I was just notified by a reader at Washington DC area. He told me that there’s a Wachovia branch offering new-branch special promotions to the new customers. If you sign up for any checking account with minimum deposit of $100 before April 15 2008, you can get a $75 gift card from Wachovia after 45 days of account opening. The reason why I want to mention this sing-up bonus here is NO Direct Deposit is required to get the $75 bonus. All you have to do is open a new checking account with $100 new money and wait to receive the $75 gift card. The location of this branch is 1804 Adams Mill Rd NW, Washington DC 20009. The phone number is 202-232-1605. You can also find the location at Wachovia’s website.

As the fourth largest banking chain in the united States, Wachovia is offering new-branch specials now and then. If you have a friend who has already had an account with Wachovia, you can stack this $25 referral coupon with this $75 bonus. This will give you $100 bonus without direct deposit requirement. Of course, your friend can also get $25 bonus.

I also mentioned that a Florida Wachovia branch is also offering $75 bonus for opening a new account there until this April 15. (see this post) You might also be interested in the Wachovia Way2Save Account.

According to my “hard pull and soft pull“, a hard inquiry may hit your credit report.

The reason for this post is very simple—earn money from Wachovia by playing Way2Save Account recently provided by Wachovia.
Wachovia has just started a new saving account—Way2Save Account which is nationwide available. This program is similar to BOA “Keep the Change” program. It’s a great deal for those who have a Wachovia Free Checking account or planning to open a free checking account at Wachovia.

Features of Way2Save Account:

• APY 5.00%
• Maximum $100 per month transfer from a checking account to this account
• At the end of first year, 5% bonus will be applied to this account (2% for the second and third year)
• $1 will be deposited to this account when you make a debit card purchase, bill pay or automatic transfer from your checking account.

Let’s calculate how much you can save in this program: let’s say you make 10 debit card purchases, 5 online bill pays and transfer $100 to this account every month. Use the calculator provided by Wachovia (here), you can get:

You can get $106 from Wachovia! What a great saving account!

You can visit their Way2Save page to get more details.

This is a new promotion from Wachovia at Florida (not available nationally). According to the advertisement, you have to sign up their free checking account with a minimum initial deposit of $100 by 04/15/2008. There is no direct deposit or minimum balance requirement. (What a sweet deal!) The location of this Veranda Falls Financial Center is: 900 SE BECKER ROAD (772-878-9193). You will receive your $75 visa gift card within 45 days by mail. You can see the advertisement here.

If you have a friend who has already had an account with Wachovia, you can stack this $25 referral coupon with this $75 bonus. This will give you $100 bonus without direct deposit requirement.

I have a post about $50 bonus from Wachoiva last year which is nationally available and without direct deposit requirement. (click here to see)

According to my “hard pull and soft pull“, a hard inquiry may hit your credit report.

This post seems nothing to do with my topic. However, I think it’s a good story which you can talk with your friends. It took officials at a Wachoiva Bank (Washington D. C.) 11 hours to realize that they were robbed by a guy dressed as a Brinks security employee. $10,000 cash was given to the robber!

See the whole story from MSNBC.Com here.

Fake Armored Car Guard Robs Bank

WASHINGTON – It took hours for officials at a downtown Washington bank to realize they’d been robbed. Police said a man impersonating an armored car guard walked out of a Wachovia bank branch on Pennsylvania Avenue Thursday after officials let him sign for a locked bag of cash. About $350,000 was taken, law enforcement sources told News4.

About an hour after the robbery, a real Brinks guard arrived at the bank and was told that another guard had completed the day’s cash pickup.

Police said the Brinks driver waited until he returned to his office to tell his supervisors about the failed pickup. Brinks officials contacted the bank, and a branch manager called D.C. police about 8 p.m. — almost 11 hours after the theft.

“Around 9:30 in the morning, we had a gentleman entered the bank who was dressed in … maybe a Brinks-type uniform walked in and signed for the money and walked out,” said D.C. police Lt. William Farr.

The bank is across the street from the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building. The FBI is investigating.

Authorities don’t have a detailed description of the robber and don’t know whether he left the bank in a vehicle or on foot.

A similar robbery took place at a BB&T bank in Wheaton, Md., on Wednesday. A man in a uniform resembling an armored guard service uniform went into the bank and presented himself as a substitute courier, saying the regular courier was on leave, according to Montgomery County police. The man picked up an undisclosed amount of deposits and left.

On Thursday, according to police, the regular courier went to the bank. It was then determined that the man who picked up deposits on Wednesday was not authorized to do so.

Authorities are trying to determine if the incidents are related.

Don’t they have to verify the identity of the employee? I really doubt it.

Wachovia is offering $50 for opening a new checking account with them. It’s really free. No minimum balacnce, no mothly service fee, and no direct deposit required. To qulify for this offer, you must be a new customer and open the account before 01/31/2008 with new $100 funds to wachovia. The offer code is “ATM2″. TO see details please see here. Wachovia is the fourth largest bank in US and ranked 47 in Fortune 500 in 2007. However, there are only 16 states have Wachovia banking center. TO find the locations of Wachovia banking center please see here.