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Sofi, our partner, offers the following benefits with their SoFi Checking and Savings account. New account holders can also get an additional $300 welcome bonus after depositing $5,000 in Direct Deposit transactions. See $300 Direct Deposit Promo details. Get $15 each time you refer a friend to SoFi and they join - your friend will get $15 too.
  • Get your paycheck up to two days early, pay no account or overdraft fees, and reach your goals faster with automatic savings features.
  • No account fees. Period. (Say goodbye to fees, and pay no ATM fees at 55,000 locations worldwide.)
  • All in one – Save, earn, invest in one app – fewer passwords, more options
  • Earn 6x average interest rate vs other transactional accounts
  • Unlock cash back on great brands you love – When you deposit $500/monthly, you can unlock evolving cash back offers
  • Member benefits – when you join SoFi Checking and Savings, you get complimentary access to career coaches, financial advisors, and an exclusive online community
  • Get paid up to 2 days early
  • No account fees and 55,000 fee-free ATMs
  • No-fee overdraft coverage
  • Automatic payments with bill pay
  • Deposit checks, get real-time alerts, freeze your card and more—all from your phone.
Additional Slickdeals Rewards Bonus

Slickdeals is offering an additional $75 via Slickdeals Rewards Points when you open a new SoFi Checking and Savings account and fund the account with $125 or more after following the instructions below.


This Slickdeals Rewards Bonus is a new way to more accurately track your account opening bonuses with our partners. This differs from the Slickdeals Rebates Program and strives to solve many of the issues you may have encountered in the past. You can learn more about our new Slickdeals Rewards Program here.
  • No more submitting rebate forms or receipts.
  • Automated tracking of purchases and point statuses.
  • Faster payouts and easy redemption via paypal or giftcards.
Note: the $75 bonus will be sent to your Slickdeals Rewards account within 30 calendar days after you've installed the Slickdeals Shopping Assistant Browser Extension, Enroll in Slickdeals Rewards, and open & fund your new SoFi Checking and Savings Account.

Shortly after completing the steps below, two transactions listed as $0.00 may populate in your account history as "ineligible", but this does not mean you do not qualify for the bonus. SoFi typically takes about a week to clear your initial deposit, after which another line item will populate in your account with your deposit amount as "eligible" with pending points.


After your deposit clears, it can take 2-10 days to be visible in your account history. If 10 days pass after your deposit clears and it is not listed in your account history, please submit a support ticket and a team member will gladly assist you.

To qualify for the additional bonus, please follow these steps:
  • Step 1: Install the Slickdeals Shopping Assistant Browser Extension (if you don't already have it installed) and follow the SD Rewards Prompts here (PC or Laptop Only)
  • Step 2: Follow the additional prompts in the link above to ensure you're enrolled in SD Rewards and your account is registered/signed-in. You need to have an account to track and redeem your rewards.
  • Step 3: One you're logged into your Slickdeals account, click the the green Apply Now button, or the links at the top of the post, and open and fund your new SoFi Checking and Savings account. If you are in Classic view, click either of the links at the top of the thread. You must apply through the link on this page in order to receive the $75 bonus.
  • Step 4: Do not close the SoFi Checking and Savings window prior to confirming and funding your new account. Closing the window may make you ineligible for the $75 bonus.
    • NOTE: If you do NOT fund the account with the full $125 during this process, you may not receive the bonus. Please be sure to fully fund with at least $125 as soon as you open the account.
  • Step 5: Once you open and fund your new SoFi Checking and Savings account, you will be able to track your order here. You should expect to receive your $75 bonus via Slickdeals Rewards Points within 30 calendar days of funding your account
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: In order for us to give you credit for your purchases you must disable ad blockers or whitelist the Slickdeals Extension. Also, if you use other cashback or coupon extensions, only the one you use last will get credit for your purchase, so if you want your Slickdeals Rewards points, please remember not to activate other extensions while shopping.
The $75 bonus offer is provided solely by Slickdeals and is unrelated to any benefits or offers provide by SoFi. SoFi is not responsible for the $75 bonus.

Slickdeals is pleased to make this offer available to you. Please follow the instructions carefully to help avoid any processing issues.


For questions related to this bonus offer, please submit a support request

To make sure we can process your offer please ensure the following:
  • Make sure you are logged into Slickdeals via the Slickdeals Shopping Assistant Browser Extension.
  • Whitelist Slickdeals in AdBlock.
  • Make sure cookies are enabled in your browser.
  • Complete your application in one browsing session.
  • Make sure we are your last click to the advertiser.
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, our partner, offers the following benefits with their SoFi Checking and Savings account. New account holders can also get an additional $300 welcome bonus after depositing $5,000 in Direct Deposit transactions. See $300 Direct Deposit Promo details. Get $15 each time you refer a friend to SoFi and they join - your friend will get $15 too.
  • Get your paycheck up to two days early, pay no account or overdraft fees, and reach your goals faster with automatic savings features.
  • No account fees. Period. (Say goodbye to fees, and pay no ATM fees at 55,000 locations worldwide.)
  • All in one – Save, earn, invest in one app – fewer passwords, more options
  • Earn 6x average interest rate vs other transactional accounts
  • Unlock cash back on great brands you love – When you deposit $500/monthly, you can unlock evolving cash back offers
  • Member benefits – when you join SoFi Checking and Savings, you get complimentary access to career coaches, financial advisors, and an exclusive online community
  • Get paid up to 2 days early
  • No account fees and 55,000 fee-free ATMs
  • No-fee overdraft coverage
  • Automatic payments with bill pay
  • Deposit checks, get real-time alerts, freeze your card and more—all from your phone.
Additional Slickdeals Rewards Bonus

Slickdeals is offering an additional $75 via Slickdeals Rewards Points when you open a new SoFi Checking and Savings account and fund the account with $125 or more after following the instructions below.


This Slickdeals Rewards Bonus is a new way to more accurately track your account opening bonuses with our partners. This differs from the Slickdeals Rebates Program and strives to solve many of the issues you may have encountered in the past. You can learn more about our new Slickdeals Rewards Program here.
  • No more submitting rebate forms or receipts.
  • Automated tracking of purchases and point statuses.
  • Faster payouts and easy redemption via paypal or giftcards.
Note: the $75 bonus will be sent to your Slickdeals Rewards account within 30 calendar days after you've installed the Slickdeals Shopping Assistant Browser Extension, Enroll in Slickdeals Rewards, and open & fund your new SoFi Checking and Savings Account.

Shortly after completing the steps below, two transactions listed as $0.00 may populate in your account history as "ineligible", but this does not mean you do not qualify for the bonus. SoFi typically takes about a week to clear your initial deposit, after which another line item will populate in your account with your deposit amount as "eligible" with pending points.


After your deposit clears, it can take 2-10 days to be visible in your account history. If 10 days pass after your deposit clears and it is not listed in your account history, please submit a support ticket and a team member will gladly assist you.

To qualify for the additional bonus, please follow these steps:
  • Step 1: Install the Slickdeals Shopping Assistant Browser Extension (if you don't already have it installed) and follow the SD Rewards Prompts here (PC or Laptop Only)
  • Step 2: Follow the additional prompts in the link above to ensure you're enrolled in SD Rewards and your account is registered/signed-in. You need to have an account to track and redeem your rewards.
  • Step 3: One you're logged into your Slickdeals account, click the the green Apply Now button, or the links at the top of the post, and open and fund your new SoFi Checking and Savings account. If you are in Classic view, click either of the links at the top of the thread. You must apply through the link on this page in order to receive the $75 bonus.
  • Step 4: Do not close the SoFi Checking and Savings window prior to confirming and funding your new account. Closing the window may make you ineligible for the $75 bonus.
    • NOTE: If you do NOT fund the account with the full $125 during this process, you may not receive the bonus. Please be sure to fully fund with at least $125 as soon as you open the account.
  • Step 5: Once you open and fund your new SoFi Checking and Savings account, you will be able to track your order here. You should expect to receive your $75 bonus via Slickdeals Rewards Points within 30 calendar days of funding your account
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: In order for us to give you credit for your purchases you must disable ad blockers or whitelist the Slickdeals Extension. Also, if you use other cashback or coupon extensions, only the one you use last will get credit for your purchase, so if you want your Slickdeals Rewards points, please remember not to activate other extensions while shopping.
The $75 bonus offer is provided solely by Slickdeals and is unrelated to any benefits or offers provide by SoFi. SoFi is not responsible for the $75 bonus.

Slickdeals is pleased to make this offer available to you. Please follow the instructions carefully to help avoid any processing issues.


For questions related to this bonus offer, please submit a support request

To make sure we can process your offer please ensure the following:
  • Make sure you are logged into Slickdeals via the Slickdeals Shopping Assistant Browser Extension.
  • Whitelist Slickdeals in AdBlock.
  • Make sure cookies are enabled in your browser.
  • Complete your application in one browsing session.
  • Make sure we are your last click to the advertiser.
Slickdeals is not registered as an investment adviser under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and nothing in these materials should be construed as advice concerning securities, the value of securities, the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities, or the merits of any investment adviser.
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Hey everyone, I just opened my accounts. Slickdeals did a great job explaining the process. However my experience was still a disaster. The problem is I only have Discover banking now. And I got major issue at the funding process because of that. First, the instant funding option SoFi provides only support master or visa debit card so my Discover debit card was a no go there. Then, their second option is to connect your current bank account to fund and SoFi utilizes Plaid for that. But!!! Plaid is having issue connecting Discover bank and it's reporting an outage. So I am still not able to fund my new SoFi account yet. I did save tons of screenshot to back up what I have been through. However at this point I really doubt I am getting my $75 slickdeals money since the funding obviously didn't work out during the process of opening the account and Slickdeals instruction clearly states the funding has to happen during the account opening process. Well, I chatted with SoFi support and they insist their agreement with Slickdeals is to fund the new account within 2 weeks, which I also have screenshot of. So we will see. I do want to mention that if there is not a Plaid outage for Discover bank, my experience would be 5 stars.
This is a trap, u won't get the cashback
Never even try slickdeal cash back rebate.

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bsr123
05-09-2022 at 12:40 PM.
05-09-2022 at 12:40 PM.
Quote from leemaverickly :
Hey everyone, I just opened my accounts. Slickdeals did a great job explaining the process. However my experience was still a disaster. The problem is I only have Discover banking now. And I got major issue at the funding process because of that. First, the instant funding option SoFi provides only support master or visa debit card so my Discover debit card was a no go there. Then, their second option is to connect your current bank account to fund and SoFi utilizes Plaid for that. But!!! Plaid is having issue connecting Discover bank and it's reporting an outage. So I am still not able to fund my new SoFi account yet. I did save tons of screenshot to back up what I have been through. However at this point I really doubt I am getting my $75 slickdeals money since the funding obviously didn't work out during the process of opening the account and Slickdeals instruction clearly states the funding has to happen during the account opening process. Well, I chatted with SoFi support and they insist their agreement with Slickdeals is to fund the new account within 2 weeks, which I also have screenshot of. So we will see. I do want to mention that if there is not a Plaid outage for Discover bank, my experience would be 5 stars.

Hi- I have a Discover bank account and took advantage of a similar Sofi promotion a month ago.

Rather than attempting to "pull" funds from Discover to Sofi using Plaid (which failed for the reasons you stated), I adding my Sofi account as a transferee in my Discover bank account, and then used ACH to "push" funds from Discover to Sofi.

My promo credited without issue. Hope yours does too.
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05-09-2022 at 06:22 PM.
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Just go through Swagbucks and get $175 instead.
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05-10-2022 at 11:36 AM.
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This is a trap, u won't get the cashback

I got it ..
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05-10-2022 at 12:47 PM.
05-10-2022 at 12:47 PM.
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I got it ..

I did it with the toolbar and the green check was checked and everything but it didn't track. Now waiting for slickdeals to investigate.
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05-10-2022 at 12:54 PM.
05-10-2022 at 12:54 PM.
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I did it with the toolbar and the green check was checked and everything but it didn't track. Now waiting for slickdeals to investigate.

Yeah, mine took quite a while
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05-10-2022 at 02:55 PM.
05-10-2022 at 02:55 PM.
I have Samsung Money Sofi account, can I still get $300 DD bonus from this deal?

Thank you
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05-11-2022 at 07:52 AM.
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Set up SoFi Checking savings early May. Plaid failed to Authenticate during setup, couldnt transfer to fund. Still failing to authenticate a week later. Zero idea why, everything is correct.

Slickdeals bonus denied.
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05-11-2022 at 08:23 AM.
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I have Samsung Money Sofi account, can I still get bonus from this deal?

Thank you
Hello there,

To receive this bonus, user's must open a SoFi Checking and Savings account and fund it with a $125 or more upon opening. Additional information can be found in the deal post details above.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

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05-11-2022 at 08:32 AM.
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Quote from ElatedHamster8913 :
Set up SoFi Checking savings early May. Plaid failed to Authenticate during setup, couldnt transfer to fund. Still failing to authenticate a week later. Zero idea why, everything is correct.

Slickdeals bonus denied.
We recommend reaching out to SoFi and/or Plaid for assistance with the failed authentication issue.

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wolfpac
05-11-2022 at 10:41 PM.
05-11-2022 at 10:41 PM.
sofi is trash, didn't see this thread when I applied to get an account and I got rejected by their system. 30years of banking and never had one single financial institution block me from doing business.
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05-11-2022 at 10:46 PM.
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I have a similar issue, but in my case it at least tells me that there is apparently a discrepancy between the address I entered and the one on my ID. Only issue is that they are identical. I've chatted with 2 agents over the course of 2 weeks and neither has been able to help. I'd love to get in on this deal and the 1.25% interest rate, but there is no process to have a human review my application and their automated system is garbage. Very frustrating.
exactly the reason why we need to downvote this sofi trash
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05-12-2022 at 05:22 AM.
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We recommend reaching out to SoFi and/or Plaid for assistance with the failed authentication issue.

Best,
CB
Its not a transfer issue any longer; the account is open and funded, The slickdeals bonus is not happening because it didnt fund at opening (which is because Plaid / Sofi arent that great), according to the message I got from slickdeals help team.

Making the bonus contingent on a screwy sometimes broken funding process is not really fair. It is not in the user's control if their current bank even works with Plaid, many don't. So this offer is actually $75 IF YOU ARE ABLE TO FUND at open, which is contingent on your current bank working with Plaid, and if they do work with Plaid then you still need to successfully authenticate, which sometimes fails, so sometimes random people won't get the $75.

Meh.
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05-12-2022 at 06:57 AM.
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Quote from ElatedHamster8913 :
Its not a transfer issue any longer; the account is open and funded, The slickdeals bonus is not happening because it didnt fund at opening (which is because Plaid / Sofi arent that great), according to the message I got from slickdeals help team.

Making the bonus contingent on a screwy sometimes broken funding process is not really fair. It is not in the user's control if their current bank even works with Plaid, many don't. So this offer is actually $75 IF YOU ARE ABLE TO FUND at open, which is contingent on your current bank working with Plaid, and if they do work with Plaid then you still need to successfully authenticate, which sometimes fails, so sometimes random people won't get the $75.

Meh.
Can you please submit a support ticket here.

Please include a screenshot of the confirmation email you received upon opening your account, a screenshot of your initial deposit showing the amount and date deposited, and the email address used to open the account.

Once we receive this information we will research it with the merchant and follow up with you.
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05-13-2022 at 12:36 PM.
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Tried to setup an account, and everything went well until I went to fund it. For some reason my debit card transaction was declined, Plaid doesn't support my bank (HSBC), and customer support was completely missing. After getting connected to 3 different people, the 4th finally helped me, only gave me the option of funding via Plaid, and then I disconnected when it was clear they weren't going to be helpful.
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05-14-2022 at 07:47 PM.
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Link? I see you can earn 15,500 points if you open a credit card. But that just equates to $91...
Just did it today and i was offered 27500 points for checking and saving account, they are paying 18000 points for SoFI credit card.
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