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Robinhood credit card 3% cash back on everything
« on: June 25, 2024, 11:01:02 AM »
anyone else been on the waitlist for the Gold card? https://robinhood.com/creditcard/?referral_code=b6720dda

it's still being gradually rolled out, but this seems to be the most directly accessible universal 3% cash back card without categories/limits with a minor fee which is Gold membership ($50-$60/year) that includes other benefits like 5% APY on cash in brokerage (2.5M FDIC insured), unlimited 1% deposit bonus(!), 3% match(untaxed) on Roth contributions...

a lot of us already had Gold from the crazy 3% IRA transfer bonus earlier this year so made sense to take advantage of the card to replace standard 2% cards, but will prob end up convincing me to keep Gold longer term also


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Re: Robinhood credit card 3% cash back on everything
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2024, 12:45:28 PM »
It really is a good deal.  I would save an additional $400 /yr after Gold fees approximately vs our current everyday credit card.  One somewhat silly question though that maybe someone here has an answer for...
Does anyone use Robinhood Gold credit card and sync to Empower (Personal Capital)?  The Robinhood investment account sync is kind of a mess so I just do it manually now in Empower.  Ex: it sometimes just shows the balance, but not the underlying holdings (throwing off a bunch of charts like asset allocation), it won't reflect margin being used, you get hit with 2-factor prompts every time you open Empower, etc. 
Especially with credit card transactions, I'd want those things sync'd so I can follow spending / budgeting / cash flow.  Based on how the investment sync process is terrible, I don't have high hopes there, and I love Empower and how it sync's all our other credit cards flawlessly.

Other than that, just the hassle of unfreezing our credit to apply for the card, plus moving over the dozens of automatic payments that flow through our current card.

EDIT: There's also the question if this is just an introductory 3%.  Would suck if this is a rug pull

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Re: Robinhood credit card 3% cash back on everything
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2024, 11:37:01 AM »
Yes, I'm on the waiting list.

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Re: Robinhood credit card 3% cash back on everything
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2024, 01:23:17 PM »
I was pre-approved maybe a month ago, but never completed the application. I think the offer expired this past week. 

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Re: Robinhood credit card 3% cash back on everything
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2024, 03:01:30 PM »
I'm on the waitlist as well, haven't heard anything.

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Re: Robinhood credit card 3% cash back on everything
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2024, 08:10:27 PM »

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Re: Robinhood credit card 3% cash back on everything
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2024, 05:03:39 AM »
Be careful with RH.

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Re: Robinhood credit card 3% cash back on everything
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2024, 09:22:31 AM »
Be careful with RH.

Can you please elaborate?  I moved a small mountain over when they had the 3% match and have been happy with the result

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Re: Robinhood credit card 3% cash back on everything
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2024, 11:19:51 AM »
Be careful with RH.

Can you please elaborate?  I moved a small mountain over when they had the 3% match and have been happy with the result

Investment are fine if you just invest in vanilla stock or ETF.  I have another 4.5 years to go on my 5 year hold for the 3% match. :D


The credit card is what people have issues with.