Update 1/15/24: Now $510 on Inbox Dollars. Hat tip to Gadget
Update 7/31/24: Inbox dollars is now offering $415 from 7/31 to 8/31. Hat tip to JD (Swagbucks/MP are up to $390-$406)
Update 6/7/24: Swagbucks/MyPoints is up to $310-$350 now (ht PeteyPablo)
Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount: $155-$182
- Availability: Nationwide
- Direct deposit required: Yes, $200+
- Additional requirements: None
- Hard/soft pull: Soft pull
- ChexSystems: Unknown
- Credit card funding: None
- Monthly fees: None
- Early account termination fee: Unknown
- Household limit: None listed
- Expiration date: None listed
Contents
The Offer
- Chime is offering a bonus of $155 when you sign up for a new account and receive two consecutive direct deposits, each of $200 or higher. MyPoints also has the same offer for 29,000 points (worth $182 or more).
The Fine Print
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
This account has no monthly fees to worry about
Early Account Termination Fee
Unsure if there is an early account termination fee or not
Our Verdict
If the referral + Swagbucks stack works this is a nice deal and available nationwide.
Useful posts regarding bank bonuses:
- A Beginners Guide To Bank Account Bonuses
- Bank Account Quick Reference Table (Spreadsheet) (very useful for sorting bonuses by different parameters)
- PSA: Don’t Call The Bank
- Introduction To ChexSystems
- Banks & Credit Unions That Are ChexSystems Inquiry Sensitive
- What Banks & Credit Unions Do/Don’t Pull ChexSystems?
- How To Use Our Direct Deposit Page For Bank Bonuses Page
- Common Bank Bonus Misconceptions + Why You Should Give Them A Go
- How Many Bank Accounts Can I Safely Open Within A Year For Bank Bonus Purposes?
- Affiliate Links & Bank Bonuses – We Won’t Be Using Them
- Complete List Of Ways To Close Bank Accounts At Each Bank
- Banks That Allow/Don’t Allow Out Of State Checking Applications
- Bank Bonus Posting Times
Post history:
- Update 12/3/23: Swagbucks is up to 25,000 ($250) now
- Update 10/17/23: Swagbucks is up to $245 now, and similar on MyPoints. (Referral is down to $100. Some people were trying to stack the Swagbucks + referral, I’m not sure if that’s working.)
- Update 9/7/23: Referral bonus is now up to $200 for the new member (and the referrer gets $100). (FM reports you might have to try the referral link in a few browsers to find the $200 offer.) NO REQUESTS OR OFFERS FOR REFERRALS IN THE COMMENTS. It might be possible to stack a referral bonus together with the Swagbucks $155/MP $182 bonus – details here. That would make it possible for the new member to earn currently $355-$378 altogether, aside from the $100 the referrer will earn. (ht Matt F and uscreditcardstrategy)
- Update 6/27/23: Increased again slightly up to 25,550 SB or 43,350 MP, that’s $255 from Swagbucks or around $273-$286 from MyPoints. (ht Tim L) It might be possible to stack a referral bonus on top of that – details here. NO REQUESTS OR OFFERS FOR REFERRALS IN THE COMMENTS.
- Update 6/13/23: Increased now up to 23,000 SB or 39,100 MP, that’s $230 from Swagbucks or around $247-$258 from MyPoints. We haven’t seen the bonus this high in many months, though it has been higher at some points in the past. (ht usdailyrewards)
- Update 2/16/23: Down to 17,000 SB on Swagbucks / 25,000 MyPoints
- Update 10/30/22: Down to $200 on Swagbucks and 38,000 MyPoints (worth $240-$250)
- Update 6/1/22: Back down to 25,000 ($250) on Swagbucks and 44,000 ($270-$290) on MyPoints.
- Update 5/1/22: Back at $300 on Swagbucks (see also this comment for possible stack)
- Update 4/16/22: Back down to $250 – $290.
- Update 3/10/22: Now $300 on Swagbucks and 50,000 ($315-$330) on MyPoints.
- Update 2/2/2: Extended until 2/28/22
- Update 1/6/22: $250-$290 valid until 1/31/22.
- Update 11/2/21: $250/$290 deals have been extended through
November 2021?? - Update 8/18/21: Deal is up to 25,000 ($250) on Swagbucks and 44,000 (around $290) on MyPoints. Hat tip to reader Andy
- Update 7/3/21: Back again at 15,000 Swagbucks ($150) and 26,000 MyPoints ($165).
- Update 12/1/20: Now 15,000 Swagbucks worth $150. (Hat tip to reader vc), MyPoints is slightly higher at 26,000 which is worth around $165. (Hat tip to reader Andrew)
- Update 11/6/20: Deal is back and valid until 11/30 hat tip to Johnnie Dough.
How long does it take for the $10 to show up in InboxDollars after using the portal link to open a new Chime acct ?
After using the InboxDollars link to open a new Chime account, how long does it take for the initial $10 bonus to drop? It’s been a few hours – so I wasn’t sure if that meant something went wrong :/
Just a PSA… I tried to use Fidelity for this promo for P1 P2 and P3. Chime (fintec) is using two different underlying banks: The Bancorp Bank and Stride Bank. We were assigned accounts randomly, it seems.
The Bancorp Bank did not work for Fidelity.
Stride Bank did work with Fidelity, and InboxDollars showed up shortly after things went through.
Been about 48 hours since I opened my Chime account and Inbox Dollars is still not showing the offer as pending.
I just did one transfer (from Discover) so far (the other is being done this week) and the $510 is already showing as pending.
When did the first transfer post to Chime, and how long did it take for Inbox$ to show it 510?
Transfer posted on Thursday, and I’m seeing the $510 today, Saturday. So two days. I’m not going to cancel the second transfer, not worth taking the chance.
Thanks for the DP. I will try the same.
My inboxdollars pending credit changed to $510 about 24 hours after my second DD. MY DD was transferred funds from my Discover savings account. This is my second Chime account.
My DDs posted on Thu (1/23). However, my Inbox Dollars is still showing pending as $10 (and not $510). Has it updated for anyone else whose deposits were posted 2 days back. Thanks
Im still waiting as well. My first DD also posted on Thursday, maybe we have to wait until Monday
Raj, what bank did you use for DD?
Primis Savings Account. Tried Chase checking also but that didn’t work
the above is for Direct Deposit…
As fidelity can not be used anymore, I am trying USBank biz account, and will try Discover and Axos in a few days. Will report what worked…
Discover works as of today!
Naive question. How to cash out this $510? Only thru amazon/paypal gift card or any other ways?
See: https://help.inboxdollars.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044243332-How-Do-I-Request-Payment yuva