Public brokerage has partnered with CLEAR, the partnership will allow CLEAR members to verify their identity and sign up for a brokerage account in a few clicks. Paid CLEAR members (including those with memberships from credit cards) will receive a $100 bonus when they deposit $20+ (must be maintained for 5 business days after opening account).
Our Verdict
Public has offered a bonus through Swagbucks before, that was worse than this offer and also a bonus of up to $5,000 that required a much larger deposit. This is worth doing if you don’t want to wait to chaser one of those larger deposits. It’s also an interesting partnership
Where do I go to sign up for this
Has anyone gotten the $100bonus? If this promo is still going on, I wanted to sign up.
Just went on and opened an account today. As soon as you deposit funds, the $100 bonus will show up in rewards. You get to purchase some stocks worth $100.
How long does it take for the bonus to post? P1 and P2 opened accounts on 6/25 but no bonus for either of us yet.
Why is there a 90 day hold on the $100 reward? Seems a bit excessive.
PSA on the offer (this is Stephen, Public’s COO)
The CLEAR+ offer won’t be automatically assigned if you have not completed the biometric enrollment with CLEAR (ie at an airport).
If this is you, just email me at stephen at public.com with 1) a screenshot of your CLEAR+ status and 2) the email you used to sign up for Public (which needs to be the same as the one on your CLEAR account!) — and we’ll get it sorted out for you!
We’re working with CLEAR to start sharing the data on this population correctly and I’ll post an update here with any changes.
We appreciate this community (and have incorporated a ton of feedback from it over the years!) and hope you give us a real shot to be your primary investing account!
Thanks!
I have Clear Plus but only received 50$
Signed up for clear and public but never saw the $100 added to my account. Sent an email
I am only seeing option to deposit money but couldn’t find how to withdraw money. I am using website not app.
same. I can not figure out how to withdraw money back to my bank account.
sorry about that — it’s not the most obvious on web. We’re working on it (going to add a withdraw button to the left panel, right below ‘deposit’), but it’s much better in the app.
To withdraw on web, you need to go to the settings screen (https://public.com/settings, if you’re logged in), then you’ll see “withdraw funds” under “transfers”. You can also navigate to settings by clicking on your name in the top right corner.
Thank you for the help.
I went to settings -> transfers -> withdraw funds.
However, I can only withdraw $1.39, not sure why?
My High-Yield has $100.15 in it.
I can not figure out how to with drawl funds from:
Stephen Sikes (Public)
High-Yield and
Brokerage (Cash Management account – sold stocks)
You may have to withdraw from your HYCA back to the brokerage account first.
We’re in the process of rolling out direct withdrawals from HYCA, but that’s not widely available yet.
There seems to be a 90 day hold on $100 reward to withdraw. Also only $22 something of my $25 initial deposit is withdraw able not sure why.
where are you seeing that 90 days?
When I try to withdraw funds
P2 just signed up but account doesn’t seem to have been opened – no account # is listed in online portal, cannot set trusted contacts, etc.
Interestingly, the $100 rewards shows and was able to claim it (although no shares given).
Also no emails received from public.com.
Can you assist? Thanks!
Thanks for flagging, email me your Public username and/or login email at stephen@public and I’ll look into it!
Thanks @Guest_1860595
Stephen Sikes (Public). Email sent. Account number now present but $100 VOO redeemed before it was present is missing. Sent screenshots. Thanks again!
Hello! I had the same thing happen. $100 was showing last week to redeem for shares, and now it is not available. I will email you
Got an email from clear with a $100 travel voucher when using the code TRAVELREWARD100 to sign up. Not too many details on what it meant, but I pulled the trigger
I just got an email reminding me to make my first deposit but I already made a deposit when I opened the account. Docfan you can ignore this I must’ve clicked the wrong reply button.
Hey Nate — it should be automatic and apply a day or two after funding. Follow the instructions in the link below and if you still don’t see it, pls email me at stephen@public and I’ll get it sorted for you.
https://help.public.com/en/articles/9440048-how-can-i-find-my-bonus-reward-free-stock