Transfers were kinda slow it took maybe 4 days for the money to hit after sending it to them. I did it earlier this year for the $325 bonus. I transferred the money from Wells Fargo which coded the same as a direct deposit. Fifth third paid me the bonus faster than any bank I ever got a bonus from! Literally one day after they received my transfer from Wells Fargo they paid me the bonus the very next day! I loved it and will do it again next year.
@MichaelMyer wrote:I signed up for an account because of the $400 free money. Everything went smoothly. Tried to activate the debit card and set up online banking but couldn't because I opened the account online. Now I have to go into a branch to show my ID for verification. What a hassle. Never had to do this for a checking account before. So I checked their reviews and most of them are quite negative, especially their history of opening fraudulent accounts in customer's names and frauding their auto customers. Now I'm second guessing myself. Does anyone bank with Fifth Third currently? What's your experience? Would you recommend them?
5th 3rd only exists for their bonuses that pay very quick, close it out and start the timer on the 13 months until you can open it again
unless you are a local business owner and you perhaps want to run some business/commerical loans through them, 0 reason to keep it open IMO
@MichaelMyer wrote:
How long do you keep it open after receiving the sub payment into the account?
how long do you have to, no limit, close it as soon as the bonus posts and everything clears
to make EWS/5th third happy if you want to do business with them again, 6 months
I transferred the money to a 3rd party bank that I had. But with a couple banks I pulled the money back to the original bank that initiated the bonus. I had no problems doing it this way and I've done it a couple times when I first started doing bank bonuses.
