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LordOfTheDerp t1_jdusoff wrote

Wish FCB would give me more than .03 interest rate on my savings account before they bought this albatross.

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nasty_nater t1_jdv41vv wrote

Dude why would you even have savings there? There’s HYSAs with 4.5%+.

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LordOfTheDerp t1_jdvr2qn wrote

Gotta have a day off to get shit done. I'm a wage slave. Golden handcuffs and all.

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cheesepuff07 t1_jdvtzmb wrote

…what? within 5 minutes you can have your account setup and funded solely online

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IvanKozlov t1_jdvyfek wrote

You can literally set up an account with Betterment right now all online and have a 4.5% interest savings account today.

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No-Reach-9173 t1_jdx5tgs wrote

Does betterment actually have HYSA I thought they just did regular/fractional investments via "AI"?

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ShittyFrogMeme t1_jdxvzzi wrote

Betterment has a cash account but you are better off just buying treasuries yourself or, if you value simplicity, just buying VUSXX.

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IvanKozlov t1_jdx7ci3 wrote

They do. They have robo investing as their original main draw, but they also have HYSA accounts, checking accounts, IRAs, among other things. I've been a customer of theirs for a few years.

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t-poke t1_jdw8liq wrote

It takes 5 minutes to open a HYSA and move your money over. You can probably do it on your phone while taking a shit.

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127-0-0-1_1 t1_jdvu1b9 wrote

How do you think they’re going to get a higher interest rate for you? This is practically free money. Not only do they get 16.5b in arbitrage if they can maintain depositor liquidity, but the latter is extremely easy now that the fed is offering collateralized loans for federal bond assets at cost.

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Milyardo t1_jdw9up2 wrote

The assets of SVB are good. SVB failed only because it wasn't liquid enough to prevent a run. The only reason to be concerned if is First Citizens doesn't balance long term assets like SVB's bonds with short term ones or cash.

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sciguy52 t1_jdymrrk wrote

And yet further up the reddit news thread it said it was going to cost $20 billion for the serfs....er I mean "the other banks" to pay for the bail out because SVB did NOT have enough assets.

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dclxvi616 t1_jdyz482 wrote

The two statements are not mutually exclusive: "SVB did not have enough liquid assets," & "The assets of SVB are good."

It's like if you put all your cash into savings bonds that you cannot redeem for a 1-year holding period and don't leave yourself anything to buy groceries with. You are financially ruined in the moment, but your bonds are still good assets.

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