If you’re a satisfied Citibank customer you can make up to $500 — yes, $500 — by getting five friends to open new checking accounts there.
You’ll earn $25, $50 or $100 per friend, depending on the type of checking account they choose.

Your friends will receive similar bonuses once they’ve complied with all the rules of [...]

Checking account customers at Citizens Bank and Charter One Bank can earn a dime every time they make an electronic transaction.
All you have to do is enroll your account in the banks’ Green$ense program and follow a few extra rules.
Basically that means getting all of your statements online and making at least 10 debit card [...]

EverBank, based in Jacksonville, Fla., upped its introductory offer on money market accounts to 3.01% from 2.50% in June.

This move puts its yield for the first year only at 2.15% — the top MMA yield available. This rate applies to Yield Pledge Money Market Accounts with balances up to $50,000.
The 1.85% APY, which [...]

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 balance [...]