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Update: 2.5% APY starting 9/30
>Now 4.00% for Savings
2.00% APY with a direct deposit. $1 direct deposit is good enough to get 2.00 APY. 1.00% APY with no direct deposit.
No account fees
No overdraft fees
No minimum balance fees
No monthly fees
Free Checks
FDIC insured
2-day-early-paycheck credit
Great mobile banking app
Access to 55,000 ATMs worldwide through the Allpoint Network
Very easy to open Checking and Savings account online with SoFi
https://www.sofi.com/banking/
up to
$300 $250 bonus + $25 referral bonus
Total Qualifying Direct Deposit amount in 30-day Evaluation Period Cash Bonus
$1,000 -
$1,999$4,999 $50
$2,000-$4,999 $100
$5,000 or more
$300 $250
Evaluation Period start from your 1st Direct Deposit Date. (Not from account opening date)
SoFi Checking and Savings - Referral Bonus :
For a limited time, get $25 when you sign up for a SoFi Checking & Savings account and deposit at least $10 with referral link.
Referral bonus $25 created the same day of $10 deposit
How to Transfer Money?
• Directly making an online transfer from one bank account to another
• Writing a check
• Making a peer-to-peer transfer
• Completing a wire transfer
• Working with a third-party company
• Making an email money transfer
Withdrawal Limit is $1,000,000.00 per day
Same limit for transferring money from Sofi to external bank account
Overall best banking experience I've ever had.
I closed my 20 years old regions and chase accounts and moved to Sofi.
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As an aside, I expect them to reduce the interest rate within 6 months. Just like insurance and cable providers, once they have you they know you'll be too lazy to leave.
As an aside, I expect them to reduce the interest rate within 6 months. Just like insurance and cable providers, once they have you they know you'll be too lazy to leave.
There's no cap.
And they've been steadily raising the rate as the fed rate increased.
Also got a $600 bonus for a personal loan which I paid off right after the bonus deposited.
Love SoFi.
And they've been steadily raising the rate as the fed rate increased.
Too bad it doesn't keep up with inflation, but it's better than losing money in the stock market.
You can put physical cash INTO an Atm to deposit? I never knew that.
Like:
Rates
App (collective view of assets)
Connects to other banks (third party)
Dislike:
Only acct type, no multiple checking accts
Bill Pay; I have 3 credit cards with Chase, but they do not show anything except the last 4 of the card numbers and that it belongs to Chase
Bill Pay; funds always come out of the checking acct, you cannot select the acct which makes me transfer funds sometimes
That said I transfer money often to USAA who still handles paying the bills since their bill pay is way ahead of SoFi. SoFi seems great and def a good bank to stash cash.
Not crytpo rates but we've seen those trustworthy brokers collapse. I'm satisfied with SoFi
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Also got a $600 bonus for a personal loan which I paid off right after the bonus deposited.
Love SoFi.
"Qualifying Direct Deposits are defined as deposits from an enrolled member's employer, payroll, or benefits provider via ACH deposit. Deposits that are not from an employer (such as check deposits; P2P transfers such as from PayPal or Venmo, etc.; merchant transactions such as from PayPal, Stripe, Square, etc.; and bank ACH transfers not from employers) do not qualify for this promotion."
Huh? 2% is the interest you will earn on your deposit with them.
Loans are not 2%.
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Too bad it doesn't keep up with inflation, but it's better than losing money in the stock market.
Yea, that is correct. I started with Sofi thanks to their 1.25%. Now it's 2%.
They are very quick to match rates