$300 Checking Account Promotion at National City Bank
If you currently live in one of the few states in which National City Bank branches have not yet been converted to PNC, then this promotion may interest you.
National City $75 Visa Gift Card When Opening A Checking Account
Open a Free Checking Plus account and receive a $75 Visa Gift Card. Offer ends December 31st. You must meet the following conditions after opening the account to receive the gift card:
First Niagara Makes Moves in Pennsylvania, But Stays Loyal to New York
Sometimes it pays to be the hometown hero. Just days after their acquisition of 57 National City Bank branches in Western Pennsylvania, First Niagara again hits the news with the announcement that they will move their corporate headquarters to Buffalo from its previous location in Lockport, NY.
New checking account Deals
National City Bank gives a $150 gift card for opening a new checking account. TCF Bank gives you $50 free groceries (as a Meijer Gift Card) when you open a new TCF Totally Free Checking Account. Fifth Third Bank gives you free checking with no minimum balance and 2 free ATM withdrawals at other banks per month. Be sure to check out the fine print, Fifth Third will waive their $2 fee for using another bank's ATM twice per month, but the other bank may still charge a fee.
Savings and Money Market Deals
Bank of America has the "Keep the Change" promotion. You need a checking account, savings account, and check card to participate. This program rounds up your purchase to the nearest dollar and transfers the "change" into your savings account. It also matches 100% of the change for the first 3 months, and 5% after that, up to a total of $250 per year. The check card must not be a rewards card to be eligible for this program. Wachovia, now owned by Wells Fargo, has the Way2Save promotion. Way2Save transfers $1 from your checking account to savings each time you make a purchase with your check card, pay a bill online, or set up automatic debits from your checking account. You can also set up an automatic transfer of up to $100 a month from checking to savings. This is a handy way to save if you have your pay direct deposited into your checking account. The program pays a 5% bonus on your savings for the first year, and a 2% bonus on the amount you add each year for the next two years. The program also pays 5% interest on your savings for the first year, and 2% for the next two years. Compare this to earning 2.75% on their money market account, which requires $1,000 to open.
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