Receive a total of $4,000 or more in qualifying direct deposits to the new checking account within 90 days from account opening (the qualification period).
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Maximum bonus amount: **$400
Availability: **Nationwide
Direct deposit required: **Yes, $4,000
Additional requirements:
Hard/soft pull: **Soft
Credit card funding: **Can fund up to $50 online
Monthly fees: **$10, avoidable
Early account termination fee: **None,
Household limit: **None
Expiration date: July 31, 2020
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I am eligible, I was just pointing out they track your accounts history with SS number so it will be hard to beat them if they enforce the new account rules.
I closed my Wells Fargo account and reopened a week later for this promotional bonus offer. I received a approval for checking account and an email a mentioning that I'm good for the bonus.
For those of you who think you'll pocket $400 easily. You'll pocket $400 as easily if you invested $4000 into an S&P500 index mutual fund for at least 1 year to not get charged with short term capital gains tax. You might even do better.
That is about the silliest thing I have ever heard.
Locking up $4000 for a year is not easier than making a few direct deposits and getting $400 in a few months. One entails you to put up your own capital and to put it at risk. In a market downturn that $4000 can go away. You have to take risk with your cash and it is locked up and not there if you need it.
In the other case you are just shifting liquid capital in the form of paychecks and assuming no risk at all. the $400 will come if markets go up or down and cash bank deposits are insured unlike the stock market. No upfront $4000, no risk and a guaranteed return..
Please don't offer bad financial advice. It's a serious matter and can end up badly for someone that can least afford it.
opened account, transfer $4000 from credit union to paypal, paypal to wells fargo...
should be fine?
I am talking to customer service and he is saying paypal is not qualifying Direct Deposits. anyone call bs?
Yes I call it, you are trying to pretend that a funds transfer is a direct deposit. They are different things and have different definitions. Direct Deposits are recurring transactions that are directly deposited into an account. Paychecks, SS checks and such are often set up to direct deposit.
In your case a paycheck or other source of funds that was already deposited in one institution and is sitting in an account. You transfered funds from that account it to another account(Paypal) and then transferred it again to Wells Fargo. Only transfers happened. No "direct deposit" happened only a transfer and Wells Fargo is calling you on the bs.
Chill out, take a few breaths and do a little thinking and research before jumping in to any financial transaction. Not knowing the terms of something before getting into it can lead to catastrophe.
Transfers are not direct deposits. It sounds like some have had some go through as such in the past but the specific terms of the offer which you would have thought the original OP could have posted claim they "direct deposits" must come from a third party. A "direct deposit" is not the same as a "deposit" they have different legal definitions.
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Within 90 days of account opening (the "qualification period"), receive a total of $4,000 or more in qualifying direct deposits to your new checking account during the qualification period. A qualifying direct deposit is a direct deposit of your salary, pension, Social Security, or other regular monthly income, electronically deposited through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network to this checking account by your employer or an outside agency.
Transfers from one account to another, mobile deposits, or deposits made at a banking location or ATM do not qualify.
Direct deposits are exactly what Wells Fargo describes. Regular recurring income directly deposited to the account They are set up with your permission but set up by the issuer of the income and the bank to "direct deposit into an account. Transfers don't meet the definition. It sounds like there may have been some leeway with this definition in the past but that is no guarantee that it will happen again. The terms seem pretty clear and it may not be worth the hassle to only get declined on the bonus.
You are dealing with money people, take the time to read and shame on the OP for not filling in the details. It appears we have people moving around and getting declined already. It's not a bad deal if you can set it up and get it be be sure of what you are getting into. I'm quite sure that is they wanted to offer something for just opening an account and depositing to it they would have set the terms there. This one is designed to get consumers directly depositing into an account and that is direct from doing a transfer into an account.
Maybe I'm wrong on all this but I still urge some caution before you start transferring money around.
Yes I call it, you are trying to pretend that a funds transfer is a direct deposit. They are different things and have different definitions. Direct Deposits are recurring transactions that are directly deposited into an account. Paychecks, SS checks and such are often set up to direct deposit.
In your case a paycheck or other source of funds that was already deposited in one institution and is sitting in an account. You transfered funds from that account it to another account(Paypal) and then transferred it again to Wells Fargo. Only transfers happened. No "direct deposit" happened only a transfer and Wells Fargo is calling you on the bs.
Chill out, take a few breaths and do a little thinking and research before jumping in to any financial transaction. Not knowing the terms of something before getting into it can lead to catastrophe.
Paypal does ACH transfers. I'm just trying to find what would be the easiest which is I already have money in my account from another bank institution. But how does it work when a company I contract for uses PayPal to handle payments? This contractor doesn't deal with direct deposit to my bank institution anymore...
Paypal does ACH transfers. I'm just trying to find what would be the easiest which is I already have money in my account from another bank institution. But how does it work when a company I contract for uses PayPal to handle payments? This contractor doesn't deal with direct deposit to my bank institution anymore...
By the terms Wells Fargo is saying that only direct deposits qualify. Direct deposits are handled by the ACH system but being a ACH transaction does not equal "direct deposit" and what you are making is just a transfer. Wells Fargo describes their and the proper definition of a direct deposit below.
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A qualifying direct deposit is a direct deposit of your salary, pension, Social Security, or other regular monthly income, electronically deposited through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network to this checking account by your employer or an outside agency.
If they hold you to the terms as they describe them I see no way around this by way of doing transfers from one account you own to another which are just ACH processed transactions and treated as a transfer. A transfer of money from Paypal to Wells Fargo I would think just get logged as a transfer as that is what it is. Direct deposits must be set up by a third party for recurring transactions.
I'm no expert on this deal and it appears that it has been around before and some have claimed they got it by way of recurring transfers. Maybe they will pipe in but from what I read I wouldn't be moving money around till the details are worked out. That's not a deal, just a headache and extra work.
Still think some mention of the details by the OP would have been nice. The comments in this thread are confusing and people are confusing transfers and direct deposit and I have no idea of how it will play, Wells Fargo holds the cards and trying to play fast with the terms may just get you headaches. From what you say the CSR is saying that appears to be the case.
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Stay away from this shithole of a bank. You will thank me later for it.
Got $400 last time, don't know if still quality new checking account for another $400
should be fine?
I am talking to customer service and he is saying paypal is not qualifying Direct Deposits. anyone call bs?
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Locking up $4000 for a year is not easier than making a few direct deposits and getting $400 in a few months. One entails you to put up your own capital and to put it at risk. In a market downturn that $4000 can go away. You have to take risk with your cash and it is locked up and not there if you need it.
In the other case you are just shifting liquid capital in the form of paychecks and assuming no risk at all. the $400 will come if markets go up or down and cash bank deposits are insured unlike the stock market. No upfront $4000, no risk and a guaranteed return..
Please don't offer bad financial advice. It's a serious matter and can end up badly for someone that can least afford it.
should be fine?
I am talking to customer service and he is saying paypal is not qualifying Direct Deposits. anyone call bs?
In your case a paycheck or other source of funds that was already deposited in one institution and is sitting in an account. You transfered funds from that account it to another account(Paypal) and then transferred it again to Wells Fargo. Only transfers happened. No "direct deposit" happened only a transfer and Wells Fargo is calling you on the bs.
Chill out, take a few breaths and do a little thinking and research before jumping in to any financial transaction. Not knowing the terms of something before getting into it can lead to catastrophe.
A qualifying direct deposit is a direct deposit of your salary, pension, Social Security, or other regular monthly income, electronically deposited through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network to this checking account by your employer or an outside agency.
Transfers from one account to another, mobile deposits, or deposits made at a banking location or ATM do not qualify.
You are dealing with money people, take the time to read and shame on the OP for not filling in the details. It appears we have people moving around and getting declined already. It's not a bad deal if you can set it up and get it be be sure of what you are getting into. I'm quite sure that is they wanted to offer something for just opening an account and depositing to it they would have set the terms there. This one is designed to get consumers directly depositing into an account and that is direct from doing a transfer into an account.
Maybe I'm wrong on all this but I still urge some caution before you start transferring money around.
In your case a paycheck or other source of funds that was already deposited in one institution and is sitting in an account. You transfered funds from that account it to another account(Paypal) and then transferred it again to Wells Fargo. Only transfers happened. No "direct deposit" happened only a transfer and Wells Fargo is calling you on the bs.
Chill out, take a few breaths and do a little thinking and research before jumping in to any financial transaction. Not knowing the terms of something before getting into it can lead to catastrophe.
Paypal does ACH transfers. I'm just trying to find what would be the easiest which is I already have money in my account from another bank institution. But how does it work when a company I contract for uses PayPal to handle payments? This contractor doesn't deal with direct deposit to my bank institution anymore...
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I'm no expert on this deal and it appears that it has been around before and some have claimed they got it by way of recurring transfers. Maybe they will pipe in but from what I read I wouldn't be moving money around till the details are worked out. That's not a deal, just a headache and extra work.
Still think some mention of the details by the OP would have been nice. The comments in this thread are confusing and people are confusing transfers and direct deposit and I have no idea of how it will play, Wells Fargo holds the cards and trying to play fast with the terms may just get you headaches. From what you say the CSR is saying that appears to be the case.