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forum thread Posted by DealMyArse • Apr 4, 2023
forum thread Posted by DealMyArse • Apr 4, 2023

SaveBetter Savings Account with 4.85% APY Interest; $1 Minimum Deposit

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SaveBetter.com savings accounts are offering 4.85% APY with a $1 minimum deposit. They partner with banks who offer FDIC insured funds, so your $$ is protected.
  • $1 minimum to open
  • Choose a savings or money market account for access to funds at any time
  • No opening or maintenance fees
  • Interest is compounded daily and credited on the last calendar day of each month
  • Partner banks are FDIC insured [fdic.gov] ($250,000 limit for single accounts; $500,000 limit on joint 2-person accounts)
  • Refer to site for details: https://www.savebetter.com/

I found this to be slicker than the front page CIT Bank CD because they offer a slightly higher interest rate while also providing access to funds at any time like a regular savings account. Please note that I have no affiliation with SaveBetter (except as a new customer) nor does this constitute any financial advice.

I chose Western Alliance Bank [savebetter.com] who, at the time, offered the highest interest rate.
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SaveBetter.com savings accounts are offering 4.85% APY with a $1 minimum deposit. They partner with banks who offer FDIC insured funds, so your $$ is protected.
  • $1 minimum to open
  • Choose a savings or money market account for access to funds at any time
  • No opening or maintenance fees
  • Interest is compounded daily and credited on the last calendar day of each month
  • Partner banks are FDIC insured [fdic.gov] ($250,000 limit for single accounts; $500,000 limit on joint 2-person accounts)
  • Refer to site for details: https://www.savebetter.com/

I found this to be slicker than the front page CIT Bank CD because they offer a slightly higher interest rate while also providing access to funds at any time like a regular savings account. Please note that I have no affiliation with SaveBetter (except as a new customer) nor does this constitute any financial advice.

I chose Western Alliance Bank [savebetter.com] who, at the time, offered the highest interest rate.

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Apr 8, 2023
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SmilingShape6458
Apr 8, 2023
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Seems like the best rate around with savebetter. One example is Ponce bank: Ponce's website is 3.5% but the same terms from Ponce through savebetter is 4.9%. Both are 3 month CDs. Anyone have experience with savebetter? Legit?
Apr 8, 2023
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sknick
Apr 8, 2023
748 Posts
Quote from SmilingShape6458 :
Anyone have experience with savebetter? Legit?
They are not a bank, they are essentially acting as a marketing arm for banks/CU aka a go between. They partner with banks & credit unions & offer competitive rates on savings, MM & CDs in order to attract more money to those banks & credit unions.

You create an account with savebetter, select a category & an offer, & they place your money with the institution offering the rate/term you want. You never interact with the bank/CU & instead handle everything via savebetter.

They started out in Europe & brought their product to America in the last couple of years.

I currently have most of my savings in a 27 month/5% CD with them, no problems so far. I won't actually get my money back for 2 more years though, theoretically something could go wrong but I can say that it has seemed fine so far.

Also my understanding is that you get $250k insurance on each investment product you use them for. So you could have $200k in a CD & $100k in a savings/MM account & both would be fully insured as long as they are using 2 different partner institutions (even though they total over $250k combined).
Last edited by sknick April 8, 2023 at 07:15 AM.
Aug 20, 2023
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Joined Jul 2015
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findthisfunny
Aug 20, 2023
16 Posts
Sorry for reviving an older thread. But thanks for your quick review with Raisin. I too am curious about their their services, which seem like a great platform for rate chasers without having to creating separate accounts at individual institutions. BBB reviews [bbb.org] concern me though, granted there are not that many over 3 year period and they seem to be responsive to the complaints. But some of those complaints suggest they only start to help once BBB was involved.

Have you or the OP experienced any customer service issues since April? Seems like many of the complaints involve access issues with little to no response from CS. Not many posts on Raisin that I could find through search at SD, almost all come back with the shriveled grape variety.

Thank you in advance.

Quote from sknick :
They are not a bank, they are essentially acting as a marketing arm for banks/CU aka a go between. They partner with banks & credit unions & offer competitive rates on savings, MM & CDs in order to attract more money to those banks & credit unions.

You create an account with savebetter, select a category & an offer, & they place your money with the institution offering the rate/term you want. You never interact with the bank/CU & instead handle everything via savebetter.

They started out in Europe & brought their product to America in the last couple of years.

I currently have most of my savings in a 27 month/5% CD with them, no problems so far. I won't actually get my money back for 2 more years though, theoretically something could go wrong but I can say that it has seemed fine so far.

Also my understanding is that you get $250k insurance on each investment product you use them for. So you could have $200k in a CD & $100k in a savings/MM account & both would be fully insured as long as they are using 2 different partner institutions (even though they total over $250k combined).
Last edited by findthisfunny August 20, 2023 at 09:30 AM.
Aug 20, 2023
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sknick
Aug 20, 2023
748 Posts
Quote from findthisfunny :
Sorry for reviving an older thread. But thanks for your quick review with Raisin. I too am curious about their their services, which seem like a great platform for rate chasers without having to creating separate accounts at individual institutions. BBB reviews [bbb.org] concern me though, granted there are not that many over 3 year period and they seem to be responsive to the complaints. But some of those complaints suggest they only start to help once BBB was involved.

Have you or the OP experienced any customer service issues since April? Seems like many of the complaints involve access issues with little to no response from CS. Not many posts on Raisin that I could find through search at SD, almost all come back with the shriveled grape variety.

Thank you in advance.
No issues for me, but again I'm locked in until April 2025…so I'm just logging in about once a month to check my balance.

They did change the platform in US from "savebetter" to "raisin" which was unexpected. But that appears to have gone smoothly from my perspective.
Aug 20, 2023
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Joined Jul 2015
Aug 20, 2023
findthisfunny
Aug 20, 2023
16 Posts
Quote from sknick :
No issues for me, but again I'm locked in until April 2025…so I'm just logging in about once a month to check my balance.

They did change the platform in US from "savebetter" to "raisin" which was unexpected. But that appears to have gone smoothly from my perspective.
Thank you @sknick. Much appreciated.

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