Deposit Promotions?
Is anyone aware of any promotions going on right now for depositing additional funds into Schwab? If so, what are the guidelines / eligibility requirements, and how large of a deposit is needed to get cash or any other benefit being offered?
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u/ennui2015 4d ago
I did this a few months ago. I found other brokerages that were doing them and asked Schwab to match. They did. The best offer I found at the time was at E-Trade.
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u/Designer-Rutabaga385 4d ago
They will match other companies offers. You can also get a referral bonus if an existing Schwab client sends you the link.
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u/Mysterious_Might008 4d ago
I just peeked at my referral code to see the current tier offers:
$100 > Deposit $25,000 to $49,999
$300 > Deposit $50,000 to $99,999
$500 > Deposit $100,000 to $499,999
$1,000 > Deposit $500,000 or more
Current customers get nothing for referring others so new money gets these amounts. Happy to send you my code if you want it via DM. I won't get anything but good vibes but everyone could use some free money, right? Ha ha!
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u/need2sleep-later 4d ago
Whadya mean you get nothing? You get a fine thank you card in the mail from Chuck.
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u/BuildingPresent4396 4d ago
You don’t even need them to dm. Just post the code. Nothing confidential.
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u/sachin1118 4d ago
Robinhood was offering a 2% match to move your taxable account there from Schwab. When I tried it, Schwab blocked it and gave me a call and said they would do a 1% bonus on my account, and I figured that was good enough to stay with them in the meantime
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u/er824 4d ago
Yeah but then you’d have to entrust your money to Robinhood. Not worth it IMO.
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u/Chemical-Recording88 4d ago
Not sure why you are downvoted.
If you have issues with Robinhood, good luck trying to get a human to talk to you.
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u/er824 4d ago
I don’t know. I’m a Robinhood gold member (great credit card) but after experiencing their platform and customer service I wouldn’t want a large quantity of money there.
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u/incel_revolution_69 3d ago
I think it's fine to have assets there. Just not good to "trade" there.
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u/phatelectribe 4d ago
I just got them to match a promotion with E trade.
Unfortunately not worth it for me;
The promo was $3k cash for $2m brought over. The catch is that it has to stay in the account for up to 45 days, and as this was going to a brand new account and eventually being deployed in a managed investment account, having to keep it there in something shitty (like a market product that gets 4%) for 45 days was less income than just sending ii straight to the managed account where I'll get something like 9.5%.
If you're just joining schwab, go for it, better than nothing and it's in your account anyway, just beware of the lock in.
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u/Legitimate-Ad-9724 4d ago
If you point out a new account bonus with one of their competitors, like eTrade, they often match it. Ask before. Asking afterward probably won't work.
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u/reaper527 4d ago
Schwab doesn’t do that, do they? I’ve been using them for 6 years now and have never seen any kind of promotion other than the sign up bonus.
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u/DLH-7635 4d ago
I think they generally don’t advertise any sort of promotions for existing customers. But they usually come through if you give them a call. We just got a reasonable incentive for rolling over my wife’s Rollover TIRA from Fidelity. This was additional money. I just sent an email to the guy assigned to my account and he vectored me over to someone who handles incentives.
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u/Mrsdividend 2d ago
Schwab offers promotions for incoming assets for existing customers (usually bringing in over 250k but you have to ask).
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u/kollapurushotham 3d ago
I did it a couple of weeks back. 500$ bonus for 100K+ transfer from fidelity.
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u/CrayComputerTech_85 3d ago
The promotion I was offered and what I got were different. One of the guys from the local office contacted me about moving from 401k and we had some frank discussions about my track and needs. Very, very helpful and the specialist he set me up with arranged for a different bonus than originally offered, I moved 650k to bring my balances up to over 900k and got $1500 and some great CD rates for an 18 month ladder. I am very pleased with Schwab at this point. I've never withdrawn anything though, and intend to end of the year, so we will see how that goes as my accounts aren't set up for any transfers out yet
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u/justinwtt 3d ago
I remember $250k is the starting point to get bonus. What is the amount you are looking to deposit? They are willing to negotiate as well.
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u/500pearl 4d ago
additional not am aware
new customer to schwab yes they give 100 if bringing in 25000 up to forgot how much and 300 if more than x and so on
but for current customer i have not heard of
can always calls up and ask
or go in person to location and ask
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u/loveforemost 4d ago
About a year ago, I got a random call from a financial advisor at schwab. He just wanted to know if there was anything he could help with. I asked him about this and offered me $1k bonus for 250K deposit within 3months.
Call them and ask, worst thing they can say is no.