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Be careful of Sofi, like so many IPOed to raise money from covid, their stock tumbled ~-60% YTD: https://www.google.com/search?q=sofi+stock&oq=sofi+stock&aqs=ed
by mgh2 5y ago
Be careful of Sofi, like so many IPOed to raise money from covid, their stock tumbled ~-60% YTD: https://www.google.com/search?q=sofi+stock&oq=sofi+stock&aqs=edge.0.69i59j0i20i263i433i512j0i512l6j69i64.9644j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=sofi+stock&oq=sofi+stock&aqs...
Founder's sexual misconduct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Cagney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Cagney
It is a known sales tactic to hook in customers betting that the hassle to switch later will keep them loyal. The 1.25% rate is if you set up direct deposit, with a $300 bonus.
https://www.sofi.com/banking/ https://www.sofi.com/banking/
Don't be surprised if they lower the rate after the promotion time. Happened with HSBC w/ 5% APY before 2009 crisis, Robinhood and Marcus before covid.
- smilebot 5y agoI guess the thing to learn from this is always keep shopping for a better deal?
- cheriot 5y agoThe founder was pushed out years ago so is that still relevant? High yield savings has always been about attracting customers. SoFi just got their banking charter so they want to build up deposits. The rest of the HYS crowd is around 0.5% and pocketing the difference.