SIPC Says It Has Serious Concerns About Robinhood's New Product

Re:SIPC Says It Has Serious Concerns About Robinhood's New P... by devman0 on Friday December 14, 2018 @11:31AM (#18682022)

I'm not sure how Ameritrade works, but the other brokers I've used (Fidelity, Schwab, and Vanguard) you either have an 'uninvested' position where your cash is parked (generally a federal money market fund) or bank sweep that is FDIC insured. They never actually hold cash for you it is either in a money market or a bank sweep.

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Re:SIPC Says It Has Serious Concerns About Robinhood's New P... by maratd on Friday December 14, 2018 @01:20PM (#18683087)

It's highly likely that Robinhood will do the same. It'll be parked in a money market, with the option of writing checks, etc. all of which you can do already with the other brokerages.

The new thing here I think is the ATM card and them covering the difference between the money market rate and 3%, which right now is less than 1%. They'll probably make up that difference via interchange fees when you use the debit card.

That SIPC thing though ... that's a bit of a wrench in the gears.

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Re:SIPC Says It Has Serious Concerns About Robinhood's New P... by gcbw2 on Friday December 14, 2018 @05:26PM (#18685463)

Then why are those organizations saying they won't be insured?

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