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Throttle
Valued Member

US Bank Smartly Approval

Applied for Smartly card and was just approved. They gave me a $1k starting CL, but hey it's better than a denial. Pulled TU. I've had a checking + savings with them for a few months now but was planning to close it prior to applying. Guess I'll load up $5k to hit the 2.5% while I figure out what I'm doing with it. 

Question is how soon can I request CLI and is it sp or hp?

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coreyb80
Super Contributor

Re: US Bank Smartly Approval

Congrats!

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Rebuild2019
Valued Contributor

Re: US Bank Smartly Approval

Congratulations on your approval. I know it's just me, but if my starting limit is $1000 my $5000 is staying where it is for 2.5 %. 

Just business. 😁 Good Luck getting the limit up. 


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CreditMagic7
Mega Contributor

Re: US Bank Smartly Approval

Congrats on the USB Smartly approval!

They approved me a couple months ago for an enemic profile damaging $500 and i straightway closed it, 

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Throttle
Valued Member

Re: US Bank Smartly Approval


@CreditMagic7 wrote:

Congrats on the USB Smartly approval!

They approved me a couple months ago for an enemic profile damaging $500 and i straightway closed it, 


I feel like i'd do the same for $500. However I have a bit of a dirty profile sooo i'll take whatever relationship building amount I can get.

 

I think I can make $1k work for a bit as a secondary card while I wait to get the cash for higher tiers into USBs ecosystem. 

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xiuxiuejar
Valued Member

Re: US Bank Smartly Approval

Rumor has it the card is about to be nerfed- they've already started to gut the entire "smartly"  deposit account program (no more checking fee waived with a credit card). It wouldn't be the first time time US Bank has changed their card from "too good be true!" to simply "meh." I swear the company US Bank should have a co-branded card with is Hasbro (maker of the nerf ball)...

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cashorcharge
Community Leader
Super Contributor

Re: US Bank Smartly Approval

Nicely done!! Congratulations on your Approval!!👏🏼🍾🥂

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salt_water_swimming
Contributor

Re: US Bank Smartly Approval


@Throttle wrote:

 

Question is how soon can I request CLI and is it sp or hp?


Can request as soon as the card arrives in the mail

 

It's a hard pull






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ptatohed
Senior Contributor

Re: US Bank Smartly Approval

Congrats. $5,000 for 2.5% CB is a nice sweet spot. $1,000 limit is low but you can make mid-month payments for now. You can maybe open a self-directed investment account and stick the $5000 in to safe SCHD ETF or maybe take their 4.00% CD for now, until the market volatility stabilizes.

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Rotating 5% CB:
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Everyday 4% CB:
US Bank Smartly (v1.0)

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NoMoreE46
Community Leader
Senior Contributor

Re: US Bank Smartly Approval

Grats.

 

You can request one immediately.   At least two successful threads for CLI  in about 30 days  (these were TU HPs.)

 

 

 


@Throttle wrote:

Applied for Smartly card and was just approved. They gave me a $1k starting CL, but hey it's better than a denial. Pulled TU. I've had a checking + savings with them for a few months now but was planning to close it prior to applying. Guess I'll load up $5k to hit the 2.5% while I figure out what I'm doing with it. 

Question is how soon can I request CLI and is it sp or hp?


 

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