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SOFI PLUS EXPERIENCE GIVEAWAY:

CMA Fest 2025 4-Day VIP Platform Tickets.

SoFi is giving away 2 pairs of VIP Platform tickets(4 tickets total) on a first-come, first-served basis to attend all four days of CMA Fest 2025. Your tickets include:
• Reserved seating on the VIP Platform at the center of the floor
• All-inclusive Open Bar
• Up-close artist performances live on the Platform Stage
• Access to dedicated air-conditioned restrooms

Winners must provide their own travel and accommodations.
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SoFi Everyday Cash Rewards Terms & Conditions

SoFi Everyday Cash Rewards Credit Card Terms & Conditions

SOFI CREDIT CARD TERMS OF OFFER INTEREST RATES AND INTEREST CHARGES

Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for Purchases

The standard variable APR for purchases is 29.24%, based on your creditworthiness. Your APR will vary with the market based on the Prime Rate.

Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for Balance Transfers

29.24%, based on your creditworthiness. Your APR will vary with the market based on the Prime Rate. SoFi is currently accepting Balance Transfers from recipients of promotional offers only. We will inform you when this feature is widely available.

Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for Cash Advances

30.74%. This APR will vary with the market based on the Prime Rate.

How to Avoid Paying Interest on Purchases

Your due date is at least 25 days after the close of each billing cycle. We will not charge you interest on purchases made during the most recent billing cycle if you pay your entire balance (adjusted for any financing plan, if applicable) in full on or before the due date each month. We will begin charging interest on cash advances and balance transfers on the transaction date.

Minimum Interest Charge

If you are charged interest, the charge will be no less than $1.00.

For Credit Card Tips from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

To learn more about factors to consider when applying for or using a credit card, visit the website of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at https://www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore

FEES
Annual Fee None
Transaction Fees

  • Balance Transfer Fee
  • Cash Advance Fee

  • The greater of $10 or 5% of the Balance Transfer
  • The greater of $10 or 5% of the Cash Advance
Penalty Fees

  • Late Payment Fee
  • Returned Payment Fee

  • Up to $41
  • None

How We Will Calculate Your Balance

We use the “daily balance” method, including new transactions, to calculate the daily balance on which we will charge interest.

Loss of Introductory APR

We may revoke any promotional APR if you fail to make a payment of at least the minimum payment due within 60 days of the due date. Your new APR will be the Standard Purchase APR.

Variable Rates

Your Daily Periodic Rate(s) and corresponding Annual Percentage Rate(s) will change if the Prime Rate changes. If the Daily Periodic Rate(s) and corresponding Annual Percentage Rate(s) increase, your interest charges will increase, and your minimum payment will be greater. Complete details regarding how the variable rate is determined are set forth in the Cardholder Agreement.

Payment Allocation

We decide how to apply your payment, up to the minimum payment, to the balances on your account. We may apply the minimum payment first to interest charges, then to the balances with the lowest APR, and then to the balances with higher APRs.

If you pay more than the Minimum Payment, we’ll apply the amount over the Minimum Payment, first to the Balance with the highest APR, then to the Balance with the next highest APR, and so on, except as otherwise required by applicable law.

SoFi Everyday Cash Rewards Credit Card Terms & Conditions

The SoFi Everyday Cash Rewards Credit Card is issued by SoFi Bank, N.A. (“SoFi”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). By submitting this application, you request that we establish a card account (“SoFi Credit Card Account”) for you and any authorized users you have designated. You agree that all information provided in this application is verifiable and accurate. The SoFi Credit Card Account will be governed by the terms of the cardholder agreement (“Cardholder Agreement”), which will be provided when the SoFi Credit Card Account is issued.

Your eligibility for a SoFi Credit Card Account or a subsequently offered product or service is subject to the final determination by SoFi Bank, N.A., as issuer. Please allow thirty (30) days from the date of submission to process your application.

You must be at least 18 years of age (or of legal age in your state of residence). The card offer referenced in this communication is only available to individuals who reside in the United States. This communication is not and should not be construed as an offer to individuals outside of the United States.

Identity Verification

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR OPENING A NEW CARD ACCOUNT

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens a SoFi Credit Card Account. This means that we will ask for your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow us to identify you when you open a SoFi Credit Card Account. We may also ask to see your driver’s license or other identifying documents and obtain identification information about you or any authorized user you add to your SoFi Credit Card Account.

Credit Reports

Upon completion of your Credit Card application and submission, you authorize us to request a copy of your credit report from one or more consumer agencies. Upon receiving your completed application, we will conduct a soft credit pull, which will not impact your credit score. You hereby authorize us to conduct a soft credit pull upon receipt of your application. You understand that after evaluating your completed application and soft pull credit report, we may determine not to offer credit to you. If we approve your application, we will conduct a hard credit pull, which might impact your credit score. You hereby authorize us to conduct a hard credit pull following the approval of your application.

You authorize us to request credit reports and other information about you from consumer reporting agencies and other sources for such purposes as: (a) determining whether to issue you a SoFi Credit Card Account, (b) administering, reviewing, and renewing the SoFi Card Account, (c) credit line increases or decreases, (d) collection and other servicing of the SoFi Credit Card Account, (e) offering other products, (f) services, and (g) for any other uses permitted by law. We may report negative information about your SoFi Credit Card Account payment history, like delinquencies, to consumer reporting agencies.

Cardholder Agreement

If you are approved for a SoFi Credit Card Account, you’ll receive the Cardholder Agreement. By activating your SoFi Credit Card Account, using the SoFi Everyday Cash Rewards Credit Card or making any payment to your Account, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of the Cardholder Agreement. We have the right to make changes to the terms of your SoFi Credit Card Account (including rates and fees) in accordance with the Cardholder Agreement.

In New York, this Agreement begins on the first date that you sign a sales slip or memorandum evidencing the purchase of goods or services.

Credit Eligibility

To receive a SoFi Credit Card Account, you must meet certain applicable criteria bearing on creditworthiness. Your revolving credit limit may be determined based on the following:

  • Your annual salary and wages
  • Any other annual income
  • A review of your debt, including the debt listed on your credit report.
  • A review of your credit history and other factors deemed relevant by the issuer

We’ll inform you of your revolving credit limit when you’re approved for your SoFi Credit Card Account. Some credit limits may be as low as $500.

About Adding An Authorized User

Before adding an authorized user to your SoFi Credit Card Account you should know that:

  • You’re responsible for all charges made to your SoFi Credit Card Account by the authorized user
  • Authorized users have access to your SoFi Credit Card Account information
  • Before adding an authorized user, you must first let them know that we may report SoFi Credit Card Account performance to the credit reporting agencies in the authorized user’s name
  • A review of your credit history and other factors deemed relevant by the issuer

If we ask for information about the authorized user, you must obtain their permission to share their information with us and for us to share it as allowed by applicable law.

Additional Information

Any benefit, reward, service, or feature offered in connection with your Card Account may change or be discontinued at any time for any reason except as otherwise expressly indicated. SoFi Bank isn’t responsible for products and services offered by other companies.

SoFi Everyday Cash Rewards Credit Card Rewards Program

With the SoFi Everyday Cash Rewards Credit Card, you can earn rewards points for purchases made using your card, rewards offered through the SoFi Member Rewards Program, or other rewards offered from time to time, and you can redeem those rewards points for statement credits and other redemption methods offered through the SoFi Member Rewards Program. More details on SoFi Everyday Cash Rewards Credit Card Rewards can be foundhere.

SoFi Member Rewards Program

As a SoFi Member, you can earn points by using features across SoFi products that are designed to help you Get Your Money Right. When you elect to redeem Rewards Points toward active SoFi accounts, including but not limited to your SoFi Checking or Savings account, SoFi Money® account, SoFi Active Invest account, SoFi Automated Invest account, SoFi Credit Card account, SoFi Personal Loan, Private Student Loan, Student Loan Refinance, or toward SoFi Travel purchases, your Rewards Points will redeem at a rate of 1 cent per every point.

Mastercard World Benefits

You are also eligible for more rewards through the World Mastercard Benefits program when shopping with eligible merchants. More details on the World Mastercard Benefits program can be found here.

Fraud, Misuse, Abuse, or Suspicious Activity

If we see evidence of fraud, misuse, abuse, or suspicious activity, we’ll investigate and, if we determine that fraud, misuse or abuse has occurred, we may take action against you. This action may include, without limitation and without prior notice:

  • Taking away the rewards points you earned because of fraud, misuse, or abuse
  • Suspending or closing your SoFi Credit Card Account
  • Taking legal action to recover our monetary losses, including litigation costs and damages

Some examples of fraud, misuse, abuse and suspicious activity include:

  • Using your SoFi Credit Card Account in an abusive manner for the primary purpose of acquiring rewards points
  • Using your SoFi Credit Card Account other than primarily for personal, consumer, or household purposes

SoFi Bank reserves the right to take action, including but not limited to those actions enumerated above, based on your activity across any SoFi product, as well as external information received from SoFi third-party vendors, external bureaus, or industry referrals.

Special Notices

California Residents:
If married, you may apply for a separate account.

Delaware Residents:
Service charges not in excess of those permitted by law will be charged on the outstanding balances from month to month.

Ohio Residents:
The Ohio laws against discrimination require that all creditors make credit equally available to all credit worthy customers, and that credit reporting agencies maintain separate credit histories on each individual upon request. The Ohio civil rights commission administers compliance with this law.

Wisconsin Residents:
If you are applying for individual credit or joint credit with someone other than your spouse, and your spouse also lives in Wisconsin, combine your financial information with your spouse’s financial information. No provision of any marital property agreement, unilateral statement under Section 766.59 of the Wisconsin statutes or court order under section 766.70 adversely affects the interest of the lender, unless the lender, prior to the time credit is granted, is furnished a copy of the agreement, statement of decree or has actual knowledge of the adverse provision when the obligation to the lender is incurred. If married, you understand that your lender must inform your spouse if a credit account is opened for you.

Additional documents

As a reminder, the SoFi Everyday Cash Rewards Credit Card is a completely digital product. All written communications related to the card will be online or in electronic format. The following is a link to the SoFi Esign terms and conditions that you must agree to in connection with your application for the SoFi Everyday Cash Rewards Credit Card.

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How does SoFi Plus status work with joint SoFi Checking and Savings accounts?

If you have a joint SoFi Checking & Savings account, only the member who paid the subscription fee will receive SoFi Plus status and benefits.

Good news! The joint Checking & Savings account will still earn the high APY that comes with SoFi Plus, regardless of the other account holder’s subscription status.

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How to Stretch a Buck the Old-Fashioned Way

This article appeared in SoFi's On the Money newsletter. Not getting it? Sign up here.

As talk of a possible economic recession grows louder, many people are thinking more about how to stretch a buck.

And the internet is full of money-saving tips for the modern day: Use a budget app. Cancel unwanted streaming subscriptions. Wait for those Black Friday tech deals.

But there’s also a lot of wisdom to be gleaned from the frugal habits of our ancestors — like great grandparents who lived during the Great Depression, when the popular motto was “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.”

In fact, many social media users are revitalizing some of this lost cultural heritage with posts about everything from reusing disposable items and mending your own clothes to making your own gifts and preserving your own vegetables.

So what? Americans have lived through economic downturns before and will again. And although there will always be new twists on old habits, we can learn a lot from our ancestors.

Here are just a few of the themes that are experiencing a renaissance on platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Reddit. Many of these money-saving tips have other benefits too.

•   Forgo disposables: Before disposable razors, water bottles, paper napkins, and menstrual products, there were (and still are) reusable options for everything. They may cost more upfront, but the long-term payback can be significant — as millions of people in BIFL (Buy It For Life) groups online can attest to.

•   Reuse disposables: Many of us grew up scoffing at older relatives who washed plastic baggies, but they may have been on to something. Just because companies want to keep selling you single-use products doesn’t mean you have to use them that way. You can even reuse things like plastic wrap and zip ties.

•   Upcycle: Beyond recycling, you can “upcycle” by creatively repurposing old items into new things. (Egg cartons make excellent seed starters.) This strategy has even spawned clothing styles in the past.

•   Make your own clothes: Making and mending your own clothes has always had benefits — including saving money. Sewing content on Instagram is booming, with millions of posts being shared under hashtags like #sewingproject, #sewinglove and #sewingaddict.

•   Cook at home: Cooking at home can save you some serious money, depending on the ingredients you use. Plus, it can keep you healthier and reduce food waste.

•   Do your own repairs: Do you know how to patch a hole in your drywall? Or fix a running toilet? Doing your own maintenance not only saves money, but might be a lot faster. These days it can be hard to even get an appointment with a contractor or repair service.

•   Make your own gifts: Why not take advantage of hobbies like crafting to make your own gifts? And a pair of knitted socks sends a much more personal message.

Related Reading

•   Are We in a Recession? What the Data Says—and How to Protect Your Finances (Nerdwallet Podcast)

•   Growing Share of U.S. Adults Say Their Personal Finances Will Be Worse a Year From Now (Pew Research)

•   Can You Save Money by Growing Your Own Food? (SoFi)


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