$100 Checking Account Bonus at a Northwestern Bank

Umpqua Bank is offering a $100 12-month CD for opening a free personal checking account. The checking account is free of monthly service charges and has free bill pay. The minimum to open is $250. There is a $100 closing fee if closed prior to one year from the opening date. The free certificate of deposit will be given to customer at account opening. There are also other specials being advertised including special CD rates, home equity line of credit and business checking. These specials are not listed at the bank's website. Instead they were published in the February 23, 2006 edition of the Seattle Times Newspaper. The ad is available online here.

Umpqua Bank has branches up and down the I-5 corridor from Washington State, throughout Oregon and into Northern California.