Experian has launched a new digital checking account called ‘Experian Smart Money‘. The basics are as follows:
- $50 sign up bonus with direct deposit of at least $1,000
- No monthly fees
Not a big fan of a consumer reporting agency/credit bureau being allowed to offer a consumer checking product like this. I assume it’s only a matter of time before they integrate Experian score boost into this product. I’d hold off for a bigger sign up bonus if you want it purely for sign up bonus purposes.
Open now or wait for a higher bonus in the future?
Has anyone noticed the terms and conditions and how it can search for certain bills (accounts?) and place them on your Experian credit report? It’s quite wordy, but I don’t want any more tradelines showing up that I can’t control. It even talks about if anything negative is placed on your credit report, you can have it removed. Any input/experience with this?
DP:
9/10/24 account opened
9/12/24 $460 push from Chase personal checking
9/17/24 $540 push from Chase personal checking
9/17/24 $50 Direct Deposit Bonus
I opened an account and I had my Chex frozen so it appears that they do not pull Chex. The $50 bonus posted the same day that I made a $1K+ transfer from Orion so that triggered the bonus.
Discover savings triggered the bonus for me. The $50 bonus posted the same day as my $1k DD from Discover savings. The account is ok as it doesn’t have any fees that I know of, but I don’t like the way they try to get you to subscribe to their paid subscription service every time you login. Does anyone know if this bonus is churnable?
4/15: Open account
4:18: Fidelity CMA 1000 push
50 Bonus posted same day
William Charles,
The link in the post just leads to a login screen. The link below shows the terms of the offer in case you want to add it to this post.
https://www.experian.com/money/experian-smart-money/
FidelityCMA triggered bonus instantly same as for others.
The screen in between login and your account, where you have to OPT OUT of a paid membership each time you sign in, has got to be the sleaziest marketing type thing I’ve ever seen
Does this account pull Chex or ews? Ty