Offer at a glance
- APY: Up To 5% APY
- Availability:Â Nationwide
- Direct deposit required:Â No
- Additional requirements:Â $1,000 in debit card spend
- Hard/soft pull:Â Soft pull
- ChexSystems: Unknown
- Credit card funding:Â Unknown
- Monthly fees:Â Up to $7.99
The Offer
- Aspiration is offering up to 5% APY on balances up to $10,000. It requires $1,000 in monthly spend. There are two tiers of accounts:
- Aspiration, no monthly fee and earns 3% APY
- Aspiration Plus, $7.99 monthly fee and earns 5% APY
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
As mentioned above there is one account with no monthly fee and the other account has a $7.99 monthly fee that is not avoidable.
Our Verdict
You can also get a sign up bonus of $100-$200 as well from Aspiration. If you max out the account this is how much you’d earn per month:
- Aspiration (3%): $25
- Aspiration Plus (5%) $41.67
So if you’re maxing out the account then it is worth paying the $7.99 monthly fee. The main problem with these accounts is that it requires the $1,000 in spend. If you put that on a credit card earning 2% cash back that would be $20 monthly, obviously if you put it towards meeting minimum spend requirements on credit card bonuses it’s even higher.
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