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For a while, Marcus (an online savings account by Goldman Sachs) has been offering a rate bump of 0.2% for three months when you refer someone to Marcus.
The current APY is 0.5%, which is among the top earning savings accounts, and you can even bump that to 0.6% by linking your AARP account (which remember, you can have at any age).
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With this Marcus new refer a friend offer, though, you’ll double your rate for 3 months, and so will your friend. Of course the value of this depends on how much you each have in savings. At the max $250,000 for FDIC, you’d each earn an extra $700 or so.
Your referral cannot have had a Marcus savings or CD product in the last 12 months to qualify as new.
(And yes, while it’s not mile relates, there is a ton of overlap between miles and personal finance and I do like to alert readers to these opportunities!)
To refer a friend, you can just sign into your Marcus account and look for the referral center to generate a link.
If you are new, you can earn double the normal rate for 3 months (which as of now is 0.5% – doubled to 1%), by using my referral link. Note that I expect (but can’t yet confirm) that you would be able to stack AARP on top for a total 1.10% APY.
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