US Bank has a promotion for new Business Checking accounts that offers either a $500 or $900 bonus with very simple requirements. This deal is available in states within US Bank’s footprint (or for US Bank cardholders) and requires making one or more deposits totaling either $5,000 or $25,000 within 30 days of account opening, holding that money in the account until 60 days after account opening, then making five transactions. The total of the deposits will determine the bonus amount. $5,000 gets you $500; $25,000 gets you $900.
US Bank is again allowing up to $3,000 of credit card funding on new accounts, so use it if you got it.
The Deal
- US Bank is offering a bonus of $500-$900 when opening a U.S. Bank Business Checking account using promo code Q2AFL25 and completing the following requirements within 30 days of opening:
- For the $500 bonus, open a Silver or Business Essentials checking account and complete one or more deposits totaling $5,000 or more within 30 days and maintain the balance for 60 days – both from account opening. You also must complete five qualifying transactions
- For the $900 bonus, open a Platinum checking account and complete one or more deposits totaling $25,000 or more within 30 days and maintain the balance for 60 days – both from account opening
- Qualifying transactions include: Debit card purchases, ACH credits, Wire Transfer credits and debits, Zelle® credits and debits, U.S. Bank Mobile Check Deposit or Bill Pay.
- Expires 6/30/2025
Terms and Conditions
- Promo code Q2AFL25 MUST be used when opening a U.S. Bank Silver, Platinum, or Business Essentials Business Checking account. Limit of one bonus per business. A $100 minimum deposit is required to open one of the referenced accounts. Business Essentials is not available in all markets; contact a banker for more details.
- Limit of one Business Checking bonus per business.
- A $100 minimum deposit is required to open one of the referenced accounts.
- Earn your $500 Business Checking bonus by opening a new U.S. Bank Silver Business Checking or Business Essentials account between 4/3/2025 and 6/30/2025. You must make deposit(s) of at least $5,000 in new money within 30 days of account opening and thereafter maintain a daily balance of at least $5,000 until the 60th day after account opening. You must also complete 5 qualifying transactions within 60 days of account opening.
- Earn your $900 Business Checking bonus by opening a new U.S. Bank Platinum Business Checking account between 4/3/2025 and 6/30/2025. You must make deposit(s) of at least $25,000 in new money within 30 days of account opening and thereafter maintain a daily balance of at least $25,000 until the 60th day after account opening. You must also complete 5 qualifying transactions within 60 days of account opening.
- Qualifying transactions include debit card purchases, ACH credits, Wire Transfer credits and debits, Zelle credits and debits, U.S. Bank Mobile Check Deposit or Bill Pay. Other transactions such as (but not limited to) other Person to Person payments, transfers to credit card or transfers between U.S. Bank accounts are not eligible.
- New money is considered money that is new to U.S. Bank. Funds must come from outside U.S Bank and cannot be transferred from another U.S. Bank product or a U.S. Bank Affiliate.
- The business checking bonus will be deposited into your new eligible U.S. Bank Business Checking account within 30 days following the last calendar day of the month you complete all of the offer requirements, as long as the account is open and has a positive available balance.
- Bonus will be reported as interest earned on IRS Form 1099-INT and recipient is responsible for any applicable taxes. Current U.S. Bank employees are not eligible. U.S. Bank reserves the right to withdraw this offer at any time without notice.
- Monthly Maintenance Fee Waiver Options: Platinum Business Checking: U.S. Bank Payment Solutions Merchant Banking OR $25,000 average collected balance OR $75,000 combined average collected business deposits and outstanding business credit balances
Quick Thoughts
This is an easy checking account bonus, as the requirements are very simple: make deposits totaling $5000 or $25,000 within thirty days of account opening, hold the money in the account for 60 days after account opening and sign-up for online banking and then complete five transactions on the account. That’s it.
Since you can open an account with as little as $100, you don’t need to deposit the remainder until day 25-30. After 60 days (from account opening), you just need to maintain a positive balance until the bonus gets credited (US Bank gives themselves up to 45 days to do that). So, you shouldn’t have to leave the full amount in the account for longer than 30-35 days.
There’s three different types of business checking. You can get the $500 bonus by signing up for Silver, which has no maintenance fees. The account is limited to 125 transactions per month and then each transaction gets charged a $.50 fee, but, why would you do more than 125 transactions in a month?
The $900 bonus now requires a Platinum checking account. Previously, you could get the higher level with the Silver, but now that you must open the higher-level account, maintenance fees become more of an issue. It’s $30/month, unless you maintain an average minimum balance of $25,000. That’s no big deal for the month that you keep the $25K in the account, but there’s still the first month (before you deposit the lion’s share of the money) and the last month while you’re waiting for the bonus to credit.
Leaving the cash in means that you’d be forgoing ~$100/month to save $30 in maintenance fees…which seems like a bad deal to me. It’s probably better to just take the money out and know that you’ll be eating ~$60 in fees, bring the total bonus closer to $715 ($900 – ~$60 in fees and ~$125 in interest on the money you have tied-up for a month).
US Bank bonuses hare usually been limited to those states that have a US Bank branch (which is a wide net…see locations here). If you live in one of the states that doesn’t have a branch, you used to be able to get around this requirement by opening a US Bank brokerage account first and then opening the checking account afterwards. Based on previous comments, it sounds like US Bank may have closed that loophole but instead is now allowing folks with a US Bank credit card to open checking accounts, even if they’re outside of the US Bank footprint.
US Bank is fairly strict on its churning rules so I wouldn’t mess with it if you’ve had an account or received a US Bank bonus within the past year. If you haven’t, this is easy money.
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So 5 pushes from my hub account would be 5 qualifying transactions? What about zelle?
Can you fund a us business account with an Amex card to where Amex codes it as a purchase?
You say don’t do this if I’ve gotten a US Bank bonus in the past year. Do you mean just if you’ve had a business account bonus or any bonus, including for a personal account? I’ve had a bonus already this year for a personal account so I wonder if this warning is meant to include me.
I also received a personal checking bonus from US Bank within the last year. I called customer service and initially the agent thought I would be eligible but when I clarified that my business would be a sole prop using my SSN, she thought I would not be eligible after all. So maybe if you have an EIN you might be OK…
I have a sole proprietorship but do have an EIN. Anyone know if that’s enough? I love my Altitude card so don’t want to apply if I’m risking a USB shutdown.
If you have a business rather than a “business” and you have a legit EIN, why not at least call customer service and ask them? But I am a new customer to US Bank and don’t have any cards with them yet, so I have no personal knowledge of how shutdown-happy they might be…