Best Bank Deals

Wells Fargo has a checking account promotion with a $50 bonus when you open a checking account. Some of the features of this account include:

• Free Checking That’s Really Free — Enjoy no monthly service fees, no minimum balance requirements, and a Wells Fargo Check Card with no annual card fee.
• Free Access To Wells Fargo Online — Our top-ranked online service lets you view statements, monitor account balances, transfer funds, automatically track your spending, and more — anytime, anywhere you have internet access.

Limited to one bonus per household. Offer expires November 30, 2007.

Open a Chase Checking Account with Direct Deposit now and get a $125 bonus. All you have to do is print this page, bring it to a local Chase Bank Branch and open a Checking Account. In 6-8 weeks the $125 bonus will be deposited.

Chase Checking Accounts also offer:

• FREE access to more than 8,500 Chase ATMs
• FREE Online Bill-Pay*—including our Online On Time Guarantee
• FREE Visa® Check Card with Zero Liability** protection
• FREE personalized voice, text and e-mail alerts
• FREE access to any of our 3,000 branches nationwide

Offer expires December 31, 2007.

Bank of America is offering a limited time $100 bonus for opening a checking account. The promotional code needed is AOU2610. You can select the MyAccess Checking offer in the application process, which makes it free with no direct deposit or minimum balance requirements.

The minimum deposit required to open a new personal checking account and qualify for the offer is $100. This offer does not apply to existing customers. Thebonus will be deposited within 90 days of opening your new account.

Imperial Bank is offering a $150 bonus for opening an account with direct deposit and using online banking. Here is the link to the promotional coupon.

ING Direct is now offering a $50 bonus if you open a new account with at least $250 by September 30, 2007.

Go to their special NYT signup page and use the promotional code “NY3.” $50 should be deposited into your account, which you can then withdraw as soon as the money clears. ING does not do a hard credit pull. You must be a new customer to ING Direct to qualify.

Offer ends on September 30.

Washington Mutual currently is offering one of the best bank deals available. This deal is a combination of their free checking and a recently launched 4.75% APY savings account. As a result, you’re able to have a high degree of liquidity with a checking account while earning a great return on your money in the high yield savings account. Here are some of the details:

WaMu Free Checking:

• No minimum balance or direct deposit requirements, open with $1
• Free basic checks for life
• No ATM fees on their end
• One free overdraft per year
• Free outgoing wire transfers.

The Statement Savings account has:

• A competitive 4.75% APY on all balances (rate only available online)
• No minimum balance requirements, open with $1
• Instant transfer to/from the Free Checking

If you already have a checking account with Washington Mutual, you will have to open a new checking account to take advantage of this bank deal. You can just go ahead and close your old one.

You can deposit checks directly into the 4.75% APY savings account at an ATM, maximizing interest. From there you can move money into the checking account instantly online as you need it, with a limit of 6 transfers a month. In addition, you can access your account at any of Washington Mutual’s large network of ATMs.

Washington Mutual offers free online fund transfers that allows you to link your account to external accounts using a routing number and account number. For more information, visit Washington Mutual’s savings account signup page.

Washington Mutual is of course FDIC insured.

HSBC Bank currently has a $75 bank bonus when you open a new Interest Checking Account. Or Open a Free Checking Account and when you open an HSBC Debit MasterCard® with PayPass, you’ll receive a $25 Cash Bonus.

The account must be opened with an initial deposit of $3,000 of new money. New money means funds not previously held by any member of the HSBC Group. This account must remain active and open for 180 days or HSBC will charge the account an amount equal to the bonus. The money will be deposited in your new checking account within 6 to 8 weeks after the account opening.

Offer expires September 30, 2007

Bank Midwest is offering a free iPod Shuffle to anyone who opens a new free checking account with a Visa debit card. You do need to fund this account with $2000 or more to start, and it requires having direct deposit from your employer. The promotion says that you’ll recieve the iPod 1 or 2 weeks after opening your account. For more information on this iPod promotion, click here.