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Checking Bonuses is an independent guide to U.S. bank and brokerage sign-up bonuses. The job is simple: put the payout next to the requirement, the fee, and the date, and link the institution's own page.

Switching banks can pay you. It can also cost you, if a monthly fee runs longer than the bonus or a balance has to sit there while a better rate waits somewhere else. The cards are built so that tradeoff is visible before you apply.

Come back for the daily money word, the Tuesday note when new bonuses show up or old ones are about to end, and the tracker if you already opened something and do not want to miss a deadline.

Read how we verify and the disclosure. Nothing on this site is financial advice.