl...penalties/
Sorry for the late reply. Apparently missed the notification. Thanks a lot. More interested in stopping these shady practices than recovering a few hundred dollars from them.
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Legolas1717
03-19-2023 at 07:25 AM.
03-19-2023 at 07:25 AM.
Is it likely that they'll ask for business documents if I use SSN as EIN? They say they might.
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