Update 6/6/26: Available again. Hat tip to reader tamis
Update 5/23/26: Deal is back up to $150/15,000 on Rakuten.
Update 5/4/26: Back up to $100/10,000. The only requirement is to fund the account $100 or more. (ht Shawn)
Update 1/6/26: Back up to $100/10,000. The only requirement is to fund the account $100 or more.
Update 10/5/25: Back to $110/11,000
Update 9/7/25: Some people see $110/11,000 on Rakuten now. Personally I see $50.
The Offer
- Swagbucks is offering 20,000 ($200) when signing up for a new SoFi Invest account and then depositing and trading $50
The Fine Print
- Must be a new user to SoFi Invest. Existing SoFi Invest and SoFi Crypto accounts are not eligible to earn SB.
- Must deposit and trade at least $50 to earn SB.
- SB will appear as Pending for 32 days.
- Must enter valid sign-up information, including social security & funding information to earn SB.
- Funds must stay in your account for a minimum of 30 days. Early withdrawal subject to SB award being revoked.
Our Verdict
We once saw a $75 bonus on SoFi Invest via referral link, though that one required $1,000 deposit. This is the simplest offer we’ve seen, and could be a nice bonus even for someone who doesn’t want to invest the funds as you can simply signup and do the deposit to get the $75 bonus.
I’d wait 32 days until the reward posts before pulling the funds out, but I don’t see any official requirement of such. The $75 probably won’t get reported on a form 1099, though legally you might have to self-report the bonus. We’ll add this to our list of Best Brokerage Bonuses.
If you’re new to Swagbucks, please read our review. You can also get a bonus of up to $13 by using a referral link.
Post history:
- Update 7/7/25: $100/10,000 now via Rakuten.
- Update 4/16/25: $125/12,500 now via Rakuten.
- Update 3/18/25: $100/10,000 is again available on Rakuten
Update 10/6/23: Now $175 That was banking not invest- Update 9/29/23: This is now $100 or 10,000 Membership Rewards points with Rakuten (ht LikeaSumBoDi)
- Update 8/13/23: Back up to $200 now
- Update 3/22/23: Up to $150 now (still not the high $200 bonus)
- Update 2/1/23: Down to $100 now
- Update 1/31/23: Offer is back now, but it’s showing the lower $150 bonus now (at one point this was $200)(ht Mark)
- Update 11/4/22: Increased now from $150 to $200
- Update 9/29/22: Back again at $150
- Update 7/25/22: Bonus is now $150 (up from $121). Some people have had tracking issues with the checking offer so keep that in mind.
- Update 3/28/22: Increased to $121.50 on Swagbucks Revenue Universe or about $125 on MyPoints Revenue Universe. This one has a lower $50 deposit requirement, but does require a crypto trade (any amount). (ht Kris)
- Update 3/12/22: Increased to $100; Update 11/8/21: Has been reduced to $60.







rakuten pending $0….i had an invest account before but I didn’t earn this cash back from rakuten.
Back to $150/15,000 MR Points on Rakuten.
Opened SoFi Invest through Rakuten on 6/8, deposited $101 from existing SoFi Savings. Noticed that a few days ago the SoFi Invest went from Pending to Ineligible status, reached out to Rakuten Customer Service explaining the situation and providing proof of SoFi Invest account screenshots from the app AND account statements of the invest acct. I also mentioned that the amount should be $150 cash back even though it’s down to $50 at the time of this post. They manually added $150 at pending status then today it now shows Confirmed status!