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Amex Cardholders: Open Eligible Checking Account + $500 Direct Deposit & Get Expired

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American Express is offering Eligible American Express Card Members:  $250 Bonus (deposited to your account) when you open an American Express Rewards Checking account by October 31 and Receive a Qualifying Direct Deposit of $500 or More.

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  • Offer valid for Card Members with a U.S. Basic Consumer Card issued by American Express National Bank with 3+ months tenure.
  • Offer not valid for American Express Business Checking customers.
  • Open a new checking account by October 31.
  • Receive a qualifying direct deposit of $500 or more by December 10.
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Earn $250 after you open an American Express Rewards Checking account by October 31 and receive a qualifying direct deposit of $500 or more by December 10

Earn a competitive 1.00% APY 2 – 10X higher than the national rate

No fee to open, no monthly fees, and no minimum balance required

Earn Membership Rewards points on eligible Debit Card purchases.

Note - Only applications from Card Members with a U.S. Basic Consumer Card issued by American Express National Bank with 3+ months tenure will be accepted.

https://www.americanexpress.com/e...g-account/
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This is an easy $250, but the ACH deposit needing to be from employer or government kind of sucks. My employer only allows for my entire check to be moved through a direct deposit request and not just a portion
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Should highlight that this is only for existing Amex card holders,
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Having trouble changing my DD to this account with my employer. "Routing number does not exist in the system."
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debbierrr
09-15-2023 at 08:14 PM.
09-15-2023 at 08:14 PM.
Quote from jool18 :
Is that a targeted offer?

Must have been.
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fifty2weekhi
09-15-2023 at 09:10 PM.
09-15-2023 at 09:10 PM.
Do I need to unfreeze my security freeze at the credit bureaus to set this up?
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oneweak7words
09-15-2023 at 09:55 PM.
09-15-2023 at 09:55 PM.
Quote from fifty2weekhi :
Do I need to unfreeze my security freeze at the credit bureaus to set this up?

No. I did it with freezes at all 3.
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oneweak7words
09-15-2023 at 09:57 PM.
09-15-2023 at 09:57 PM.
Quote from someoneslick :
Anybody have an idea of what the best current bonus offers are for checking and savings? I got the chase offer of $900 for opening checking and savings and then they keep declining to set up accounts for me. If I do this amex one that is only $250 so then no way I'd get close to the $900 when opening it and a savings acct.

I was 2 hours too late tp do the $400 regions one. And I can't believe despite already doing business with chase and then SPECIFICALLY inviting me to do tat $900 deal they then decline it and don'tt ell why and no way to contact them by email about it apparently.
Capital One checking bonus with 2x $500+ DD. There's sofi $250 if you make $5k+ in DD <25 days. Fidelity bloom $135 bonus on $300 deposit.

edit: see all by searching SD for "checking deposit" in last 3 or 6 months. search produces a fairly short useful title list.
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oneweak7words
09-15-2023 at 10:05 PM.
09-15-2023 at 10:05 PM.
Quote from orioncygnus :
which chase offer was $900?? I signed up for one back in june for $600 ($200 for checking, $300 for savings, and another $100 if you open both).

The $900 didn't last very long. I blinked and missed it. But the good news is you can do it again every couple of years.
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dealonlooker
09-15-2023 at 10:07 PM.
09-15-2023 at 10:07 PM.
Is it easy to close the account?
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FuschiaHamster807
09-15-2023 at 10:16 PM.
09-15-2023 at 10:16 PM.
Do Amex checking accounts have zelle for transferring money ?
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Fanime
09-15-2023 at 10:19 PM.
09-15-2023 at 10:19 PM.
Quote from Jacky16 :
What is a "U.S. Basic Consumer Card"? Is Amex gold card eligible?
yes...
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goyal6624
09-15-2023 at 10:22 PM.
09-15-2023 at 10:22 PM.
This offer pops up when I login to my Amex card account. Is there a hit to my credit or CHEX system?
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someoneslick
09-15-2023 at 11:54 PM.
09-15-2023 at 11:54 PM.
Quote from orioncygnus :
which chase offer was $900?? I signed up for one back in june for $600 ($200 for checking, $300 for savings, and another $100 if you open both).
It;s an ongoing offer right now same thing where you open both, but it's $900 now if you do both and have a coupon code and they mailed me the offer so I have the code. But twice I tried to do it and it rejects me. wtf? How can I be worthy of 3 credit accts with them, but not a savings or checking one??? I assumed if you had money to put into an acct any bank would let anyone open them!
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someoneslick
09-15-2023 at 11:57 PM.
09-15-2023 at 11:57 PM.
Quote from oneweak7words :
Capital One checking bonus with 2x $500+ DD. There's sofi $250 if you make $5k+ in DD <25 days. Fidelity bloom $135 bonus on $300 deposit.

edit: see all by searching SD for "checking deposit" in last 3 or 6 months. search produces a fairly short useful title list.
I looked them up , but none are above $250 except capital one, but I already opened ne with them and also they're horrible. They kept declining when I tried to put money in betting accts. It's one thing for credit cards, but when moving your OWN money from checking those losers should not be declining as if it's theirs.
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Peerless_Warrior
09-15-2023 at 11:58 PM.
09-15-2023 at 11:58 PM.
Quote from someoneslick :
It;s an ongoing offer right now same thing where you open both, but it's $900 now if you do both and have a coupon code and they mailed me the offer so I have the code. But twice I tried to do it and it rejects me. wtf? How can I be worthy of 3 credit accts with them, but not a savings or checking one??? I assumed if you had money to put into an acct any bank would let anyone open them!
Chase is picky. I had savings and checking, yet rejected for credit
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someoneslick
09-16-2023 at 01:37 AM.
09-16-2023 at 01:37 AM.
Quote from Peerless_Warrior :
Chase is picky. I had savings and checking, yet rejected for credit
I wonder what in the world they were even looking at for me, since checking and savings don't cause the credit pulls. I didn't even give the info except the first time it asked for my id number.
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oneweak7words
09-16-2023 at 05:18 AM.
09-16-2023 at 05:18 AM.
Quote from goyal6624 :
This offer pops up when I login to my Amex card account. Is there a hit to my credit or CHEX system?

Idk about chex but there is no hard credit pull. It states as much at the bottom of the application.
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orioncygnus
09-16-2023 at 08:17 AM.
09-16-2023 at 08:17 AM.
Quote from oneweak7words :
The $900 didn't last very long. I blinked and missed it. But the good news is you can do it again every couple of years.
ah. i've done the chase one 3x now (every couple years) but I think it's always been the ~600 one
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