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CORRECTING and REPLACING New SoFi Survey Reveals America’s Top Financial Ambitions; Two-Thirds of Gen Z and Millennials Are Willing to Skip Dining Out for 5 Years to Retire by 50

To Accelerates Membersā€™ Retirements, SoFi Invest Announces a 1% IRA Match on IRA Contributions

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions in the Disclosures section.


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NEW SOFI SURVEY REVEALS AMERICA’S TOP FINANCIAL AMBITIONS; TWO-THIRDS OF GEN Z AND MILLENNIALS ARE WILLING TO SKIP DINING OUT FOR 5 YEARS TO RETIRE BY 50

To Accelerates Membersā€™ Retirements, SoFi Invest Announces a 1% IRA Match on IRA Contributions

SoFi, the all-in-one digital personal finance company, today announced SoFi Invest1 will offer a 1% match on all eligible IRA (individual retirement account) contributions2. This comes as a new survey3 also out from SoFi today unveils Americans’ top financial ambitions including: creating or sustaining generational wealth, buying a house or owning property, buying a car, retiring early and sending kids to college.

Designed to help members plan for their retirement in order to achieve this top financial ambition, SoFi is introducing the 1% match on eligible IRA contributions to ensure members get more for their hard-earned money and feel more confident in their retirement plans. SoFi members can earn the IRA Match on all new IRA contributions from outside accounts as well as new contributions through ACH transfers.

SoFi Invest complements this new IRA 1% match with a full suite of investing tools and educational resources to help members at every step of their financial journey, including access to credentialed financial planners, career planners and award-winning investment tools such as SoFi Active Invest and SoFi Automated Investing1.

Other data in the survey reveals interesting sentiment and trends around retirement including:

  • Almost half (44%) of people feel like they are not making enough money to contribute to their retirement savings
  • Almost three-quarters (71%) of people would rather own a home compared to over one-quarter (28%) of people would rather retire by age 50
  • Men are more likely than women to be saving for retirement (54% vs. 43%)
  • Of those people saving, men are more likely to know what is in their savings account (55% vs. 44%)
  • And the younger generations are willing to give up dining out for 5 years in order to retire by age 50

    • two-thirds (66%) of Gen Z respondents would give up eating out at restaurants for 5 years to retire by age 50
    • 7 in 10 Millennial respondents would rather give up eating out at restaurants for 5 years to retire by age 50

To learn more about SoFiā€™s 1% IRA Match visit here and to see more about SoFiā€™s latest survey visit here.

About SoFi:

SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) is a member-centric, one-stop shop for digital financial services on a mission to help people achieve financial independence to realize their ambitions. The companyā€™s full suite of financial products and services helps its more than 6.2 million SoFi members borrow, save, spend, invest, and protect their money better by giving them fast access to the tools they need to get their money right, all in one app. SoFi also equips members with the resources they need to get ahead ā€“ like career advisors, Credentialed Financial Planners (CFPĀ®), exclusive experiences and events, and a thriving community ā€“ on their path to financial independence.

SoFi innovates across three business segments: Lending, Financial Services ā€“ which includes SoFi Checking and Savings, SoFi Invest, SoFi Credit Card, SoFi Protect, and SoFi Insights ā€“ and Technology Platform, which offers the only end-to-end vertically integrated financial technology stack. SoFi Bank, N.A., an affiliate of SoFi, is a nationally chartered bank, regulated by the OCC and FDIC and SoFi is a bank holding company regulated by the Federal Reserve. The company is also the naming rights partner of SoFi Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams. For more information, visit SoFi.com or download our iOS and Android apps.

Disclosures

1. SoFi Invest refers to the three investment and trading platforms operated by Social Finance, Inc. and its affiliates (described below). Individual customer accounts may be subject to the terms applicable to one or more of the platforms below.

1) Automated Investing and advisory services are provided by SoFi Wealth LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser (ā€œSoFi Wealthā€œ). Brokerage services are provided to SoFi Wealth LLC by SoFi Securities LLC.

2) Active Investing and brokerage services are provided by SoFi Securities LLC, Member FINRA(www.finra.org)/SIPC(www.sipc.org). Clearing and custody of all securities are provided by APEX Clearing Corporation.

3) SoFi Crypto is offered by SoFi Digital Assets, LLC, a FinCEN registered Money Service Business.

For additional disclosures related to the SoFi Invest platforms described above, including state licensure of SoFi Digital Assets, LLC, please visit SoFi.com/legal.

Neither the Investment Advisor Representatives of SoFi Wealth, nor the Registered Representatives of SoFi Securities are compensated for the sale of any product or service sold through any SoFi Invest platform. Information related to lending products contained herein should not be construed as an offer or pre-qualification for any loan product offered by SoFi Bank, N.A.

2. This is not an offer, or solicitation of any offer to buy or sell any security, investment or other product.

Investing in securities involves risks, and there is always the potential of losing money when you invest in securities. Past performance, historical returns, future projections, and statistical forecasts are no guarantee of future returns or future performance. The firm reserves the right to monitor and retain all incoming and outgoing communications as permitted by applicable law.

SoFi doesnā€™t provide tax or legal advice. Individual circumstances are unique. Consult with a qualified tax advisor or attorney about your specific needs.

See terms at sofi.com/iramatchterms for full details about the offer.

3. The SoFi Ambition Survey findings are based on an online survey of 2,000+ consumers conducted by SoFi in the U.S. between August 21 through September 1, 2023.

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