Also, free wire transfers? That sounds almost unbelievable.
Does the Regulation D six withdraw a month limit apply? Might depend on the money market fund you choose?
This is probably why Schwab doesn't offer the same feature, because Schwab is a bona fide bank and offers true bank accounts to complement their brokerage accounts.
Wait, so are you saying you can get up to 1.65% interest on a withdrawable cash fund? Perhaps I'm confused - are you including a penalty for liquidating the shares in that, or just assuming you never liquidate?
I'm getting slightly better than that, but that's in a 5 year CD with a large minimum deposit. The penalty for liquidating is the previous 6 months of interest.
https://www.lmcu.org/personal/banking/checking-accounts/max-...
https://www.myconsumers.org/personal/checking
No penalties for liquidating, some minor requirements (use it for at least one bill and a couple purchases each month) to get the interest rate each month.
Source: Fidelity is my primary bank account.
A bonus is I get paid a day early, Fidelity makes my paycheck available a day before payday for some reason.
Schwab is the worst.
For those of you comparing Fidelity and Schwab for cash management, two things:
1) Fidelity's debit card also reimburses ATM fees worldwide, but lists a 1% foreign transaction fee for purchases. This doesn't apply to ATM withdrawals, which don't count as purchases and are, in fact, 0%.
2) Schwab's interest rate on cash in their checking account is 0.25% last time I checked. Fidelity's is similar, but they count purchased money market funds as liquid, withdrawable cash, and automatically liquidate shares when needed without intervention by you. So the effective interest rate on cash is somewhere between 1.55% and 1.9%, depending on which money market fund you choose. Schwab also has money market funds, but they're not treated as liquid cash. You must manually sell shares, wait until settlement clears, and then transfer funds into your checking account, which is a pain in the ass.
3) Not directly related to cash management, but useful nonetheless: Fidelity advertises $4.95 brokerage trades. Every time I've called and asked, "Can you give me free trades?," they give me free trades (usually 10-20) as a "goodwill" perk. It's a 60 second phone call. Don't pay for trades!
EDIT: Perhaps notable for those who live in high tax states like NY or CA, interest income from Fidelity's "Treasury Only" money market funds is exempt from state taxes. Interest earned from a typical checking account or CD is state taxable. You can also purchase municipal money market funds which are exempt from state and federal taxes, but they have a lower yields.