M&T Bank is promoting up to $175 in “Family Value Bonuses” when you open a new checking account.
It’s available to customers who live near one of the bank’s 750 branches in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Washington, D.C.
But there are a couple of drawbacks to consider before jumping in.
The full $175 [...]

Chase is once again offering new customers a $100 bonus for opening a checking account.
It reprises this deal every few months and generates a lot of interest every time we write about it.
But these checking account bonuses invariably result in many negative comments about Chase’s service, too.
The current offer expires Nov. 30, 2010 and [...]

If you’re planning to do a lot of toy or baby shopping this holiday season the Toys “R” Us Christmas Saver’s Club can help your money go a little further.
It’s sort of like the Sears Christmas Club.
You can sign up at any check-out lane at Toys “R” Us or Toys “R” Us Express stores.
You’ll [...]

The Sears Christmas Club is back and paying the same 3% bonus as last year.
Sign up by Oct. 31 at any Sears or Kmart store, or online at sears.com.
No money is required to open an account.
Then figure out how much you can smartly spend at Sears or any of its affiliated stores — Kmart, [...]

You’ve got one more week to take advantage of the current cash bonus for opening a checking account at Chase.
The bank offers bonuses like this on a pretty regular basis, and they seem to be pretty popular with our readers.
We suspect that’s because this $100 is very easy to get.
Just open a new [...]

Here’s the best giveaway we’ve seen this summer – a free iPod touch for opening a new checking account at Bank of the West.
The offer is available to residents of 19 states from Wisconsin to California (see the list at the end of the post) and is good through Sept. 3.
To qualify for [...]

Comerica Bank is promoting an eye-catching bonus of up to $300 to new customers who open a checking account by June 30.

But earning even part of that bonus requires some patience and effort. It will literally take six months of paying lots of bills online and making regular debit card purchases to qualify for half [...]

SunTrust Banks, based in Atlanta, Ga., makes it incredibly easy to earn $150.

All you have to do is open a checking account and use it to pay your bills online.
You probably do that anyway.
This offer is for new customers that did not have a relationship with SunTrust prior to Jan. 31, 2010. It ends [...]

A loan from Lending Club might be the way to pay off credit card debts, make critical repairs to your home or even finance a wedding or adoption.
You can borrow up to $25,000, and repay the loan in 36 equal monthly payments with a fixed interest rate as low as 7.89% APR.
A peer-to-peer, or social [...]