You can earn a $50 Referral Bonus when you refer a friend who opens a personal Checking account from Gulf Coast Bank & Trust.

To qualify for the $50 referral bonus, you must be referred by an existing Gulf Coast Bank customer and must register by following the link provided in the referral email or text received from the referring Gulf Coast Bank customer, AND you must meet ALL of the following requirements:

Open a new personal checking account (Free Checking, Interest Checking, Interest Checking Combo, Reward Checking and Easy Checking, Educators Plus Checking, Select Checking) with money not currently on deposit with Gulf Coast Bank & Trust between August 9, 2021 and September 20, 2021.
Have at least one direct deposit credited to this account within 60 days from the date the account is opened or at least one ACH debit posted to the account within 60 days from the date the account is opened.
The personal checking account must remain open for at least 60 days from the account opening date.

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Gulf Coast Bank & Trust $50 Referral Bonus

Account Type: Free Checking, Interest Checking, Interest Checking Combo, Reward Checking and Easy Checking, Educators Plus Checking, Select Checking
Availability: LA
Credit Inquiry: Unknown
Credit Card Funding: Unknown
Opening Deposit: $20
Direct Deposit Requirement: Yes
Monthly Fee: None
Household Limit: None listed
Closing Account Fee: None listed

$50 Offer at Gulf Coast Bank & Trust

(Offer Expiration unknown)

Fine Print

If you meet all the requirements for this bonus offer, we will deposit the $50.00 Refer A Friend bonus incentive directly into your new personal checking account within 30 days following the month end in which the 60 days qualification period ends
The new personal checking account must be open and have a positive balance in order to receive the Bonus cash incentive. Your account does not qualify for the cash incentive until you provide all of the information we require in connection with opening the account. This includes information we require to identify each account owner, as well as all requirements for the personal checking account product selected.
All account applications are subject to our normal approval process.
Louisiana residents may open a personal checking account online at gulfbank.com or at Gulf Coast Bank Branch.
Mississippi residents must open their account at a Gulf Coast Bank Branch.
The minimum deposit required to open a personal checking is $20, except for Educators Plus which is $100.00 or Select Checking which is $1,000.00.
Offer available for new customers or existing customers that do not currently have a personal checking account as of the date of the new account opening.
Health Savings accounts, and non-personal checking or savings accounts are not eligible. This includes Trust Accounts, Fiduciary accounts, Succession accounts.
The Referred Person (friend) may only receive one bonus award for opening an account and completing the requirements.
When opening a Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company personal checking account, you must provide the same email address used when registering for the Refer A Friend promotion.
If all of the requirements are met, the Gulf Coast Bank & Trust customer making the referral will also receive the $50.00 Refer A Friend bonus either by crediting their GCB checking or savings account or by receipt of a $50.00 Gulf Coast Bank MasterCard® gift card.
To make a referral, the Referrer must register for the program online at https://gulfbank.royalreferralcenter.com, agree to the Terms and Conditions, and submit a valid email address for both the Referrer and each Referred Person.
A Referrer may receive up to ten (10) direct deposits in increments of $50 ($500 value) within a calendar year, but only one Referrer may receive a cash bonus for each Referred Person that fulfills the requirements (the first
Referrer who enters information for a Referred Person will be the eligible Referrer).
Due to customer’s privacy, we will not disclose the identity of the customers who have opened an account to the referring customer. You will need to notify your friend if you wish to make them aware that you have opened an account through the Refer A Friend promotion.
Bonuses are considered interest and will be reported on IRS form 1099-Int.
Bonus offer cannot be combined with any other offer and is limited to one Bonus cash award only.
GCB employees are not eligible to participate.