01/06/2023
Financial Fact Friday: Robinhood wants to be your retirement fund, offering a 1% match
Robinhood, a stock-trading app that became a favorite of the "meme-stock" crowd during the pandemic, has a new proposition: Open an Individual Retirement Account with the service and it will match 1% of the funds customers contribute.
The company, which rolled out its new retirement savings program in December 2022, said it is the only IRA provider to offer a match on investments — a feature that is typical in many employer-based 401(k) programs. In such plans, an employer will typically match a worker's 401(k) contributions up to a limit, often between 3% to 6% of their annual salary.
According to Census data, such matches are typically only available as an employer-sponsored benefit, and only 1 in 3 Americans has access to a corporate retirement plan.
(Source: CNCB News)