Editorial & Sponsorship Disclosure
How sponsored investigations work on Siren Insider, who pays for what, and why the recommendations should be trusted on the merits. Last updated 2026-05-29.
The 30-day rule
Every service or institution recommended in a sponsored report is independently evaluated by the newsroom for at least 30 days against a written category standard before publication. Several sponsored reports have been canceled and slots refunded when the underlying product did not meet the standard.
How sponsored reports are labeled
When a report is sponsored, three signals appear before you have to scroll: the red "sponsored investigation" strip at the very top of the page; the word "Sponsored Investigation" in the kicker line directly above the report title; and a sponsor box, set apart from the body text, with the sponsor name and a single call-to-action link.
How sponsors are paid
Sponsored reports pay Siren Insider either as a flat sponsorship fee, as an affiliate-commission arrangement on actions taken through the sponsor link, or both. The sponsor does not see the report before publication. The sponsor cannot demand revisions after publication except to correct factual errors about their own product. Editorial control of the text stays with the newsroom in every case.
Categories of sponsorship we refuse
We do not accept sponsorships from: payday lenders or short-term loan products with APRs over 36%; debt-relief firms operating before-fees-paid models in violation of FTC TSR rules; multi-level-marketing programs; crypto-asset trading platforms; any institution we have previously evaluated and declined to recommend; any institution under active enforcement action by a state attorney general or the CFPB.
What this publication is not
Siren Insider is not a Registered Investment Advisor. Nothing in any report is personalized legal, financial, tax, medical, or insurance advice. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reachable at consumerfinance.gov. Your state attorney general's office is the appropriate destination for consumer-fraud complaints within your jurisdiction.
FTC compliance
All sponsored content on Siren Insider is disclosed in accordance with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides (16 C.F.R. Part 255). Sponsored links use the rel="sponsored" attribute. Affiliate-commission relationships are disclosed in the sponsor box on the report itself.
Contact
Questions about a report, this disclosure, or a sponsorship inquiry: [email protected].