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SoFi Checking & Savings: Earn Up to 4.60% APY + Up to $250 with Direct Deposit, terms apply Expired

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SoFi is offering up to $250 with direct deposit, terms apply. Up to 4.60% APY on savings and 0.50% APY on checking. No account fees.

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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 Direct Deposit amount in 25-day Evaluation Period :
    • $1,000 - $4,999 Total Direct Deposit: $50 Cash Bonus
    • $5,000 or more Total Direct Deposit: $250 Cash Bonus
  • SoFi will credit members who meet qualification criteria within seven business 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 4.60% annual percentage yield (APY) on savings balances (including Vaults) and 0.50% APY on checking balances.
  • 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).
    10/24/2023. Additional information can be found at https://www.sofi.com/banking/
SoFi members with Direct Deposit or $5,000 or more in Qualifying Deposits during the 30-Day Evaluation Period can earn 4.60% annual percentage yield (APY) on savings balances (including Vaults) and 0.50% APY on checking balances. There is no minimum Direct Deposit amount required to qualify for the stated interest rate. Members without either Direct Deposit or Qualifying Deposits, during the 30-Day Evaluation Period will earn 1.20% APY on savings balances (including Vaults) and 0.50% APY on checking balances. Interest rates are variable and subject to change at any time. These rates are current as of 10/24/2023. There is no minimum balance requirement. 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 direct deposit, terms apply. Up to 4.60% APY on savings and 0.50% APY on checking. No account fees.

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 Direct Deposit amount in 25-day Evaluation Period :
    • $1,000 - $4,999 Total Direct Deposit: $50 Cash Bonus
    • $5,000 or more Total Direct Deposit: $250 Cash Bonus
  • SoFi will credit members who meet qualification criteria within seven business 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 4.60% annual percentage yield (APY) on savings balances (including Vaults) and 0.50% APY on checking balances.
  • 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).
    10/24/2023. Additional information can be found at https://www.sofi.com/banking/
SoFi members with Direct Deposit or $5,000 or more in Qualifying Deposits during the 30-Day Evaluation Period can earn 4.60% annual percentage yield (APY) on savings balances (including Vaults) and 0.50% APY on checking balances. There is no minimum Direct Deposit amount required to qualify for the stated interest rate. Members without either Direct Deposit or Qualifying Deposits, during the 30-Day Evaluation Period will earn 1.20% APY on savings balances (including Vaults) and 0.50% APY on checking balances. Interest rates are variable and subject to change at any time. These rates are current as of 10/24/2023. There is no minimum balance requirement. Additional information can be found at http://www.sofi.com/legal/banking-rate-sheet.

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Or i could go get 5%+ at one of the any other savings accounts that dont require 'direct deposit' to get high rates.
They added beneficiary thing last month or so

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tkerugby
08-08-2023 at 04:23 AM.
08-08-2023 at 04:23 AM.
Quote from unknown00 :
I'm surprised how many SoFi fanboys there are, 4.5% is on the low side these days for HYSA

If you're only in it for the yield then you are correct, there are better options out there. However, if you're looking for a great banking experience where you can manage most of your finances in one place, with access to lightning fast ACH transfers, then SoFi is worth trying. I've used half a dozen banks over the last 12 months and the others don't come close.

Just know that this is coming from a guy who would normally go with the highest yield. In this case I'm willing to give up a few basis points for everything else that SoFi brings to the table.
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IAmFuzzyWuzzy
08-08-2023 at 06:05 AM.
08-08-2023 at 06:05 AM.
Opened a Sofi account a few months back just for a HYSA. Zero limit on the rate based on amounts unlike my local CU (something like 2% on the first $1,500 or something stupid) and direct deposit has no set minimum. Currently have 1% of each paycheck DD to Sofi and I get the full rate.

4.5% is pretty damn good even if there are better out there.
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cyanrules
08-08-2023 at 07:55 AM.
08-08-2023 at 07:55 AM.
Quote from tkerugby :
If you're only in it for the yield then you are correct, there are better options out there. However, if you're looking for a great banking experience where you can manage most of your finances in one place, with access to lightning fast ACH transfers, then SoFi is worth trying. I've used half a dozen banks over the last 12 months and the others don't come close.

Just know that this is coming from a guy who would normally go with the highest yield. In this case I'm willing to give up a few basis points for everything else that SoFi brings to the table.

Agree. Willing to give up a few points given that I get my paycheck a few days earlier than I used to, and money transfers are so fast.

I also signed up for the credit card and got 3% back on everything in the first year up to the earning limit which was $450 cash back bucks or something.
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RagingSasquatch
08-08-2023 at 11:49 AM.
08-08-2023 at 11:49 AM.
Quote from music3k :
Robinhood will lock you out of your account when you least expect it and pretend it was a glitch. They've been under SEC watch for a few years now because of their relationship to scamming daytraders and the whole Gamestop/AMC trading fiasco during lockdown. I wouldn't put a dollar into them or Citi, who owns them.

Robinhood isn't owned by Citi. The hell are you smoking?
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wighty
08-08-2023 at 12:15 PM.
08-08-2023 at 12:15 PM.
Quote from tkerugby :
If you're only in it for the yield then you are correct, there are better options out there. However, if you're looking for a great banking experience where you can manage most of your finances in one place, with access to lightning fast ACH transfers, then SoFi is worth trying. I've used half a dozen banks over the last 12 months and the others don't come close.

Just know that this is coming from a guy who would normally go with the highest yield. In this case I'm willing to give up a few basis points for everything else that SoFi brings to the table.

If you consider this a checking account (since you can treat your savings account as one, no limits to monthly transactions, if needed you can debit from checking account and have automatic overdraft from your savings) then you should look at this as the highest yield checking account available.
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hundredlives
08-09-2023 at 04:02 PM.
08-09-2023 at 04:02 PM.
Quote from music3k :
theyre usually sketchy banks or crypto scams. neither backed by the fdic. This is the best savings account available that i've seen that wont penalize you if you decide to move your money.

Nothing like the bliss of ignorance lol
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soultar1
08-09-2023 at 08:58 PM.
08-09-2023 at 08:58 PM.
Sofi literally sued to stop student loan forgiveness but that isn't stopping suckers from giving them money...
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soultar1
08-09-2023 at 09:00 PM.
08-09-2023 at 09:00 PM.
Quote from IAmFuzzyWuzzy :
Opened a Sofi account a few months back just for a HYSA. Zero limit on the rate based on amounts unlike my local CU (something like 2% on the first $1,500 or something stupid) and direct deposit has no set minimum. Currently have 1% of each paycheck DD to Sofi and I get the full rate.

4.5% is pretty damn good even if there are better out there.

Dumb people gonna invest poorly.
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zmm61
08-09-2023 at 09:02 PM.
08-09-2023 at 09:02 PM.
Quote from Doug5421 :
Examples?
CIT bank 5.05%
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music3k
08-10-2023 at 10:08 PM.
08-10-2023 at 10:08 PM.
Quote from hundredlives :
Nothing like the bliss of ignorance lol
whats it like living in ignorance?
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rdcrds
08-11-2023 at 02:30 PM.
08-11-2023 at 02:30 PM.
question. It says earn 4.50 with direct deposit so i opened with 5500 direct deposit into a savings account. So i could get the $250 but I am not going to deposit 5000 every 30 days to get 4.50 when i already get 4.30 from discover and do not have to do anything.

Am i reading this right?

Want to unlock 4.50% APY on your savings balances? Direct deposit your pay or add $5,000 every 30 days*
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rdcrds
08-11-2023 at 03:42 PM.
08-11-2023 at 03:42 PM.
So i opened this with a direct deposit from my bank of america account so this will not count? guess i will be closing this account pretty fast.

Most banks you can deposit from anywhere and get the sign up bonus.
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rdcrds
08-11-2023 at 03:48 PM.
08-11-2023 at 03:48 PM.
Well it was a easy cancel of my money going in.


Who the hell gave this a up vote? most banks do not make your deposit be from a work place heck when i did 5th 3rd it was easy same with the others.

Total bs that it only counts from employer total bs down vote.
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fr0stedflakes
08-11-2023 at 11:19 PM.
08-11-2023 at 11:19 PM.
Quote from cyanrules :
Agree. Willing to give up a few points given that I get my paycheck a few days earlier than I used to, and money transfers are so fast.

I also signed up for the credit card and got 3% back on everything in the first year up to the earning limit which was $450 cash back bucks or something.

Honestly I've just got to the point where anything beyond my monthly expenses and some emergency savings I want to keep liquid, I just move the rest from SoFi to Treasury Direct in 4-week T-Bills. They're yielding as much or more than the highest yield savings or money market accounts out there. Another option if someone wanted to stay in the SoFi ecosystem is move the funds to Invest and put them in one of the numerous ETFs out there that track short-term T-Bills. You wouldn't have to worry about the funds being locked in this situation and could trade them back for cash anytime too, although bond ETFs have other risks and caveats.

SoFi is a great bank, though, been really happy with them overall since signing up last year. Only problem I ran into recently is with the credit card they used to give you cashback points for online gift card purchases, but seems like they've clamped down on it now for cash equivalent purchases. But it is what it is, now if I find a good deal on GiftCards.com or some other site, I'll just use one of the other cards in my wallet instead of theirs.
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