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Knowing your credit score is vital for several purposes. For example, you can estimate your approval odds for a new credit card or loan. You may consider using Credit Insights by SoFi Relay — a free online service that tracks your credit score and provides insights about your credit practices. As a result, you can have more confidence when making upcoming financial decisions.
What SoFi Relay?
Relay is a complimentary service that offers credit insights. For example, the platform tracks your credit score and offers several credit health tools. This tool won’t hurt your credit score.
You can also track financial transactions and your net worth to see “the big picture” when planning your future money goals.
Who Can Join?
This service is free and available to existing SoFi members and those wanting to learn more about their credit scores. While SoFi offers an array of products and enrollment, there is no obligation to use them. For example, you can decide to enroll in credit score monitoring.
Does SoFi Relay hurt your credit score?
No, SoFi only performs a soft inquiry on your TransUnion credit report.
How SoFi Relay Works
It only takes a few minutes to complete the signup process for this credit monitoring tool. After signing up, the service runs a soft credit check to retrieve your credit history. This process is similar to prequalifying for a credit card or loan and doesn’t hurt your credit score.
This diagnostic tool can highlight the positive areas and areas for improvement.
You can enjoy these SoFi Relay benefits as well.
Weekly Credit Score Updates
SoFi updates your TransUnion VantageScore 3.0 credit score each week. The service sends credit alerts as well.
You will see if your current score lands in the excellent, good, or fair range, for example.
This score probably isn’t the same one that lenders use to make a credit decision (there are specific credit score models for each financial product).
However, the metrics are similar and you’ll have an easier time comparing the best travel rewards credit cards to your current credit health, for example.
As a reminder, Relay won’t help you build credit or increase your approval odds for credit applications. However, you can use the insights to make wise credit decisions.
Credit Insights
Achieving excellent credit takes time and the in-depth analysis can indicate areas to focus on.
You can see a rundown of these credit factors:
- Credit utilization
- Payment factors
- The average age of credit
- Total accounts
- Inquiries
- Derogatory marks
You will be able to view the underlying details for each factor to identify what’s appearing on your TransUnion credit report.
Credit History Graph
The platform also tracks your weekly changes with a credit history graph. This feature can help you effortlessly track your progress if you’re trying to build credit.
Credit Score Simulator
Not knowing how a particular credit event will impact your score — for better or worse — may make you hesitant to apply for credit unless you’re certain you’ll qualify.
The interactive credit score simulator helps remove some of the guesswork from occasions like:
- Reducing your credit utilization
- Opening or closing a credit account
- Changing your payment habits
- Receiving a negative mark
Other Valuable SoFi Benefits
Credit score tools are one way that SoFi helps you evaluate your total financial picture. These complimentary perks are also available from day one.
Net Worth Tracker
You can link your bank accounts and credit cards to view your current account balances. The platform can also provide category-based spending reports and show how much money you’re saving in the current month.
The app also lets you connect your investment accounts, loans, and home value to estimate your net worth. After all, your credit score is only one part of the money puzzle.
Financial Planning Session
After viewing your credit score, you can schedule a complimentary call with a credentialed financial planner. This session can help you plan your long-term goals and also address any short-term circumstances.
There are also remote financial planning workshops you can attend throughout the year.
Career Coaching
A complimentary career coach can help you map your professional ambitions. The coach can assist with a customized plan to help you find a new job or navigate a transition.
Member Rewards
The SoFi Member Rewards program awards you points by completing certain activities. Some examples include logging into the SoFi app or checking your credit score.
Your point redemption options include:
- Cash deposits with a SoFi Checking & Savings account
- SoFi Credit Card statement credits
- Extra loan payments
- Fractional shares of stock (SoFi Active Invest)
Members-Only Events
SoFi members can attend exclusive experiences in person or virtually. Some examples can be wine-tasting and cooking sessions.
Sports fans can also enjoy exclusive perks at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Your benefits include express entry, bag check reimbursement, and visiting the SoFi Member Lounge.
Insurance Rate Monitoring
You can also compare car insurance rates and potentially find similar coverage with a lower premium.
The service also lets you receive quotes for home insurance, renter’s insurance, and term life insurance through high-tech insurance companies.
Banking Products
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SoFi offers several banking products with attractive features:
- Checking account and savings account: Fee-free account offering a competitive interest rate, debit card rewards, and up to $50 in overdraft coverage.*
- SoFi Credit Card: This rewards card earns up to 2% cash back without an annual fee.*
- Investment accounts: Self-directed and automated investing platforms for stocks and ETFs. Each trade carries no commission and fractional investing means you can invest as little as $5 at a time.*
You can also apply for various loans with competitive rates and flexible repayment options. The company also offers interest rate discounts on future loans after opening your first SoFi loan.
Final Thoughts
If you’re curious about your credit score and want to view your other financial details in one place. It’s free and doesn’t hurt your credit. The other member benefits like financial counseling or career coaching can also be valuable when you join SoFi Relay today.
Disclaimers
SoFi Checking and Savings
*The SoFi Checking Account and the SoFi Savings Account are deposit accounts offered by SoFi Bank, N.A (“SoFi Bank”), a member of FDIC and a wholly owned subsidiary of Social Finance, Inc. Only deposit products offered by SoFi Bank are FDIC insured.
SoFi Relay
*SoFi offers personal tools to view, aggregate, and manage your information from multiple accounts. The information compiled includes accounts held at SoFi and at external financial institutions, such as a bank account or a loan serviced by another institution. SoFi offers these tools under the product name brand of “Relay.” If you elect to connect an external account in Relay, you authorize SoFi to obtain information from the Connected Account external account and use it as described below (“Connected Accounts”). SoFi’s Relay tools are intended to only provide organizational services for your financial information. The SoFi Relay tools and services are not intended to provide any financial planning, investment, tax, or retirement planning services or advice. SoFi does NOT undertake any review of your account information to provide you with any advice or guidance. SoFi does not make any determination about the suitability or appropriateness of any transactions you might undertake at SoFi or elsewhere. If you elect to use Relay, you are fully and solely responsible for your accounts and agree SoFi’s only role is to aggregate compile data to information for presentment to you.
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SoFi Online Insurance
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Term Life Insurance: Ladder policies are issued in New York by Allianz Life Insurance Company of New York, New York, NY (Policy form # MN-26) and in all other states and DC by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, Minneapolis, MN (Policy form # ICC20P-AZ100 and # P-AZ100). Only Allianz Life Insurance Company of New York is authorized to offer life insurance in the state of New York. Coverage and pricing is subject to eligibility and underwriting criteria. SoFi Agency and its affiliates do not guarantee the services of any insurance company. Ladder, SoFi and SoFi Agency are separate, independent entities and are not responsible for the financial condition, business, or legal obligations of the other, Social Finance. Inc. (SoFi) and Social Finance Life Insurance Agency, LLC (SoFi Agency) do not issue, underwrite insurance or pay claims under Ladderlife™ policies. SoFi is compensated by Ladder for each issued term life policy.
By selecting Get a Free Quote, you agree to Ladder sharing with SoFl information about any insurance application you submit and any policy you may obtain Social Finance, Inc. (“SoFi”) will be paid by Ladder when a policy is issued to customers through this SoFi Protect link.
Ladder offers coverage to people who are between the ages of 20 and 60 as of their nearest birthday. Your current age plus the term length cannot exceed 70 years.
SoFi offers customers the opportunity to reach Ladder Insurance Services. LLC to obtain information about estate planning documents such as wills: ladderlife.com/sofi-will.
All services from Ladder Insurance Services, LLC are their own. Once you reach Ladder. SoFi is not involved and has no control over the products or services involved. The Ladder service is limited to documents and does not provide legal advice. Individual circumstances are unique and using documents provided is not a substitute for obtaining legal advice.
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SoFi Credit Card
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Financial Planning
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