Current Paycheck Advance
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Get Current
On Current's site
Current Paycheck Advance lets you pull $25 to $750 from your next paycheck early. It lives inside the Current bank account, not a separate app. The free option costs $0 and takes about 3 business days. Instant delivery costs a fee, but Current never publishes the number anywhere, not even in its own terms.
Get Current
On Current's site
$750
Max advance
$0/mo
Subscription
None
Credit check
Not published
Instant fee
The details
- Max advance
- Up to $750
- Limit resets
- Other
- Mandatory fees
- None
- Interest
- None; not a loan (earned wage access service)
- Late fee
- None; no fee other than the optional Instant Access Fee, and no obligation to repay
- Credit check
- None
- Direct deposit required?
- Yes
- Bank-link required
- No
- Instant transfer
- Typically within minutes; may take up to an hour
- Instant transfer fee
- Not published
- Free transfer
- Within 3 business days (typically), at no cost
- Tips
- None
- Eligibility
- Advances run $25 to $750. You need a Current Account receiving a recurring payroll deposit of at least $200 from an employer, payroll provider or government payer. P2P transfers (Venmo, Cash App, Zelle, PayPal), mobile check deposits and cash deposits do not qualify. Not available in CT, MD, NV, WI or Washington DC. Repayment is auto-debited around your next payroll deposit; an advance unpaid after 40 days blocks new ones, or 34 days in California. Current warrants it will not report a Paycheck Advance to a consumer reporting agency. Current publishes NO figure for the Instant Access Fee, in any form: the terms say only that the amount is shown in the app at request, and support says it varies by advance size. The $4.99 and $5 figures circulating on review sites are third-party and must not be used.
Pros & cons
Pros
- It's built into your everyday banking, not a stand-alone advance app to manage.
- Current has no legal claim against you if you can't repay it.
- Current never asks for a tip or a monthly membership fee.
Cons
- Current won't say what instant delivery costs until you ask in the app.
- You need a real $200+ payroll deposit landing in a Current account.
- Not available in 5 places: Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, Wisconsin, or Washington DC.
