There are checking account promotions available online and at a banking center. Bank of America has one, a $75 cash bonus.

When you open a new checking account with Bank of America, you will receive $75 cash bonus, which is deposited directly into your new checking account. To qualify, 1) you must be a new customer who opens a qualifying personal checking account with a minimum balance of $500, 2) the account must remain open for at least 30 days, and 3) you must make a minimum of one transaction with the newly assigned check card.

If you want to take advantage of this offer, you must use Offer Code AOU260809 by October 31, 2009 as it may be terminated before this date.

Here are the perks when you open a Bank of America checking account:

• Free MyAccess Checking with no monthly maintenance fee when opened online. Special online only offer
• Banking near home, work or school with over 6,100 banking centers
• Access to your money at over 18,000 ATMs
• Check balances, pay bills, and transfer funds with Online and Mobile Banking
• Effortless savings with Keep the Change

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Update April 13, 2011:

North Valley Bank is no longer offering a checking account that gives away a free Igloo Soft Side Cooler. However, it has a new exciting offer available to new or existing customer with a North Valley Bank debit card from a checking account. It is a “Shop, Swipe and Win” contest that runs from February 13, 2011 through December 29, 2011. There is a $500 drawing each week and this could be you if you keep on swiping your debit card. Be careful however before swiping your card because there is an eligibility requirements.

Previous Offer:

Open a North Valley Bank checking account and receive a free Igloo Soft Side Cooler. There are four types of checking account to choose from:

1. Positively Free Checking which is a free account for everyone;
2.50+ Free Interest Checking, an interest-earning, no cost checking for customers 50 years and above;
3. VIP Free Interest Checking, a free checking with convenience of direct deposit or any automatic payment; and
4. Wall Street Checking, for customers who are interested in higher interest.

You can also tell a friend and still get the free gift. When you tell a friend about Positively Free Checking or any other checking plans the bank have, you qualify for a free gift.

Or if you still have plenty of checks left from your current account at another bank, the bank will pay you up to $25 for your unused checks and debit cards (as much as $2 per card or pad).

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Choose your gift of either a free surfside cooler fun kit or a recycled cotton apron kit when you open any checking account at St. Mary’s Bank.

St. Mary’s Bank checking account features free online banking with bill pay, free Visa debit card, free eStatements, and an unlimited free ATM transactions nationwide with its SUM or CO-OP networks.

There are no minimum balance, no monthly fees and no hidden charges when you open the checking account.

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