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As reported by Doctor of Credit, Wells Fargo is offering a $250 sign up bonus for new Everyday checking account customers through March 24th, 2017. This account needs to be opened online. Requirements are very simple!
Offer Details
To receive your $250 welcome bonus, open an Everyday Checking account ONLINE FROM THIS WEBPAGE ONLY by March 24, 2017, and complete a few steps:
- Deposit at least $25 to fund your account.
- Make 10 debit card purchases/payments within 60 days of opening your account.
- Qualify to receive a $250 bonus in your account.
As you can see, the minimum deposit is only $25 and there is no direct deposit required. You just have to make 10 debit card purchases or payments within 60 days of opening your account.
Avoiding a Monthly Fee
Note that the Everyday Checking account is subject to a $10 monthly fee, but that fee can be waived with one of the following:
- 10 debit card purchases and/or payments each statement cycle from this checking account, OR
- Direct deposits totaling $500 or more each statement cycle, OR
- Maintain a $1,500 minimum daily balance, OR
- Link checking account to a Wells Fargo Campus ATM or Campus Debit Card
According to Doctor of Credit, opening this account should only be a soft pull of your credit and the initial account funding can be done by credit card, though only up to $50.
There is no early account termination fee.
Direct link to offer
Other Fine Print
Important things to know about the offer:
Eligibility:
- Everyday Checking is eligible for the $250 bonus.
- You cannot be:
- An owner on a current Wells Fargo consumer checking account
- A Wells Fargo team member
- A recipient of a consumer checking bonus in the past 12 months (limit one bonus per customer)
Bonus qualifications:
- Open a new Everyday Checking account with a minimum opening deposit of $25 (not including the bonus) from this online page by March 24, 2017.
- Within 60 days of account opening, make 10 purchases/payments with your Wells Fargo Debit Card.
- The 10 debit card purchases/payments must be from the primary linked consumer checking account opened for this offer. Transactions at an ATM do not count as a debit card purchase/payment.
- Offer available only online at wellsfargo.com. Offer subject to change and may be discontinued at any time.
- Offer cannot be:
- Paid without a valid W-9 and U.S. taxpayer ID
- Combined with any other consumer deposit offer
- Reproduced, purchased, sold, transferred, or traded
Bonus payment:
- We will deposit the bonus into your new checking account within 45 days after eligibility and qualifications have been met.
- You are responsible for any federal, state, or local taxes due on your bonus and we will report as income to the tax authorities if required by applicable law. Consult tax advisor.
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So upsetting. It said it was valid until March 24th but down the offer on March 9th.
I am wondering if this link will ever come back or is the offer done ?
I applied on 2/15, was approved and given an account number then about 2 weeks later was told no, not approved. I called last Friday and told because my work has me listed with a different name/ same SSN so it was rejected and to apply again because it is still a valid offer until 3/24. I went online and couldn’t find it. I chatted with someone and they said it was invitation only. I called the same number again and was told also that you had to get the email or letter in the mail to get this discount. Looks like they changed it. 🙁
Online Wells Fargo chat told me that it’s only available for certain zip codes. If yours is a good zip code, a promotional banner will pop up when you enter it.
That’s an interesting theory — but are you getting to a page where you can enter a zip code? It seems that all working of the previously working links to the promotion lead to a “page not found” error.
where’d it go? I can’t find it.
Looks like the offer was withdrawn…I have tried several different links and they are all dead.
Hopefully it comes back!
What is wrong with the link? Took me to a dead page.
Is this offer dead?
The link appears to be dead.
i signed up for this a few weeks ago. approved.
sent an email for the date by which i needed to complete the 10 transactions to get the $250. got a weird reply that they were going to send me a physical form for my tax payer id. and that i couldn’t get the bonus until i fill out the form and return it.
??
i am a us citizen. with ssn that i submitted with my app.
any ideas what’s going on?
thanks!
Just do the transactions or the direct deposit. I just received the bonus without sending the form. However, I am going to send it anyway today. It basically asks for the same information as the one you filled in the application … Weird.
thanks ryan. glad to know someone else is in my boat. it seemed weird. it is weird. i’ll cross my t’s and dot my i’s. and i hope to see the $250!
Not available to residents of the District of Columbia. No selection for DC.
and get 10 more accounts opened for free (without your consent).