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SoFi Checking & Savings: Open New Account w/ Direct Deposit, Get Expired

Up to 4.20% APY
+ $250 Bonus w/ $5K+ in Direct Deposit Transactions
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SoFi is offering 4.20% APY on Savings or 1.20% APY on Checking + Up to $250 Bonus when you Open a New Online Account and Set Up Direct Deposit.

Thanks to Community Member Knockknock13 for posting this deal.

Details/Features:
  • After Opening a New Account and setting up Direct Deposit, wait for your direct deposit to hit your account (typically 2-4 weeks).
  • Amount of Direct Deposit Cash Bonus depends on Total Qualifying Direct Deposit amount in 25-day Evaluation Period:
    • $1,000 - $4,999.99 Total Qualifying Direct Deposit: $50 Cash Bonus
    • $5,000 or more Total Qualifying Direct Deposit: $250 Cash Bonus
  • SoFi will credit members who meet qualification criteria within (7) business days of the end of the Evaluation Period.
  • Direct Deposit Bonus Promotion ends 12/31/23 11:59PM ET.
  • No account fees. No-fee Overdraft Coverage.
  • ATM access at any of the 55,000+ ATMs within the Allpoint network
  • Up to 2-day-early-paycheck
  • Up to 15% cash back at local businesses
  • You'll earn up to 4.20% annual percentage yield (APY) on savings balances (including Vaults) and 1.20% APY on checking balances with direct deposit. Members without direct deposit will earn 1.20% APY.
  • There is no minimum direct deposit amount required. However, please note that there is a minimum direct deposit required for No-Fee Overdraft Coverage ($1,000).
  • Interest rates are variable and subject to change at any time. Rates are current as of 4/25/2023. Additional information can be found at http://www.sofi.com/legal/banking-rate-sheet

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SoFi is offering up to $250 with qualifying direct deposit, terms apply. Up to 4.30% APY on savings and 1.20% APY on checking. No account fees.
Starting from 06/09 this became 4.30%apy for savings accounts

Details/Features:
  • After Opening a New Account and setting up Direct Deposit, wait for your direct deposit to hit your account (typically 2-4 weeks).
  • Amount of Direct Deposit Cash Bonus depends on Total Qualifying Direct Deposit amount in 25-day Evaluation Period :
    • $1,000 - $4,999 Total Qualifying Direct Deposit: $50 Cash Bonus
    • $5,000 or more Total Qualifying Direct Deposit: $250 Cash Bonus
  • SoFi will credit members who meet qualification criteria within 14 days of the end of the Evaluation Period.
  • No overdraft fees. No minimum balance fees. No monthly fees. Plus, 55,000+ fee-free ATMs within the Allpoint Network.
  • Up to 2-day-early-paycheck
  • Get up to 15% cash back at local establishments when you pay with your SoFi debit card.
  • Organize your money, set savings goals, and save your change with Vaults and Roundups.
  • You'll earn up to 4.20% annual percentage yield (APY) on savings balances (including Vaults) and 1.20% APY on checking balances with direct deposit. Members without direct deposit will earn 1.20% APY.
  • There is no minimum direct deposit amount required. However, please note that there is a minimum direct deposit required for No-Fee Overdraft Coverage ($1,000).
  • Interest rates are variable and subject to change at any time. Rates are current as of 4/25/2023. Additional information can be found at http://www.sofi.com/legal/banking-rate-sheet

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I switched from Chase a while back. It's still a little strange to get monthly interest payments after so long with Chase's 0.000000001%

I just keep everything in savings for the higher interest rate. They have a setting called overdraft protection where they just move money automatically from your savings if there is not enough in your checking to cover an expense.
Why don't they make it a full month to get 2 direct deposits instead of '25 day evaluation period' seems gimmicky and a way to make it harder to qualify for employer's direct deposits to hit in time.
That's exactly why they don't make it a month.
I've found a good rule of thumb whenever looking at a bank giving out bonuses is to skip the marketing wank and go straight to the full terms and conditions to see how they're going try to weasel out, and what you need to do if you want to stop them.

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kaabob
04-25-2023 at 01:33 PM.
04-25-2023 at 01:33 PM.
Terms say Received… so we can transfer and don't have to maintain the balance? Easier for me to transfer to my other bank since autopay is all setup there
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tkerugby
04-25-2023 at 01:33 PM.
04-25-2023 at 01:33 PM.
Switched to SoFi as my primary a few months back. Experience has been great so far and easily surpasses other banks I have accounts with. I wish they would support small business accounts and the ability to have an individual and JT account simultaneously. Would move more $$$ in that case but I'm guessing they'll get there eventually. Rewards points are a good bonus as well.
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Knockknock13
04-25-2023 at 02:25 PM.
04-25-2023 at 02:25 PM.
Quote from tkerugby :
Switched to SoFi as my primary a few months back. Experience has been great so far and easily surpasses other banks I have accounts with. I wish they would support small business accounts and the ability to have an individual and JT account simultaneously. Would move more $$$ in that case but I'm guessing they'll get there eventually. Rewards points are a good bonus as well.

I have sofi credit,checking and savings, been using this from an year,its all good for me,their 2% cashback on credit,i always buy stocks for that 2% cb
You can buy stocks crypto everything at one point.
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anubis57
04-25-2023 at 02:29 PM.
04-25-2023 at 02:29 PM.
signon bonus - $4.20

Fix thread title, per favore.
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UniqueDolphin9617
04-25-2023 at 04:28 PM.
04-25-2023 at 04:28 PM.
Went to SoFi from BoA. Can never look back at these big brick & mortar banks giving you nothing. Literally paying bills w the interest in SoFi savings.
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shaff
04-25-2023 at 08:51 PM.
04-25-2023 at 08:51 PM.
I've done this in the past, but if I can transfer money from my Robinhood to my sofi account, will that count towards the direct deposit? It worked for capital one and I got the $400 sign up bonus they had
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bdoubya
04-26-2023 at 07:17 AM.
04-26-2023 at 07:17 AM.
CIT is at 4.75% over $5,000 balances. BMO is at 4.3%... why is SoFi still catching up?
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djangi
04-26-2023 at 10:11 AM.
04-26-2023 at 10:11 AM.
Quote from amax :
SoFi is TERRIBLE - avoid them like the plague. Bot customer service, arbitrary changes to your transfers (reversed endpoints), spammy and paranoid security measures only when it benefits them to hold onto your money. They're gaming the system of transfers and security lock-outs to maximize profits in the aggregate, holding onto your money as long as possible. Just another fintech that deserves to bite the dust like Silicon Valley Bank.
Totally opposite of my experience with SoFi. I fixed issues directly talking with representatives. I can trasfer money much faster than any other banks such as TD, Chase, WF. Are you sure you are talking about Sofi?
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tejas4goa
04-26-2023 at 11:43 AM.
04-26-2023 at 11:43 AM.
You can earn more $25 if you get referred.
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archygos
04-26-2023 at 11:57 AM.
04-26-2023 at 11:57 AM.
Quote from amax :
Yes, definitely. You lucked out. They're a cheating fintech, and their time will come...
I spent a night without having a home thanks to SoFi's inability to conduct a wire transfer for a mortgage, despite having a week's heads up.
I've been slowly removing all my investments in USD out since then.
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CnC_Citizen
04-26-2023 at 12:03 PM.
04-26-2023 at 12:03 PM.
Quote from who8mahrice :
Additionally, their savings account does not have the 6 transactions/month limit that a lot of places still keep (even though that's no longer a federal rule). So you can actually just pay everything from your savings if you wanted.

I have a Sofi account that i opened in sept and have had no complaints since. Rates are the extreme highest but are always very competitive and get raised automatically. I do have a UFB account that I opened back when rates were 5% and I split money between the two banks. UFB is super slow with a higher rate while sofi is a little lower but the experience has been much smoother tbh.

You can also set up overdraft protection that will automatically take from your saving if something goes over on your checking
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realcul
04-27-2023 at 04:32 PM.
04-27-2023 at 04:32 PM.
I have been with SoFi for some time now. Great experience, amazing rate, has most features I need. I still have Bofa account as back up for scenarios like Zelle. Other than that I love the experience. Love how I can link other accounts and see my consolidated spending categorization etc..
also, they offer from time to time bonuses for balances as well. Have their Credit Card and Invest/Crypto account as well.
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dealsforlifeman
04-28-2023 at 02:30 PM.

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04-28-2023 at 02:30 PM.
Bit unrelated but I recently lost my SoFi credit card, so I froze it & requested a replacement card.. and SoFi proceeded to open up a NEW credit line & account.

The "support" team has zero idea why this happened and I've been waiting for a response from a supervisor for a week.

In my opinion, unless you plan on churning bonuses from SoFi it's really not worth the potential headaches dealing with them.
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TealLeopard348
04-29-2023 at 07:23 AM.
04-29-2023 at 07:23 AM.
Quote from americanadian :
I switched from Chase a while back. It's still a little strange to get monthly interest payments after so long with Chase's 0.000000001%

I just keep everything in savings for the higher interest rate. They have a setting called overdraft protection where they just move money automatically from your savings if there is not enough in your checking to cover an expense.

This is the way
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