You can earn a $300 bonus when you open an eligible checking account from Provident Credit Union.
To earn the $300 New Account Bonus, simply do these four things to receive the account bonus within 120 days of account opening:
- Deposit a minimum of $25 within 60 days from account opening
- Make purchases of $400 or more using a Provident debit and/or credit card for two consecutive months, starting the month following your checking account opening
- Have direct deposits or automatic credits of at least $500 for two consecutive months, starting the month following your checking account opening
- Enroll in online banking and e-Documents with valid e-mail address
- Be sure to use promo code 3030 or 9772.
Provident Credit Union $300 Checking Bonus
- Account Type: Checking
- Availability: CA
- Hard/Soft Pull: Hard pull for membership (report of soft pull in branch)
- ChexSystem: Yes
- Credit Card Funding: Up to $1,000 with a credit card. Only Mastercard & Visa are accepted (No AmEx)
- Monthly Fee: Varies by Account
- Early account termination fee: None listed, check with CSR for more information
- Household limit: One New Account Bonus per household/business.
(Offer Expires 08/31/2022)
Editor’s Note: There is an alternative link that you can use to access this deal. Click here.
Fine Print
- You must be a new Provident Credit Union member, 18 or older and reside in one of the following counties in California: Alameda, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Francisco.
- You are not eligible if you are a current owner or signer on a Provident Credit Union personal or business account or if you have been an owner or signer on a Provident Credit Union personal or business account within the last two years.
- One New Account Bonus per household/business.
- To be eligible, you must open one of the following checking accounts: Super Reward Checking, Provident Checking or Simply Free Checking; all other checking accounts are not eligible for the bonus.
- New Account Bonus offer may expire anytime. This offer cannot be combined with any other offers. The minimum balance for the Membership Savings account is $5.00.
- You must fund your Checking account within the first 60 days of account opening with a minimum deposit of $25.
- If you fail to fund your Checking account within the first 60 days you are no longer eligible for the New Account Bonus and your account(s) will be closed.
- In order to qualify for your New Account Bonus your account must be active and in good standing for two consecutive months following the month that your account is opened.
- All qualifying purchases and transactions referred to as “per month” or “monthly” only count towards the requirement of the month in which they POST, which will be on a business day (Monday – Friday) and may take one or more business days from the purchase/transaction date.
- Your account is deemed active by: (1) making purchases of $400 or more using a debit and/or credit card per month, AND (2) performing monthly direct deposits or automatic credits of at least $500 into your checking account, AND (3) enrolling in Provident’s online banking service and e-Documents with valid e-mail address.
- If your account remains inactive after 90 days from account opening you are no longer eligible for the New Account Bonus.
- Your account is in good standing if you: (1) demonstrate responsible account management—such as making regular deposits to bring your account to a positive end of day balance at least once every 30 days (including the payment of all credit union fees and charges); (2) avoid excessive overdrafts suggesting the use of Courtesy Pay Overdraft as a continuing line of credit; (3) there are no legal orders, levies or liens against your account.
- New Account Bonus: We generally pay the New Account Bonus by crediting your Provident Credit Union Checking account.
- If Provident funded your savings account at account opening, you will receive the difference between your initial $5.00 Savings account bonus and the stated bonus within 120 days of account opening.
- We may report the value of the New Account Bonus to the IRS and any applicable taxes are the responsibility of the member.
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Bottom Line
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Just contacted them and this is the response that I got back. Thought I would share that this is a hard pull, sadly not a soft pull anymore..
“Good morning, Mary
Thank you for your message.
Provident Credit Union does a hard pull credit check when we open accounts for members.
Thank you for your interest.”
There is an active Provident $150 new account bonus. It can be found at http://providentcu.org/index.asp?i=news&url=WhatsHotFrames%2FNewsFrames%2FLongTerm%2FSuperReward9336%2Easp Also, anyone can qualify as a member by joining the National Business Association (http://nationalbusiness.org/join/) for 1 month (and even canceling to get reimbursed for the initial fees once you become a Provident member).
The $100 new member bonus has officially expired. The words “THIS OFFER HAS EXPIRED” appear on the offer page. Also, the link in this page is for the California Teacher’s Association (CTA) $150 bonus, not the general $100 new member bonus. Therefore, please remove this bonus or show it as expired.
No – opening a new bank accounts constitutes as a soft pull – meaning it won’t show on your credit report. They verify your id with checksystems, that’s all!
If you do not live in California, you will not get the bonus even if you join Sierra Club. I spent money to join Sierra Club then was told by Provident that I do not qualify for the hundred dollar bonus
I believe so. More thank likely.
Looks like the bank decided to change the offer terms…
must also be a resident of CA
Did this result in a hard pull for you?