Best bank bonuses in Kentucky

New consumer checking customers only. Ineligible with an existing Huntington consumer checking account or one closed in the last 12 months. Separately, Huntington says it may limit an individual to one account-related cash incentive per rolling 24-month period across all deposit accounts, counted from the most recent payment, so a prior Huntington bonus can hold you back longer than the closed-account rule does.

New checking customers only.

Limited to one new checking account per customer (an account-count cap); the bank's disclosure has no exclusion of existing customers.

New Truist checking customers only; not eligible if a Truist checking account was closed on or after 7/14/2025. Expires 2/2/2027.

Available online (promo code EZV3F2M) or in-branch. Ineligible if you held a personal Regions checking account within the prior 12 months. Register by Dec 31, 2026; open by Jan 31, 2027.

Available to customers who live in First Commonwealth Bank's markets: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia. Opening online is only available to residents of PA, OH and select KY ZIP codes, and the online application checks your ZIP on the first page; everyone else opens in person or by phone at 844.711.2265. One checking reward per customer. You are not eligible if any owner on the new account already had a First Commonwealth personal checking account opened before this one, or was paid a First Commonwealth promotional credit on a personal checking account in the past 12 months. Qualifying deposits are funds new to the bank, including transfers from another institution, in person and ATM deposits, and mobile or remote deposit capture. Accounts opened between June 1 and July 31, 2026 have the reward deposited by October 15, 2026. The minimum to open any Hometown Checking account is $50. Offer ends July 31, 2026.

Republic Bank & Trust Company is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky and runs banking centers across Kentucky, Indiana, Florida, Tennessee and Ohio. The promo page does not name which checking product the bonus attaches to, does not state a minimum opening deposit, a monthly fee or when the bonus is paid, and does not state a residency restriction. The state list here is the bank's branch footprint rather than a stated offer term, so confirm availability where you live before applying.

New business checking customers only, state restricted, apply by October 14, 2026. The two tiers have DIFFERENT funding deadlines: Unlimited Business Checking pays $400 for total new money deposits of $5,000 or more within 60 days of opening, while Unlimited Plus pays $1,000 only if $20,000 or more lands within 30 days and then sits at $20,000 or more for the next 60 days. Both require keeping the account open for 90 days. Plan on paying the monthly fee through the hold: Unlimited is $20 a month waived only at a $10,000 total deposit relationship, Unlimited Plus is $40 a month waived only at $50,000, and neither the $5,000 nor the $20,000 deposit clears its own threshold because the cash bonus does not count toward it.

Customers with a current checking account are not eligible. Businesses and Wesbanco employees excluded. In-branch only as of 9/12/26, valid through 10/31/26.

City National Bank of West Virginia (bankatcity.com, not CIT or City National Bank of California). The bank describes this as an offer for select customers, so confirm you are eligible before you count on it. Limit one bonus per household. Not available to Teen Checking customers, existing checking customers, fiduciary accounts, or anyone whose account has been closed. The bonus cannot be used as your opening deposit. Described as a limited time offer with no published end date. Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky were added because the bank's own About page says it serves customers across West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and Ohio in more than 95 locations. The offer's own terms name no states, so this rests on where the bank operates rather than on the promotion's wording.

First Financial Bank is a multi-state regional (OH, IN, IL, KY). Paid as a $100 Visa Virtual Reward Card ~3 weeks after completion. Referral-based. (Former BankFinancial IL clients eligible after 4/15/2026.) No fixed deadline stated.

New customers only, and HSBC's definition is a lifetime one: "A 'New Customer' is someone who doesn't have a current or past HSBC account in the U.S. on file." A closed HSBC U.S. account from any point in the past disqualifies you, so this is not a 12-month or 24-month lookback. The Premier checking account must be opened by December 31, 2026. Premier qualification criteria also govern the $50 monthly fee waiver, with $100,000 in combined balances given as the example. Nationwide.

Open or upgrade to a new Chase Private Client Checking account by October 14, 2026. Top $3,000 tier requires $500,000+ in new money; $1,000 minimum tier requires $150,000. Requires an in-person/banker meeting to redeem the coupon.

New Chase business checking customers only. You are not eligible if your business already has a Chase business checking account, if you closed one within 90 days of opening it, or if you closed one with a negative balance in the past three years. Government entities, political action committees and campaign accounts are excluded, as are JPMorgan Chase employees. A signer can take one Chase business checking offer every two years counted from the last enrollment date, and only one offer applies per account. Chase does not open business deposit accounts for Hawaii businesses, so Hawaii owners cannot use this one. Chase business CREDIT CARDS are still available in Hawaii. Expires October 15, 2026.

Business checking. Promo code Q3DIG26. Expires September 27, 2026. New business checking customers only. Two accounts qualify and they are not priced the same: $1,200 needs the Platinum Business Checking Package and $25,000 held, and $400 needs U.S. Bank Business Essentials and $5,000 held. Business Essentials has no monthly maintenance fee. Platinum lists $30 a month but waives it at a $25,000 average collected checking balance, which is the same money the bonus asks you to hold.

Your business has to have annual revenue under $10 million. PNC states that limit on the offer itself, so check it before you plan anything else. New PNC business checking customers only, which means no signer on the account may already have signing authority on a PNC business checking account, have closed one in the past 90 days, or have been paid a PNC promotional premium in the past 12 months. Open a Treasury Enterprise Plan account between July 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 and keep an average ledger balance of $30,000 or more for each of your first three statement cycles. Only the master account balance counts, so money sitting in linked beneficiary accounts does not. Your statements must cycle monthly; accounts on daily, weekly or quarterly statements are excluded. The plan lists at $50 a month but is $0 for the first three statement cycles and is waived at a $30,000 average balance, so the hold itself covers the fee. Analysis Business Checking also qualifies for the same $1,000, but avoid it unless you have a reason: its fee is only offset by an earnings credit on much larger balances, so at $30,000 you would still pay around $25 a month.

New business checking customers only. A business is not eligible if it currently owns a Wells Fargo business checking account or has closed one in the past 90 days. Sole proprietors qualify, and no LLC is required.

Available to Hawaii residents (Chase personal checking/savings bonuses are obtainable in HI). New Chase savings customers only. Not available if you closed a Chase savings account in the last 90 days or with a negative balance in the last 3 years. One savings bonus every 2 years. Combo bonus ($400) requires also completing checking direct deposit requirement.

Once-per-lifetime: not eligible if you've ever received a FourLeaf new-checking bonus, and only one checking bonus per person. Four Leaf FCU (formerly Bethpage Federal Credit Union, rebranded 2026). Membership is open to anyone nationwide who opens a $5 savings share, with no New York residency, employer group, association, or donation required (the easy Bethpage-era path survived the rebrand). Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (green-card holder); requires SSN and a government photo ID. Account must be opened between 02/02/2026 and 12/31/2026.

Must not have had a BofA personal checking account in the past 12 months; one bonus per customer every 12 months.

Business checking. New BlueVine business checking customers only. New-customer terms: has NOT had a Bluevine Business Checking account open in the last 12 months (12-month cooldown, not once-per-lifetime).

OUT-OF-STATE IS ELIGIBLE with a member referral code, backed by multiple approved out-of-state datapoints (2026-07-20: 'approved as an out-of-state applicant'; 2026-06-09 OOS instant approval; 2026-07-21 instant approval on a friend's code). Without a referral, membership runs through the CA field of membership (Stanford affiliation, or FOPAL/MOAH association). Was previously coded CA-only, which hid the offer from every non-CA user. PULLS CHEXSYSTEMS, and small CUs tolerate churners poorly, with denials reported at high inquiry counts. One bonus per member (lifetime).

Available nationwide. U.S. Bank's own wording is that the offer "may not be available if you live outside of the U.S. Bank footprint" — that is a soft clause, not a hard block. If you are outside their branch footprint, members often qualify by first opening a U.S. Bank brokerage account or credit card and then applying for the checking account. U.S. Bank accounts are obtainable by Hawaii residents (online/existing-relationship), per direct HI experience. Must not have existing US Bank consumer checking, had one in the last 12 months, or received a US Bank checking bonus in the past 12 months. Not available with Trust Accounts or Alliance partnerships.

Nationwide; open online or at branch by August 31, 2026. No signer may have an existing PNC consumer checking account or have closed one within the past 12 months, and no primary signer may have received a PNC consumer-checking promotional premium within the past 24 months.

Not available to existing Chase checking customers, or if you closed a Chase checking account within 90 days or closed one with a negative balance in the last 3 years. Available to Hawaii residents (Chase personal checking/savings bonuses are obtainable in HI). Payroll, pension, or government benefits via ACH, RTP, FedNow, or Visa/Mastercard debit network qualify. Zelle, cash, checks, wire transfers, and interest do not. Micro-deposits do not qualify.