6.00% 6-Month CD at a Florida CU and $50 Checking Account Bonus (MIDFLORIDA)

MIDFLORIDA Credit Union is advertising a 6.00% APY 6-month certificate special. The minimum deposit is $1K and the maximum is $100K per household. New money only. The CD is not listed at the credit union's website. It was advertised in today's Tampa Tribune. The ad is available online here.

The credit union is also offering a $50 gas card for opening a new free checking account. A $500 opening deposit is required and the checking account must remain active for 6 months. This checking account could be useful after the CD matures. Just have the money deposited into the checking account. Then you can withdraw the money by transferring it to a linked online savings account.

The field of membership includes those who live, work, worship or attend school in the Florida Counties of Polk, Highlands, Okeechobee, Hardee or Sumter. To open any type of account with MIDFLORIDA, you must open a share account with a minimum of $5.

Branches are locatd in the Florida cities of Arcadia, Auburndale, Bartow, Haines City, Lake Wales, Lakeland, Okeechobee, Sebring, Wauchula and Winter Haven.

The credit union is NCUA insured. It has $987 million in assets and 115,000 members.