5.50% 9-Month CD at a Maryland Bank

1st Mariner Bank is offering a promotional 5.50% APY 9-month certificate of deposit at their Odenton Branch until the end of May. There's also a $25 bonus available for opening a checking account in addition to the CD. Below are the details I received:

1st Mariner Bank (Footprint of Maryland and Delaware) is offering a promotional 5.50%APY 9 month CD at their Odenton Branch until the end of May. There is an email campaign that will be sent out on Monday that will have a coupon that the customer must bring into the branch that will allow them to open the promo CD and a checking account with a $25 promotional deposit and a free gift. You can only receive the $25 dollars if you open the checking account with the CD and have the coupon to present to the Odenton branch at the time of opening. The email is being sent to those in and around Odenton but if you contact the branch they can forward it to you if you do not receive it. It is not required to open a checking account with the CD, you can simply go in and open the CD by itself.