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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.

Thanks to Slickdeals Staff Member EfficientGame645 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 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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khronos
08-18-2023 at 03:43 PM.
08-18-2023 at 03:43 PM.
Quote from wighty :
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.
redneck pays more and there is another that is even higher
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wighty
08-18-2023 at 04:28 PM.
08-18-2023 at 04:28 PM.
Quote from khronos :
redneck pays more and there is another that is even higher

Redneck:
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Earn 5.30% APY when you have up to $15,000 in your account. Amounts over $15,000 will earn 0.50% APY.
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wighty
08-18-2023 at 04:31 PM.
08-18-2023 at 04:31 PM.
Quote from DSon25 :
My main gripe is they lured me in with a 2.5% checking account if you had direct deposit and in 6 months it's now down to 0.5%.

Transfer everything to your savings account. Enable automatic overdraft and anything from your checking account will get debited from your savings automatically.
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r_b_baker
08-19-2023 at 12:49 PM.
08-19-2023 at 12:49 PM.
Quote from Doug5421 :
Examples?
Betterment is 5.25% through end of the year
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alphabr1vo
08-20-2023 at 05:55 AM.
08-20-2023 at 05:55 AM.
Quote from tkerugby :
They announced that by end of summer they will have a new program for those who don't have direct deposit. Might want to wait until then.
Where did you see or hear this?
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SplendidHeart326
08-20-2023 at 06:25 AM.
08-20-2023 at 06:25 AM.
Quote from alphabr1vo :
Where did you see or hear this?
This has just launched. To attain eligibility for the SoFi Plus savings rate of 4.5%, you can now qualify by adding $5000 to your account every 30 days. This is to support entrepreneurs and gig workers who may not have a direct deposit. You can view this in the terms page now.

https://www.sofi.com/apply/sofi-plus/

SoFi members with Qualifying Deposits can earn 4.50% APY on savings balances (including Vaults) and 0.50% APY on checking balances. Qualifying Deposits means one or more deposits that, in the aggregate, are equal to or greater than $5,000 to an account holder's SoFi Checking and Savings account ("Qualifying Deposits") during a 30-day Evaluation Period (as defined below). Qualifying Deposits only include those deposits from the following eligible sources: (i) ACH transfers, (ii) inbound wire transfers, (iii) peer-to-peer transfers (i.e., external transfers from PayPal, Venmo, etc. and internal peer-to-peer transfers from a SoFi account belonging to another account holder), (iv) check deposits, (v) instant funding to your SoFi Bank Debit Card, (vi) push payments to your SoFi Bank Debit Card, and (vii) cash deposits. Qualifying Deposits do not include: (i) transfers between an account holder's Checking account, Savings account, and/or Vaults; (ii) interest payments; (iii) bonuses issued by SoFi Bank or its affiliates; or (iv) credits, reversals, and refunds from SoFi Bank, N.A. ("SoFi Bank") or from a merchant.
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tkerugby
08-20-2023 at 06:50 AM.
08-20-2023 at 06:50 AM.
Quote from SplendidHeart326 :
This has just launched. To attain eligibility for the SoFi Plus savings rate of 4.5%, you can now qualify by adding $5000 to your account every 30 days. This is to support entrepreneurs and gig workers who may not have a direct deposit. You can view this in the terms page now.

https://www.sofi.com/apply/sofi-plus/

SoFi members with Qualifying Deposits can earn 4.50% APY on savings balances (including Vaults) and 0.50% APY on checking balances. Qualifying Deposits means one or more deposits that, in the aggregate, are equal to or greater than $5,000 to an account holder's SoFi Checking and Savings account ("Qualifying Deposits") during a 30-day Evaluation Period (as defined below). Qualifying Deposits only include those deposits from the following eligible sources: (i) ACH transfers, (ii) inbound wire transfers, (iii) peer-to-peer transfers (i.e., external transfers from PayPal, Venmo, etc. and internal peer-to-peer transfers from a SoFi account belonging to another account holder), (iv) check deposits, (v) instant funding to your SoFi Bank Debit Card, (vi) push payments to your SoFi Bank Debit Card, and (vii) cash deposits. Qualifying Deposits do not include: (i) transfers between an account holder's Checking account, Savings account, and/or Vaults; (ii) interest payments; (iii) bonuses issued by SoFi Bank or its affiliates; or (iv) credits, reversals, and refunds from SoFi Bank, N.A. ("SoFi Bank") or from a merchant.
Thanks for confirming. There has also been some recent talk about this on X (Twitter) and it's great they've added this as an alternative to direct deposit. They are living up to their promises.

For those using SoFi for investments, I've heard they will soon roll out improvements to their options trading including the ability to sell covered calls. Once that is available, the only thing I'll need is a SoFi business checking/savings account. Hope that is on their roadmap.
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zeekz
08-20-2023 at 05:38 PM.
08-20-2023 at 05:38 PM.
Coinbase gives 4.6% with no minimums...
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cputeki
08-21-2023 at 06:39 PM.
08-21-2023 at 06:39 PM.
Can anyone confirm regarding the $500 Zelle Daily limit, does that also apply to incoming Zelle Transfers? I receive a few Zelle transfers a month over that limit.
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JonDaMan4Prez
08-22-2023 at 07:50 AM.
08-22-2023 at 07:50 AM.
Been using SoFi since 2020. Great app
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skinneral
08-22-2023 at 04:19 PM.
08-22-2023 at 04:19 PM.
Just open a Fidelity Brokerage account. 5% default position, and you can use it just like a checking account.
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reno6
08-22-2023 at 05:16 PM.
08-22-2023 at 05:16 PM.
FWIW I am buying treasury bills at about 5.4% yield in fidelity, maturing in December and February. Min size is $1,000 (1 bond). Seems very straightforward.
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tvnews
08-22-2023 at 06:53 PM.
08-22-2023 at 06:53 PM.
[QUOTE=EfficientGame645;164603405]SoFi is offering up to $250 with qualifying direct deposit, terms apply. Up to 4.50% APY on savings and 0.50% APY on checking. No account fees.

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https://openonline.53.com/product/apply
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matrix5k
08-22-2023 at 10:37 PM.
08-22-2023 at 10:37 PM.
Do they have Zelle yet?
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Crustt
08-22-2023 at 11:20 PM.
08-22-2023 at 11:20 PM.
Quote from PokeyTheUnicorn :
Sofi is great, but here is why I didn't sign up for their checking/savings "Members without direct deposit will earn 1.20% APY."

Too much of a hassle to change everything over.

Does this mean that if you only open a savings account with Sofi and deposit a lump sum without direct deposit, you won't be able to exceed 1.20% apy?
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