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At PerkStreet Financial we‘ve brought together the best in financial services as well as the nation’s top brands to create a totally new kind of checking account that provides:

The safety, stability and backing of The Bancorp Bank, an FDIC-insured banking institution with over $1.5 billion in assets
A superior online banking system
The most surcharge-free ATMs nationwide (through the STARsf^® network)
The most rewards (of course, we like calling them “perks“) of any checking account anywhere

Investors

PerkStreet Financial's team of investors include one of the nation’s most respected private equity firms, Highland Capital Partners, with over $3B in capital under management and senior executives from the banking and payments industries who want to be part of something new and different.

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PerkStreet Financial is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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PerkStreet customers don’t just make their own lives a little better every day – they spread the good things around. We make charitable donations on behalf of our customers to The Hunger Project, a charity we believe in. If there’s one you'd like to see us get involved in, please contact us at giving@perkstreet.com

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Open your account online and fund the account with $25 or more. When your Current Account Balance at the start of the day is $5,000 or more, you'll earn 2% cash back for all non-PIN debit card purchases you make on that day. When your Current Account Balance at the start of the day is less than $5,000, you'll earn 1% cash back on all non-PIN debit card purchases you make on that day. To determine your starting Current Account Balance, we use your closing balance after all settled transactions from the previous business day. Pending purchases and transactions are not included in your Current Account Balance. You will earn 2% cash back on non-PIN debit card purchases no matter what your balance is for the first 3 months, starting on the day that your account is opened. A month is defined as a 30 day period - not a calendar month. There is no limit to the total amount you can earn.

In addition, you will earn up to 5% cash back when shopping at certain retailers. We will announce the retailers and associated time periods for earning up to 5% cash back at those retailers via Twitter (@perkstreet), our Facebook page or other company communications.

If you choose to earn coffee or music instead of cash back, you'll earn:

Music: For every $100 in non-PIN debit card purchases, you will earn 2 songs when your Current Account Balance at the start of the day is $5,000 or more or 1 song when it is below $5,000. You will earn up to 5 songs for every $100 in non-PIN debit card purchases at the selected retailers specified by PerkStreet^SM.
Coffee: For every $200 in non-PIN debit card purchases, you will earn 2 cups of coffee when your Current Account Balance at the start of the day is $5,000 or more or 1 cup when it is below $5,000. You will earn up to 5 cups of coffee for every $200 in non-PIN debit card purchases at the selected retailers specified by PerkStreet.

You may switch perks programs at any time with no penalty.

Any goods or services purchased with your PerkStreet card that are returned or otherwise credited to your account will not earn perks.

Purchases of currency, cash or cash equivalents also will not earn perks and includes, without limitation, currency from the U.S. Mint, travelers cheques, gift cards, prepaid debit cards or other cash equivalents. PerkStreet may require you to provide documentation to validate that purchases qualify to earn perks.

PerkStreet Financial^SM reserves the right to exclude purchases that we determine are not made for your personal, family or household purposes or are not made with the good faith intention of your consuming the item purchased.

Existing customers have been upgraded via email and now earn 2% cash back on non-PIN debit card purchases they make on days where their starting Current Account Balance is $5,000 or more.

This offer and the calculation of perks are subject to the terms and conditions of your perks account. We may modify or cancel this offer at any time. This offer expires September 15, 2010.

Making $601 in weekly non-PIN purchases will earn you $625 in perks annually (when you maintain a balance of $5,000). According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American household spends $601 per week on purchases that could be put on a debit card, including stuff like utility bills or rent.

* The average debit card offers .04% rewards vs. PerkStreet at 1%. 17% of debit cards offer rewards (Source: BAI/Hitachi 2008 Study of Consumer Payment Preferences). Of debit cards that offer rewards, the average value provided is 0.23% of spending (Source: Survey of the top 10 bank holding companies by total domestic deposits, as ranked by the FDIC). The resultant value provided by the average debit card is 0.04% of spending compared to PerkStreet at 1% cash back with no minimum Current Account Balance requirement and 2% cash back with an Current Account Balance of $5,000 or more.

**The Visa Zero Liability policy covers U.S.-issued cards only and does not apply to ATM transactions, PIN transactions not processed by Visa, or certain commercial card transactions. Cardholder must notify issuer promptly of any unauthorized use. Consult issuer for additional details or visit www.visa.com/security.

The merchants represented are not sponsors of PerkStreet perks, or otherwise affiliated with PerkStreet Financial, Inc. The logos and other identifying marks are trademarks of and owned by each represented company and/or its affiliates. Used under license. Please visit each company's website for additional terms and conditions of use.

The Bullseye Design and Target are registered trademarks and Target GiftCard is a service mark of Target Brands, Inc. All rights reserved. Terms and conditions are applied to GiftCards. Target is not a participating partner in or sponsor of this offer.