I found this Citi offer when I was surfing around earlier today. New checking customers may earn a cash bonus of $500 or $1,500 after opening an eligible checking account from 7/9/24 to 10/8/24 and completing required activities. If you also open and fund a new Citi® Savings Account, your balance can be held in your Checking Account or between your Checking Account AND your new Citi Savings Account to count toward the minimum requirement to earn a bonus.It's a pretty sweet deal for anyone that doesn't already have a Citi checking account or didn't already jump on the $300 checking account bonus late last month or earlier this month if you have that amount of liquid money available now.
Better places for your money?
If there are better places that give "1.6% bonus" = 12.8% Yield, I am all for it.
Otherwise, if I would have $30K available for 45 days and no better plans to Spend or Invest it, I would make extra $300 vs keeping funds on the deposits paying 5.5% APY.
not much, of course, but I could make myself feeling better after annualizing it into "8% bonus".
I wouldn't do 8% bonus with City amid Citibank reliance on ChexS.
6/18 Opened account
6/25 $5001 Fidelity push
6/28 $5001 Fidelity push
7/24 $500 bonus