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Chime Prepaid Card $50 Sign-Up Bonus, $50 Referral Bonuses and Shopping Rewards

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The Chime Visa Prepaid Card has updated their referral program to provide new card members with a $50 sign-up bonus when you join via a current member’s referral, plus current members will earn a $50 referral bonus for each new member that you refer, and you can earn special shopping rewards when you use your Chime card at participating merchants.

New Chime Card members can join via this Chime $50 Bonus Link (provided by reader Alisha in comments) AFTER June 1, 2018, to earn a $50 sign-up bonus when you receive a payroll direct deposit of $200 or more within 45 days from when the Chime Spending Account was opened (please see fine print on bottom of promo link’s landing page for details about $50 bonus offer).

Updated June 5, 2018: Please note that the current referral offer for the Chime Card provides a $50 bonus. The referral bonus amount may vary between different user’s accounts, but the referral links in this article will provide a $50 bonus for new users.

About Chime Card

Chime is an online-only bank with none of the typical banking fees that provides you with a Chime Visa Debit Card, a Spending Account, and an optional Savings Account that are all easily managed through their website and app.

There are no monthly service fees, no minimum balance requirement, no overdraft, no foreign transaction fees, no transfer fees, and over 30,000 fee-free MoneyPass ATMs where you can get cash.

The Chime prepaid card is basically a reloadable debit card that may be used everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted.

You’ll earn instant cash back to your card when you shop at Chime’s partner merchants with no coupons required including up to $100 in Chime rewards at participating stores and restaurants near you every month.

Plus, you can earn a $50 bonus for each friend that you refer who opens a Chime prepaid card account, and your friends will earn a $50 sign-up bonus when they join via your referral.

Chime Prepaid Card $50 Sign-Up Bonus for New Customers

New customers can sign up via this Chime Card $50 Referral Bonus Link to get a $50 bonus when you apply for the Chime Card.

In order to qualify for the $50 bonus, you must enroll using the above referral AFTER June 1, 2018, successfully pass ID verification, and receive a payroll direct deposit of $200 or more within 45 days from when the Chime Spending Account was opened.

When the new customer completes the above actions, both parties will qualify for the $50 rewards.

Please note that the above referral link is provided by a user that has access to the “$50 for $50 referral reward campaign,” which you can see within the fine print on the bottom of the referral landing page, and not all Chime users will have access to this same referral offer.

Chime Prepaid Card $50 Referral Bonus Program

The Chime card referral program offers current members a $50 bonus for each new customer that you refer who signs up for a Chime prepaid card account.

Plus, new customers will also receive a $50 bonus, so everybody benefits.

However, it’s important to note that Chime is currently offering multiple different versions of the referral program for customers right now, so check your account carefully to see which offer you have access to.

When you click through a referral link, you can also check the fine print on the bottom of the sign-up page to see for which offer you are qualifying.

Please feel free to share your Chime referral links in the comments below this article.

Referral Program Terms

In order for both parties (the referred friend and the referring Chime member) to qualify for and receive the $50 referral reward, the following conditions must be met:

  • The referred friend must open a new Chime Spending Account using the referring Chime member’s unique referral link AFTER June 1, 2018, and receive a payroll direct deposit of $200 or more within 45 days from when the Chime Spending Account was opened.
  • The payroll direct deposit must be made by an employer or payroll provider by an ACH deposit. Bank ACH transfer, Pay Friends transfers, verification or trial deposits from financial institutions, transfers from PayPal or Venmo, and cash loads do not qualify as a payroll direct deposit.
  • Referring Chime member must be part of the $50 for $50 referral reward campaign in order for both parties to be eligible for the $50 referral reward.
  • The referral reward is paid to both parties within 2 business days after qualifying funds are first deposited into the referred friend’s Spending Account.
  • Eligible referring Chime members can earn no more than $500 in referral rewards per calendar year (January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018).

Chime Automatic Savings Account

The Chime Savings Account is a free automatic savings option that allows you to set money aside for any savings goals that you may have.

You simply enroll in Automatic Savings for free, and you’ll then save money automatically with every Chime prepaid card purchases that you make or when you direct deposit your paycheck.

Whenever you make a purchase with your Chime prepaid card, Chime will automatically round up each purchase to the nearest dollar and transfer the round-up amount from your Spending Account to your Savings Account.

You can also opt to automatically transfer 10% of every paycheck directly into your Savings Account, so that you can achieve your financial goals faster.

The Chime Savings Account is a free and optional account that you can activate once you open your Chime Spending Account with the Chime prepaid card.

Chime Prepaid Card Shopping Rewards

Chime offers 2 different types of rewards including Store Credit and Earned Credit:

Store Credit:

Chime’s store credit rewards are simply a free credit that you can use at a select merchant.

For instance, you may have a $5 store credit on your Chime card that is good at Moe’s Diner, so you simply have $5 in free credit to spend when you use your Chime card at Moe’s Diner.

Once the offer has been spent, it will no longer be available for you.

Earned Credit:

Chime’s earned credit rewards are credited to your Chime card account once you’ve spent a certain dollar amount at one of Chime’s partner stores or restaurants.

For instance, Moe’s Diner may offer a $5 credit once you’ve spent $50 with them on your Chime card, so when you’ve reached the $50 goal, a $5 credit will automatically be applied to your account.

The Chime rewards offers rotate about every 30 to 60 days, and any offer that is available to you will show up in the Offers section of your online account or in their mobile apps.

Chime Prepaid Card Fees and Usage Details

Chime has no minimum balance, monthly fees, or overdraft fees.

The Chime card used to have a $5 monthly maintenance fee, which was only charged after 180 consecutive days of no purchases, withdrawals, or deposits to your account, but I don’t see any evidence of this fee listed in their terms at this time.

Other fees include:

  • Domestic Cash Withdrawal Fee for both transactions made at an ATM and Over-The-Counter “OTC” withdrawals: $2.50 per transaction.
  • ATM Balance Inquiry Fee: $0.50 per transaction.
  • International Transaction Fee: 3% of the total purchase amount.
  • International Cash Withdrawal Fee for both transactions made at an ATM and Over-The-Counter “OTC” withdrawals: $2.50 + 3% of the total withdrawal amount.
  • Check Refund Fee: $5.00 per check issued.
  • Express Card Replacement Fee: $25.00 per card issued.

You can add money to your Chime card via a direct deposit, bank transfer, another bank’s debit card, and cash through Green Dot MoneyPak.

Chime will never charge you a fee to load funds to your account, but a fee does apply when loading funds through Green Dot MoneyPak.

Chime also does not check your credit when you open an account, and they don’t report to any credit bureaus about your account usage, so this is a viable prepaid card option for those with less than stellar credit scores.

Take advantage of Chime for a rewarding alternative to your debit card that provides access to $100 in Chime rewards at participating local merchants near you each month.

A special thank you goes out to Doctor of Credit for originally alerting me to the Chime Card offers and for letting me know that the Chime referral program once was perpetually extended each month, and check out their review for possible manufactured spending opportunities with the Chime prepaid card.

Please feel free to share your Chime prepaid card referral links in the comments below this article, and start a referral conga line, so that everybody can get the $50 bonuses.

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  2. Thanks to anyone who uses my referral link!

    httpl://member.chimebank.com/join/colinkavanaugh

    An easy way to get the direct deposit is by transferring money from another bank account. Chase, Discover, Ally, PNC, Huntington, and TD Bank are all reportedly working as a direct deposit. The Cash App has been seeing mixed success.

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  3. Hey there!
    Please use my link to join if this info helps!
    member.chimebank.com/join/jamesdodson4
    Just loaded my new chime card with the CASH app. This worked for the payroll direct deposit! And I received my $50 bonus as soon as my deposit hit.
    step1 : I used the bank information that came with the card and linked it to the Cash app(referral for cash app for $5 cash.me/appLLDFRJH)
    step2: I transferred the $200 into the cash app via my linked debit card which was instant
    step3: I withdrew the cash from the app to the chime cards banking info (this took less than 2 business days)
    step4: The $50 bonus hit my account the same time as the deposit! I then withdrew the $250 FEE FREE from a moneypass ATM
    Enjoy the easy and free money

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  7. I used a friends referral link to enroll, I received a direct deposit that was well over the $200 minimum exactly 45 days after opening the account. when I spoke to customer service about the $50 reward for my friend and I , I was told I didn’t qualify because I didn’t use the link, then I was told my deposit was made 47 days after opening the account. Neither of which was true.

    As requested from chime support I emailed chime and included a screenshot of the link my friend sent. Several days later I received a response stating that after looking into the matter the reason I didn’t get the referral bonus was because my friend already had an account with Chime. This is correct my friend was the one who referred me, of course he already had an account!. Like the previous reasons given as to why I didn’t receive the bonus it was not valid. Customer service is a joke I was lied to as well as called a liar. I wanted to like Chime but feel Chime is lacking in integrity and business ethics.

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  15. ACH transfers from many different banks have been found to trigger the Direct Deposit (DD) criteria. Reported as Working:

    Ally
    Blue Bird
    Chase
    Circle Pay App
    Discover
    Hancock Whitney
    Huntington
    NWFCU
    PNC
    Serve
    TD Bank

    Not working/mixed results:
    Schwab
    Square Cash App
    Wells Fargo

    Just set up a $200+ external transfer at the other bank and transfer into your new Chime account. Viola! Good luck!

    https://www.chimebank.com/r/jeffreyschwartz/

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  19. hey there!
    Here’s my link: member.chimebank.com/join/jamesdodson4
    I was able to initiate the bonus using the Cash app for the direct deposit
    Hope that helps
    Thanks you

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  20. Hey there!
    Please use my link to join if this info helps!
    member.chimebank.com/join/jamesdodson4

    Just loaded my new chime card with the CASH app. This worked for the payroll direct deposit! And I received my $50 bonus as soon as my deposit hit.

    step1 : I used the bank information that came with the card and linked it to the Cash app(referral for cash app for $5 cash.me/appLLDFRJH)

    step2: I transferred the $200 into the cash app via my linked debit card which was instant

    step3: I withdrew the cash from the app to the chime cards banking info (this took less than 2 business days)

    step4: The $50 bonus hit my account the same time as the deposit! I then withdrew the $250 FEE FREE from a moneypass ATM
    Enjoy the easy and free money

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  26. Please use mine if looking to set an account up! This is an awesome bank and love it to death! We’ll both get $50 when you open a Chime bank account and set up direct deposit! Get your paycheck up to 2 days early and say goodbye to ridiculous bank fees. Check it out: https://chime.com/r/ianbarnes

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    • Hi, I just signed up for Chime because I am unable to open a bank account, I didn’t know about the referral, and I tried using your link and contacting customer service, but they wouldn’t let me use it because I had already signed up.

      Can someone please help me out and use my link, you’ll get $50 for joining as long as you set up direct deposit of $200 or more with in 45 days.

      https://member.chimebank.com/join/crystalgarofalo

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    • Yes, sort of. It’s more of a P2P payment app with a touch of prepaid card, similar to Paypal, but better in a couple ways. You can ACH in, and out to your other banks. You can send money to friends or pay bills. You can mail a check to people or businesses to pay bills. You get a Visa Debit card with your name, without a chip so not sure what the upgrade plan is on that, or maybe I didn’t get one because I never use the card. Not sure what else it does or doesn’t do well, because honestly, I hardly use it. But, they haven’t kicked me out so I like it.

      If you feel I have helped you, please feel free to use my referral link on this page. Thank you.

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    • Are you sure that a Square App deposit will trigger the $50 bonus? It sounded like only a Direct Deposit from an employer would get both parties paid.

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      • Banks and bank products like this often have those terms saying govt benefit or payroll only, but those parameters usually aren’t well enforced. Bonuses are typically paid out automatically and the systems used typically see ACH as DD. I included data points of a list of banks on this page that have worked in the past for people. If you want to, please feel free to use my link on this page. Thanks and good luck!

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  54. Hello, I just used the referral link (provided by a fellow user named “Victoria” on this webpage) and created my Chime spending account and established the direct deposit of $200. Obviously there is cap of $500 bonus a current user can earn (in other words, the current member’s referral becomes invalid if it has been used by 10 people.) Since I just opened my chime account, my referral link is new. You are welcome to use it. I will come back to update if I reach the $500 referral bonus (a.k.a. link being used by 10 successfully established new accounts). Thank you for your win-win choice!
    member.chimebank.com/join/meijieshen2

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  56. Use my refferal code to get $50.00 once you have a direct deposit of 250.00 or More I’ll also send you another 10 dollars of my money.

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  62. The referral bonus is $50 from now until May 31 :D (which you’ll receive if you get a direct deposit of at least $200 within 45 days)
    My referral link is member.chimebank.com/join/alishataylor4

    Thanks you :)

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  64. you don’t get a free 10% bonus added to your savings account monthly, they just take 10% of your direct deposits and put them in to your savings account…

    the way you wrote it makes it seem like the savings account gives 10% interest :(

    I just looked in to it a little further. the savings account does pay interest, .01% interest. lol.

    from their site: “The current interest rate and Annual Percentage Yield for the Chime Savings Account is .01%” – source: https://chime.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/221487887-Savings-Account-basics

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    • Hello Rideshare Driver NYC,

      The “10% bonus” that was previously in the article was in reference to Chime’s “10% round-up bonus program” that is no longer available.

      Previously, when you made purchases on your Chime debit card, and they transferred the round-up amount from your Spending Account to your Savings Account, Chime would provide you with a 10% bonus on the round-up amount.

      You could earn up to $500 in bonuses each year through the Chime 10% round-up bonus program.

      However, it is no longer available, so I have updated the above article to remove any references to it.

      They now have a different program that simply takes 10% of your direct deposits into your Spending Account and automatically transfers them to your Savings Account, which you mentioned.

      Thank you for your comment and I appreciate your help.

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    • Thank you for posting this, Michael. I have used your referral link within the above article for the period expiring on November 30, 2017. Hope you get some referral rewards.

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    • can you send me the link? I don’t think your original links works. it just takes me to the regular sign up page

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      • Hello Sarah, If you try the referral link at the top of the main article, it should lead to a page that shows a bonus upon sign-up. I’m seeing it working now. However, the bonuses for referrals do change and can be different for different users, just so you’re aware. Thank you and best of luck.

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  77. Please help those in need today by signing up each oerson that signs up the bonus i recieve goes to charity American breast Cancer society and a bunch more!!! So please help others by signing up today!!!

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