Monday, January 30, 2012

Get Connected!





Priority One Bank’s Connected Checking 
  

 PriorityOne Bank has teamed up with BancVue to bring Connected Checking, a free checking account with monthly iTunes® or Amazon.com® downloads and ATM fee refunds.

Connected Checking is a free checking account that refunds $10 in iTunes or Amazon.com downloads per monthly qualification cycle when customers meet a simple set of qualifications. These refunds cover everything iTunes and Amazon.com offers including music, movies, books, TV shows, and iPhone and iPod applications. The account also has ATM fee refunds, no minimum balance to earn, free internet banking and free bill pay.

“This product empowers us to reach a younger more wide-spread audience,” said Whitney Barnes, Information Systems Officer at PriorityOne Bank.  “This is crucial for any community bank that wants to remain vital and relevant to the next generation of customers.”

Connected Checking was developed by BancVue to support both community financial institutions and account holders. BancVue’s suite of accounts maximizes bank efficiency and reduces operating expenses. PriorityOne Bank encourages customers to participate in Connected Checking, thus passing along those savings in the form of downloads to the customer.


Connected Checking offers customers significant rewards:
·         $15 in iTunes or Amazon.com downloads just for signing up
·         $10 in iTunes or Amazon.com downloads per qualification cycle
·         ATM fee refunds up to $4.99 per item
·         No minimum balance to earn
·         No monthly service fee
·         Free internet banking and bill pay


Just do these simple things each monthly qualification cycle:
  • Have at least 10 check card purchases post and clear
  • Access internet banking
·         Receive eStatements


If the Connected Checking customer does not meet all the qualifications in a given cycle, they still enjoy a free checking account with free internet banking and bill pay. There is a $50 minimum balance to open but no minimum to maintain and absolutely no service charge for the Connected Checking account. Connected Checking is for personal checking accounts only.

About PriorityOne Bank
In recent years, PriorityOne Bank has experienced considerable growth, while still retaining the friendly, approachable persona and hands-on banking style that have long defined our bank. With an expanding customer base at branches dotting the Highway 49 and I-20 corridor from Hattiesburg to Brandon to Morton, our ability to retain this delicate balance of high-tech and high-touch banking is a direct result of the autonomy we give each of our branch locations. Offering big bank sophistication with small town values, PriorityOne Bank is a safe haven in an increasingly impersonal banking world. We’re the one you need. We’re the one you know.

About BancVue
BancVue® provides innovative products, marketing, consulting, training and multi-channel online strategies to community financial institutions. A research-driven company, BancVue applies product innovation to lifestyle finance management, online account opening, search engine optimization, content and lead management and search marketing. Offerings like Kasasa®, a national brand of superior products, deliver controlled new account growth, increased non-interest income, higher profitability and greater retention. BancVue has also joined Wolters Kluwer to provide the first-of-its-kind compliance warranty for the process and disclosures of an online account opening system (INMO®). BancVue currently serves nearly 1,300 community banks and credit unions nationwide.



 *Minimum to open account is $50. Earn $15 in iTunes® and Amazon® download refunds with initial account opening regardless of qualifications. Earn $10 in iTunes® or Amazon.com® download refunds each cycle the minimum qualifications are met. Downloads must be purchased with your debit card associated with your Connected Checking account. Qualifying transactions must post and clear the account during the monthly qualification cycle. Transactions may take one or more banking days from the transaction date to post to an account. iTunes is a registered trademark of Apple, Inc. Amazon.com is a registered trademark of Amazon Inc. Apple, Inc. and Amazon Inc. are not participants in or sponsors of this program. Domestic ATM Fee refunds up to $4.99 per item provided only if qualifications are met during the monthly qualification cycle.