Re:Safe Deposit Boxes Aren't Safe
by kube-system on Sunday July 28, 2019 @11:58AM
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> Imagine if it were legal for companies to pass something off as a "bank account" when they weren't actually a bank.
Robinhood’s attempt at checking accounts come to mind...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2018/12/14/sipc-hea...
Imagine if it were legal for companies to pass something off as a "bank account" when they weren't actually a bank. And it explains it all in the fine print, but as we all know nobody reads the fine print, especially when the offered product is so seemingly familiar. We'd have fly-by-night operations losing people's money left and right, and then legally washing their hands of it.