Citizens Bank is currently offering a $100 online checking account promotion. The offer expires on December 15th, 2009. You get $50 for setting up direct deposit for a payment of at least $50. You get $25 for making 5 online bill payments, and you get $25 for making 5 signature based debit or credit card purchases. If you complete all 3 you get $100 and these should be pretty easy to complete. To view this promotion click here.
Citizens Bank’s Green Checking qualifies for the promotion which only requires $50 to open and has no monthly fees or minimum balance requirements.
The Green Checking also has their Greensense program. The greensense program pays you 10 cents for every debit purchase, online bill payment, or automatic payment with a limit of 100 per month.
Apparently only the following states qualify for this promotion: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Citizens Bank is FDIC insured. For those of you that have trouble getting a regular checking account, second chance checking accounts might be right for you.