First Tech Federal Credit Union Promotions: $300 Checking Bonus

Contents

1 [Expired] First Tech FCU $300 Checking Offer
2 [Expired] First Tech FCU $100 Referral Bonus Offer
- 2.1 How To Earn The Bonus
- 2.2 Bottom Line

Established in 1970 and headquartered in San Jose, California, First Technology Federal Credit Union has cash bonus offers from time to time that will be updated here.

Membership Requirements:
Membership in First Technology Federal Credit Union is open to members of the Financial Fitness Association (join for $8 yearly fee) or the Computer History Museum ($15 yearly fee). Membership is also open to those who live and work in Lane County in Oregon and for those who work for a high tech or telecom company, or the state of Oregon. See current membership info.

First Tech FCU has over 40 locations throughout these states: California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

For more current offers, see our bank bonuses page. Popular offers can be had from banks like Chase Bank, HSBC Bank, Aspiration, Bank of America, and many more.

I’ll review the current offers below.

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[Expired] First Tech FCU $300 Checking Offer

What you’ll get: $300
Where it’s available: CA, CO, GA, ID, MA, OR, TX and WA
How to earn it: Open a new checking account using the promo code FTRC2022 and complete the following requirements for four consecutive months:
- 20 transactions (Any debit & credit card transactions with minimum monthly spend of $500)
- Monthly direct deposit/ ACH of $1,000+
- eStatement enrollment
When it expires: 4/30/2022

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Waive The Monthly Fee

First Tech FCU checking accounts have no monthly fee.

Fine Print

Promotion available to First Tech members.
First Tech Rewards Checking (“FTRC”) account may be a new account or converted from an existing First Tech checking account during the offer period.
Participant cannot be the primary account owner on any FTRC account within the last twelve months.
Participant is defined as 18 years of age or older and the primary account owner on the eligible accounts.
New accounts must be personal accounts.
Fiduciary, Trust, Business, Organization, or Health Savings Accounts are not eligible.
First Tech employees are not eligible.
For new members, Credit Union membership is established by opening a Membership Savings account, is required prior to opening any other type of account, and is subject to approval.
The Participant may enroll in the promotion by entering the promotion code on a new account application or by speaking with a representative (“Enrollment”).
Any qualifying bonus will be deposited to the Participant’s Membership Savings account within 150 calendar days of Enrollment.
Membership must be in good standing (as defined in the First Tech Membership and Account Agreement and account disclosures) at the time of bonus payment.
Bonuses will be considered dividends and may be reported on IRS form 1099-INT.

Bottom Line

This is the best offer we’ve seen from First Tech FCU. Definitely worth considering if you’re looking to bank with them.

[Expired] First Tech FCU $100 Referral Bonus Offer

What you’ll get: $100 each
Where it’s available: CA, CO, GA, ID, MA, OR, TX and WA
How to earn it:
- Request a code from the offer link and share the code with a friend from one of the following employers:
  - Agilent, Amazon, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cisco, DocuSign Inc., Google, HCL America, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Inc., Intel, Keysight Technologies, Lam Research, Levi Strauss & Co., Medtronic, Micron, Micron Laser Technology, Microsoft, MindTree Consulting Limited, Nike, OHSU (Oregon Health & Science University), Oracle, Pegasystems, Inc., Salesforce, State of Oregon, Tableau Software, Inc., Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Tech Mahindra, Tektronix, Twitter, Valve Corporation, Vulcan, Inc.
- They become a member, open an account, and set up a recurring direct deposit of at least $500/month.
When it expires: 12/31/2021

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How To Earn The Bonus

EARNING THE BONUSWAIVE THE MONTHLY FEEFINE PRINT

Request a code from the offer link and share the code with a friend from one of the following employers:
- Agilent, Amazon, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cisco, DocuSign Inc., Google, HCL America, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Inc., Intel, Keysight Technologies, Lam Research, Levi Strauss & Co., Medtronic, Micron, Micron Laser Technology, Microsoft, MindTree Consulting Limited, Nike, OHSU (Oregon Health & Science University), Oracle, Pegasystems, Inc., Salesforce, State of Oregon, Tableau Software, Inc., Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Tech Mahindra, Tektronix, Twitter, Valve Corporation, Vulcan, Inc.
They become a member, open an account, and set up a recurring direct deposit of at least $500/month.

First Tech FCU checking accounts have no monthly fee.

Must be at least 18 years old to participate.
Available on personal accounts only.
First Tech employees are ineligible for participation as a referring or referred member.
Referring member must be a member for at least 30 days before referring new members, and before either party is eligible to receive rewards.
Accounts must be in good standing in order to receive bonus payout (not in default, closed, inactive, or otherwise not in good standing).
First Tech will deposit the rewards into the Membership Savings accounts of both parties within 30 days of the referred member meeting requirements.
Referring members:
- Will receive one $100 reward per qualified, new member up to an annual referral bonus total of $2,500.
Referred members:
- (1) Participant must not be the primary owner on a membership account at First Tech currently or within the last 18 months to qualify. Opening a Membership Savings Account with a deposit of $5.00 is required prior to opening any other type of accounts.
- (2) To qualify for the $100 reward, participant must establish membership by opening a Membership Savings account (“Enrollment”). Promotion code must be entered on the account application in order to be considered enrolled in the offer. Account opening subject to approval.
- (3) New direct deposits must occur at least once a month from the participant’s SEG employer payroll into First Tech account(s) on which participant is primary account owner. Any direct deposit which does not come from an eligible SEG employer’s payroll does not qualify. Initial, new direct deposit must take place within 60 calendar days of enrollment. Aggregate new recurring minimum direct deposit amount must total at least $500 per month. At least two recurring minimum direct deposits (an aggregate of at least $500 per month) must be completed within 90 calendar days of the first direct deposit.
- (4) Limited to one $100 reward. May be combined with other new member offers.