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Open a free checking account, set up direct deposit, get a free Visa CheckCard and make 10 transactions and $150 bucks are yours.

Open a free chase checking account, fund it with a $100 minimum opening balance of new money, and get $125 deposited into your account.

For a very limited time, Everbank is offering a $40 bonus to new account holders who open an Everbank FreeNet Checking account through the bank's links on BestCashCow.com. Accounts require a minimum deposit of $40,000 in order to qualify for the $40 bonus.

Citibank and any other bank that participates in the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program are eligible to receive unlimited FDIC insurance on checking accounts and even some types of interest bearing accounts.

iGObanking.com raised the rate on its high yield checking account to 3.85 APY. The account has a $1 minimum balance with no fees.

Dime Direct, the online division of Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh is offering a 6 month CD with a 5% APY when opened with a checking account.

Open a qualifying Citibank regular checking account, fund it with a minimum of $1,000, and do a few other things by 12/31/2008 to get $100.

HSBC is offering $75 to open a Plus Checking account and fund it with a minimum of $4,000 for 180 days.

iGOBanking is offering the first 400 customers who open a checking account and pay three bills a $50 gas card.

Bank of America is offering $75 to open a My Access checking account online. There's a catch though.

Citibank has a new offer for opening a checking account. Open an account online, via the phone, or through a branch, do a few qualifying activities and receive 16,000 Thank You Points redeemable for $150 in gift cards and triple points for the next year.

Banks are offering yields as high as 6.25% on Reward Checking accounts.

Fidelity provides its customers and others with an attractive alternative to the low rates offered by most banks on checking accounts. The accounts offers a 3.5% rate, no fees, no minimum balances, and refunds on ATM transactions.