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$50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« on: June 05, 2013, 08:09:35 PM »
I know that most people here are hooked up with Bluebird, but if you are one of the few who have a Serve account, here is an email offer I got from AMEX serve. [I don’t know if it is targeted, it doesn’t seem like it.]
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We'll give you a $50 account credit after your second Direct Deposit of $250 or more to your American Express® Serve Account, when received by September 30, 2013.


This can be done in My Account>Funding Sources.

Relevant terms and conditions:
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To receive the $50 credit from Serve, you must: (i) activate your Serve Card, (ii) successfully enroll in Direct Deposit that your employer participates in and (iii) receive a minimum of two qualifying Direct Deposit transfers of $250 or more to your Serve Account, the second of which must post on or before September 30 2013. A qualifying Direct Deposit is defined as a recurring Direct Deposit of a paycheck or other regular monthly income electronically deposited by an employer into your Serve Account. Transfers and loads from any other funding source (including P2P, credit or debit card, cash, bank account) do not qualify as load transactions to receive a credit … Statement credit will be posted to your Serve Account within thirty (30) days of your satisfying the above requirements. Limit one (1) $50 credit per Serve Account. Subaccount holders are not eligible to earn a credit. Offer subject to change or cancellation at any time and cannot be combined with any other offer(s).

If Chase Checking coupon offers are any indication, DD from my bank account should work.
I will try it out and post the results.
« Last Edit: June 05, 2013, 08:12:58 PM by dirah »

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2013, 09:38:51 PM »
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Transfers and loads from any other funding source (including ... bank account) do not qualify as load transactions to receive a credit
will be glad to be proved wrong

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2013, 09:50:46 PM »
will be glad to be proved wrong
There is a difference between a bank transfer and DD.
Some bank accounts allow the option of doing a transfer as a DD.
It works for Chase, and I imagine it will work for Serve.

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2013, 09:59:35 PM »
What's this about "transfers with a credit card"???

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2013, 10:01:25 PM »
What's this about "transfers with a credit card"???
Serve allows you to load $250 per month via Credit Card without fees.
It is a bit of a consolation for those people who can't do Bluebird.

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2013, 07:29:47 AM »
I will try it out and post the results.
Success!
I transferred two $250 Direct Deposit's from my bank account - which just so happens to be the same bank account linked to my serve account  :).
A $50 credit posted immediately with the second deposit.
Easy as pie, and I already transferred it all back to the same bank account from where it came :)
I posted a screenshot, just blanked out any personal details.

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2013, 07:35:52 AM »
Success!
I transferred two $250 Direct Deposit's from my bank account - which just so happens to be the same bank account linked to my serve account  :).
A $50 credit posted immediately with the second deposit.
Easy as pie, and I already transferred it all back to the same bank account from where it came :)
I posted a screenshot, just blanked out any personal details.
Nice! Is this offer for new account holders only? I.e. I already got a different sign up bonus with a serve account

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2013, 07:38:12 AM »
Nice! Is this offer for new account holders only?
No, we have been with them for a long time.
More significantly, it worked for both my own account as well as my wife's, even though only one of us got an email about it.
It therefore seems that this is not targeted.

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2013, 07:39:41 AM »
No, we have been with them for a long time.
More significantly, it worked for both my own account as well as my wife's, even though only one of us got an email about it.
It therefore seems that this is not targeted.
Thanks! Gonna try it for me and wifey now

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2013, 07:41:05 AM »
Thanks! Gonna try it for me and wifey now
Just make sure that your bank sends transfers as Direct Deposits.
I know that E*Trade does.

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2013, 07:51:53 AM »
Can I make the DD from Chase?


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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2013, 12:58:14 PM »
Thanks! Gonna try it for me and wifey now
No BB account?


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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2013, 01:31:44 PM »
Nope. I do straight up mvd.. :))

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2013, 02:09:20 PM »
Success!
I transferred two $250 Direct Deposit's from my bank account - which just so happens to be the same bank account linked to my serve account  :).
A $50 credit posted immediately with the second deposit.
Easy as pie, and I already transferred it all back to the same bank account from where it came :)
I posted a screenshot, just blanked out any personal details.

Saw this and didn't get around to it. What bank did you do it from?
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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2013, 03:55:45 PM »
Are Bluebird and Serve linked? Or the same product family? I tried signing up for serve with the same email I use for Bluebird and it won't let me, it won't let me choose my phone number as mobile either.

I had to sign up with my other email and put my phone number as home instead of mobile to get it to work.

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #15 on: June 12, 2013, 03:56:12 PM »
Are Bluebird and Serve linked? Or the same product family? I tried signing up for serve with the same email I use for Bluebird and it won't let me, it won't let me choose my phone number as mobile either.

I had to sign up with my other email and put my phone number as home instead of mobile to get it to work.
You can only have one or the other.

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #16 on: June 12, 2013, 03:57:46 PM »
So will they cancel my Serve then when they see I have Bluebird? I wasn't aware of that.

Maybe that is why it says at the top when I login to Serve that my account is still being verified and to expect an email within 24-48 hours.
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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #17 on: June 12, 2013, 06:32:37 PM »
Saw this and didn't get around to it. What bank did you do it from?
ETrade

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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2013, 06:48:47 PM »
What other banks do DD for a transfer besides Etrade?
Any one know?
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Re: $50 Bonus with AMEX SERVE Direct Deposit
« Reply #19 on: June 12, 2013, 07:04:17 PM »
my wife still has a serve would citibank work?