Relay business checking bonus: $500 and what it takes
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The offer in one paragraph
Relay pays $500 to a business that opens Relay business checking as a new customer. To earn it, deposit $10,000 and keep it there for 90 days. On the cash it asks you to park, the $500 bonus works out to an annual rate of 20.28%. The account has no monthly fee. Its terms name no state limit, and the bank decides at application. The bank shows no end date.
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How to earn it
- Open Relay business checking for your business online, as a new customer.
- Deposit $10,000 or more within 30 days.
- Keep that money in the account for 90 days, the hold period as the bank states it.
- Wait for the bank to pay the bonus. Its terms say when it pays once you meet the requirements.
Day counts follow the bank's terms, which say when each period starts.
When the bank pays. Relay pays within 30 days after you meet the requirements.
Relay offers this bonus only through partner landing pages, and the amount depends on the partner, from $25 to $500. The $500 comes from the page Relay runs for SoFi customers, and Relay states it is not affiliated with SoFi. Register through that page, since another partner page may pay less. Partner pages can change or close without notice.
Fund the account with $10,000 within 30 days of approval and keep at least $10,000 for 90 days in a row. Only new Relay customers with no earlier relationship qualify, one bonus per user, and Relay may take the bonus back if it later closes the account for eligibility or risk reasons.
The fee shown is for the Starter plan, which has none. The Grow plan costs $30 a month and Scale $90.
The numbers
- Bonus
- $500
- Cash to park
- $10,000The larger of the deposit and the balance the bank asks for.
- Direct deposits
- Not required
- Hold period
- 90 daysAs the bank states it. Banks count it from different days.
- Time to deposit
- 30 days
- Annual rate
- 20.28%$500 / $10,000 x 365 / 90 x 100. The bonus over the cash and the days it asks for, scaled to a year. The bank does not pay it as interest.
- Monthly fee
- None
- Early closure
- The bank may take the bonus back if you close the account early.
Guides to these figures: how the annual rate is calculated, monthly fees and how to avoid them and early closure fees and clawbacks.
Worth it for you
Cash not entered, so no offer is checked against cash. Enter what you can park to check it. If you can park $10,000, the $500 bonus comes to $401.37 after costs.
- Bonus
- $500.00
- Monthly fees
- $0.00
- No monthly fee.
- $10,000 for 90 days at your 4.00%
- −$98.63
- What the cash would earn where it sits now, over the hold period as the bank states it.
- Interest the account pays
- $0.00
- No APY is published for this account, so no interest is counted.
- Net gain
- $401.37
Assumes a 4.00% savings rate on the parked cash and no tax figure. The bonus calculator takes your own rates and compares every live offer.
Bank bonuses are generally taxable as interest income, and banks usually report them on Form 1099-INT. Banks change and end offers without notice. Confirm every term on the bank's own page before you apply.
Who can get it
- For
- Business accounts
- Customers
- New customers only
- Where
- No state limit in the termsThe bank decides at application
- Minimum age
- Not published
Before you apply: how often you can earn a bonus from one bank and whether opening an account affects your credit.
Tier
| Bonus | What it takes | Cash to park | Annual rate | In words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | Deposit and hold: $10,000 | $10,000 | 20.28% | Fund the account with $10,000 within 30 days of approval and keep at least $10,000 for 90 consecutive days. |
Source
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Pages we read
- Offer page on join.relayfi.com, read
- Terms on join.relayfi.com, read
- Fee schedule on relayfi.com, read
- Banks change and end offers without notice. Confirm every term on the bank's own page before you apply.
- Bank bonuses are generally taxable as interest income, and banks usually report them on Form 1099-INT. Are bank bonuses taxable has the detail.
- Bonus Tally is an information service, not a bank or a financial adviser. Nothing here is financial, tax or legal advice.
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| Bank and account | Bonus | What it takes | Cash to park | Annual rate | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Business Complete Checking | Bonusup to $500 | What it takesDeposit and hold$10,000 | Cash to park$10,000 | Annual rate30.42% | Checked |
| Huntington Unlimited Business CheckingCannot be combined with Huntington Unlimited Plus Business Checking | Bonus$400 | What it takesDeposit and hold$5,000 | Cash to park$5,000 | Annual ratehold period not stated in days | Checked |
| U.S. Bank Business EssentialsCannot be combined with U.S. Bank Platinum Business Checking Package | Bonus$400 | What it takesDeposit and hold$5,000 | Cash to park$5,000 | Annual rate48.67% | Checked |
| Grasshopper Innovator Business Checking | Bonus$300 | What it takesDeposit and hold$10,000 | Cash to park$10,000 | Annual rate18.25% | Checked |