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This is free checking that works for you — exactly as it should be. Earn really high interest with Rewards Interest Checking.

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Key Features

  • Really High Interest*
  • ATM Withdrawal Fee Refunds*
  • No Monthly Maintenance Fees
  • Free checking that pays high interest
    • 5.00% APY* on balances up to $10,000
    • 0.25% APY on balances over $10,000 resulting in a range of 5.00% to 0.68% APY depending on balance in account*
    • 0.05% APY* if qualifications aren't met
  • Refunds on ATM withdrawal fees, nationwide (up to $25 monthly)*
  • No minimum balance to earn rewards
  • No monthly maintenance fees
  • Free digital banking services, including:
    • Free online banking and bill pay
    • Free mobile banking with mobile deposit
    • Free eStatements
  • Free Mastercard® debit card
  • $100 minimum deposit to open

Earning Your Rewards Is Easy!

Enrollments must be in place and all of the following transactions and activities must post and settle to your Rewards Interest Checking account during each Monthly Qualification Cycle:

  • At least 1 direct deposit, ACH credit, or ACH payment transaction
  • At least 12 debit card purchases
  • Be enrolled in and agree to receive eStatements

That’s it! And, if you don’t qualify this monthly qualification cycle, your account is still free. Plus, you’ll still earn the base interest rate for your account. Then, next month, you can get right back to earning your full rewards.

Qualification Information:

Account transactions and activities may take one or more days to post and settle to the account and all must do so during the Monthly Qualification Cycle in order to qualify for the account's rewards. The following activities do not count toward earning account rewards: ATM-processed transactions, transfers between accounts, debit card purchases processed by merchants and received by our bank as ATM transactions, non-retail payment transactions and purchases made with debit cards not issued by our bank. Transactions bundled together by merchants and received by our institution as a single transaction count as a single transaction for the purpose of earning account rewards.

"Monthly Qualification Cycle" means a period beginning one (1) banking day prior to the first day of the current statement cycle through one (1) banking day prior to the last business day of the current statement cycle.

See our website or contact one of our branch service representatives for specific Monthly Qualification Cycle dates.

"Banking Day" means any day on which an office of the bank is open to the public for the purpose of carrying out substantially all of its banking functions or for processing.

"Business Day" means Monday through Friday and excludes weekends and legal holidays.

"Statement Cycle" means the period of time for which our bank provides a summary of the financial activities and transactions that post and settle to the accountholder's account. See our website or contact one of our branch service representatives for specific Statement Cycle dates.

Reward Information:

When your Rewards Interest account qualifications are met during a Monthly Qualification Cycle, daily balances up to and including $10,000 in your Rewards Interest account earn an interest rate of 4.88% resulting in an APY of 5.00%; and daily balances over $10,000 earn an interest rate of 0.25% on the portion of the daily balance over $10,000, resulting in a range from 5.00% APY to 0.68% APY depending on the account's daily balance.

You will receive reimbursements up to an aggregate total of $25.00 for nationwide ATM withdrawal fees incurred within your Rewards Interest account during that Monthly Qualification Cycle. We reimburse ATM withdrawal fees based on estimates when the withdrawal information we receive does not identify the ATM withdrawal fee. If you have not received an appropriate reimbursement, we will adjust the reimbursement amount if we receive the transaction receipt within sixty (60) calendar days of the withdrawal transaction. NOTE: ATM fee reimbursements only apply to Rewards Interest, or Rewards transactions via ATM; Rewards Savings ATM transaction fees are not reimbursed nor refunded

When your Rewards Interest qualifications are not met, the interest rate earned on the account's entire daily balance will be 0.05% resulting in an annual percentage yield of 0.05% and ATM withdrawal fees are not refunded.

Interest will be credited to your Rewards Interest account on the last day of the current statement cycle.

Nationwide ATM withdrawal fee reimbursements will be credited to your account on the last day of the current statement cycle.

APY = Annual Percentage Yield.

APYs accurate as of 6/01/2024.

APY calculations are based on an assumed balance of $10,000 + $100,000 in your Rewards Interest account and an assumed statement cycle of thirty-one (31) days.

Rates, rewards, and bonuses, if any, are variable and may change after account is opened; rates may change without notice to you. No minimum balance is required to earn or receive the account's rewards. Rewards less than a penny cannot be distributed. Fees may reduce earnings.

Additional Information:

Account approval, conditions, qualifications, limits, timeframes, enrollments, log-ons and other requirements apply.

$100.00 minimum deposit is required to open the account.

Monthly at least 1 direct deposit, ACH payment, or bill pay transaction, be enrolled in and have agreed to receive e-statements rather than paper statements, at least 12 debit card purchases are a condition(s) of this account.

Enrollment in electronic services (e.g. online banking, e-statements) and log-ons may be required to meet some of the account's qualifications.

Limit of one account(s) per account holder.

There are no recurring monthly maintenance charges or fees to open or close this account.

This account is not to be used for commercial purposes. If the account is closed, you will forfeit any rewards that have not been credited to your account.

High rate claim is based on FDIC's National Weekly Rates for interest checking accounts. Claim is independent of any one institution's offerings. Comparison Source: Interest Checking, FDIC 8/11/2023. http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/resources/rates/.

Contact one of our bank service representatives for additional information, details, restrictions, reward calculations, processing limitations, cycle dates and enrollment instructions.

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