Re:Simple Bank Is Closing
by ramraj07 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @09:22PM
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Wait what's the catch? It's insured and still able to give so much interest? Even CDs don't give anywhere close
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People who make enough money to save 20% of their deposits probably aren’t going to bother with some convoluted system to earn a maximum of $3000 interest annually. You could make more with AMEX points.
You make amex points if you spend money. I barely spend anything I make (and whatever I spend mostly can't be on cards) so for people like me this will be ideal. Given the pandemic and wfh boom I doubt I'm alone. I'm also extremely averse to every speculative investment bin right now, so if someone guarantees coverage for 3% inflation I'll happily give them my money.
Here's a big one:
> We do not pay interest on account balances above $100,000