If you have $20,000 to invest, Irwin Union Bank has an eye-catching summer promotion.
It starts with a good rate on an 11-month certificate of deposit.
Exactly what you earn depends on where you live. You have to enter your zip code to get the rate for your area.
The lowest rate we found was 1.90% [...]

Two unusual deals just landed in the Bankaholic mailbox — one intriguing, one not.
Harris Bank wants to let us “Enjoy More Summer Fun” by skipping a car payment.

That sounds like a pretty terrible reason to stop repaying any kind of loan. Why a reputable bank would encourage frivolous spending in the middle of a terrible [...]

Umpqua Bank, which has scores of branches throughout the Pacific Northwest, has come up with a new incentive to save more.
Open a “Sweet Saver” savings account and free checking account before August 28, 2009.

Then have at least $50 a month automatically transferred from your checking account to your savings account.
Umpqua will reward your thrift [...]

This offer just arrived in the mail.
Open a new Chase Bank checking account before June 30 and get a $150 bonus.
We were surprised that there’s no mention of this on Chase’s web site.
The bank has heavily promoted similar deals there, including last winter’s $50 bonus for new personal checking accounts and

Open a new checking account and TCF Bank will reward you with a $50 bonus.
The unusual thing about this deal is that that’s all there is to it.
You don’t need to sign-up for direct deposit. Or make a minimum number of debit card purchases.
You can sign-up for any of TCF’s six checking accounts.
The only serious [...]

Here’s an alternative to the high-yield checking accounts we’ve been writing about.
Open a new “Premier” or “Interest” checking account at Sovereign Bank and you can qualify for a $100 bonus in less than three months.
We think you should pass on the Premier account because it imposes a $25 monthly maintenance fee if your [...]

If you were watching the NCAA basketball tourney over the weekend you couldn’t avoid the ads promising a $50 bonus for anyone opening a new checking account at Bank of America.
Interested? Here are the hoops you’ll have to jump through.
You’ve got to apply in person at a branch bank. You can’t qualify for the [...]

You can qualify for a $200 bonus for opening a Chase Business Checking account.
It only takes a $500 minimum deposit and you can choose from one of four different plans based on the size of your business and the services you need.
The least expensive option, for example, allows up to 200 transactions a [...]

Open a new CD account online at Discover Bank and you could qualify for a $50 credit.
To qualify, all you have to do is sign up by Feb. 28 and enter Offer Code “D100744″ on the online form.
Then you must follow through by depositing at least $10,000 in new funds by March 15, and [...]