The Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is accurate as of 4/10/2024. Rates are variable and are subject to change without notice.
The My Banking Direct High Yield Savings is a tiered rate account. The minimum balance to open the account is $500. If your daily balance is $50,000 or more, the APY is 5.55%. If your daily balance is between $10,000.00 and $49,999.99, the APY is 5.55% If your daily balance is between $1.00 and $9,999.99, the APY is 5.55%.
My Banking Direct, a service of Flagstar Bank, N.A., reserves the right to change the rate at any time without notice. Fees could reduce earnings.
My Banking Direct is a service of Flagstar Bank, N.A.
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The Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is accurate as of 4/10/2024. Rates are variable and are subject to change without notice.
The My Banking Direct High Yield Savings is a tiered rate account. The minimum balance to open the account is $500. If your daily balance is $50,000 or more, the APY is 5.55%. If your daily balance is between $10,000.00 and $49,999.99, the APY is 5.55% If your daily balance is between $1.00 and $9,999.99, the APY is 5.55%.
My Banking Direct, a service of Flagstar Bank, N.A., reserves the right to change the rate at any time without notice. Fees could reduce earnings.
My Banking Direct is a service of Flagstar Bank, N.A.
My Banking Direct is a service of Flagstar Bank N.A. The parent company is NY Community Bank which is having financial difficulties. You can Google it. But all funds up to $250K is FDIC insured.
A: In the unlikely event of a bank failure, the FDIC responds in two capacities.
First, as the insurer of the bank's deposits, the FDIC pays insurance to depositors up to the insurance limit. Historically, the FDIC pays insurance within a few days after a bank closing, usually the next business day, by either 1) providing each depositor with a new account at another insured bank in an amount equal to the insured balance of their account at the failed bank, or 2) issuing a check to each depositor for the insured balance of their account at the failed bank.
Recently learned you can just buy USFR or SGOV from any brokerage, have better or similar interest rates and be fully backed by US Gov, ie like US bonds, on your entire investment instead of just a 250k fdic limit (for USFR). On top of this, it's pretty much liquid as you can sell shares anytime and no state taxes.
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I've been looking into brokered CD's. It seems like you can get a much better rate. For example I saw some on the secondary market 4.85% APY but then they are sold at about $92.50, so about 7.5% discount with just over 2 year coupon maturity date. Wouldn't that be more like 9% APY Guaranteed and FDIC insured?
I'm having difficulties finding information on brokered CD's but they seem like an incredible option during a shaky market.
I already have 5.25 at ufb direct... is it worth opening this?
Not really, IMO, especially if you just opened an account with UFB and don't have a sufficiently large balance.
If you were getting 1% extra or more than your current rate, then it starts to be worth chasing rates because you're hitting the $100 difference at $10K instead of $30K, but even then you have to consider how much money you'd actually be moving over.
They need the cash. My guess is a lot of savers desperate for rates are pouring in at below the FDIC insured amount. They said 72% of their deposits are at insured level. I am still shocked 28% are not. Maybe retired people taking risks chasing higher yield.
I've been looking into brokered CD's. It seems like you can get a much better rate. For example I saw some on the secondary market 4.85% APY but then they are sold at about $92.50, so about 7.5% discount with just over 2 year coupon maturity date. Wouldn't that be more like 9% APY Guaranteed and FDIC insured?
I'm having difficulties finding information on brokered CD's but they seem like an incredible option during a shaky market.
Just be sure to look for any call provisions. You want to know yield to worst and yield to maturity.
Just be sure to look for any call provisions. You want to know yield to worst and yield to maturity.
It seems most of the shorter term ones are non callable, but longer term ones like 10 years out are callable. I saw some 4.25% APY ones for $83 but about 10 years out. But still that would be like a nearly guaranteed 6% a year return for10 years OR more if it gets called.
Why wouldnt you just put your money in a short term Treasury Bill ladder thats netting in the 5%'s instead? Ladder it up so you can pull it out whenever. No State taxes on those gains.
Not quite. Most banks have at least 10 to 20% uninsured deposits. For NYCB, they are now backed by Steve Mnuchin and Joseph Otting, both heavy hitters in the financial world, along with other well-known names like Ken Griffin of Citadel (one of the largest hedge funds).
Many regional banks tend to allow their most valued depositors to look at their books at a far greater level of detail than retail depositors. In doing so, it gives high value depositors far greater confidence in that their deposits are safe. It also helps that NYCB has over 130% coverage ratio of their uninsured deposits.
Steve Mnuchin, in particular, is very familiar with turning around banks. He led a group of investors including Michael Dell and George Soros to buy IndyMac out of FDIC receivership, rebranded it OneWest, went through many rounds of layoffs, sold off toxic assets, regrew loan portfolio and deposit base, and ended up selling it to CIT Group in less than 5 years and more than doubled his money.
This 5.55% APY is right out of his IndyMac playbook: shore up capital first, improve CET, alleviate regulatory scrutiny of a Cat4 bank (>$100b total assets), keep steady until Feds (if) begin to cut interest rates. When that happens, paper losses on CRE (office and rent controlled apartments) would begin to lower.
Undoubtedly, that's what Mnuchin and Otting are telling the large depositors. And it seems to be working.
Yes. Indication they running out of money per CNBC
Well they are getting headlines with this move and I'm sure that's what they wanted, it's a bold move and there are much smaller and shakier online only pop up banks that are offering similar rates - so in the world of savings account yield chasing MBD / Flagstar is probably one of the more robust institutions competing in the space.
I've had their account for a while. Had an HM Bradley account, until that account was closed and they opened up the savings account last year. High interest rates, recent increase from 5.35 to 5.55%. online app is fair. Initial deposits were slow, (funds held for 7-10 days), but more recent transfers have been faster . Use this as my secondary savings account.
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A: In the unlikely event of a bank failure, the FDIC responds in two capacities.
First, as the insurer of the bank's deposits, the FDIC pays insurance to depositors up to the insurance limit. Historically, the FDIC pays insurance within a few days after a bank closing, usually the next business day, by either 1) providing each depositor with a new account at another insured bank in an amount equal to the insured balance of their account at the failed bank, or 2) issuing a check to each depositor for the insured balance of their account at the failed bank.
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I'm having difficulties finding information on brokered CD's but they seem like an incredible option during a shaky market.
If you were getting 1% extra or more than your current rate, then it starts to be worth chasing rates because you're hitting the $100 difference at $10K instead of $30K, but even then you have to consider how much money you'd actually be moving over.
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I'm having difficulties finding information on brokered CD's but they seem like an incredible option during a shaky market.
Many regional banks tend to allow their most valued depositors to look at their books at a far greater level of detail than retail depositors. In doing so, it gives high value depositors far greater confidence in that their deposits are safe. It also helps that NYCB has over 130% coverage ratio of their uninsured deposits.
Steve Mnuchin, in particular, is very familiar with turning around banks. He led a group of investors including Michael Dell and George Soros to buy IndyMac out of FDIC receivership, rebranded it OneWest, went through many rounds of layoffs, sold off toxic assets, regrew loan portfolio and deposit base, and ended up selling it to CIT Group in less than 5 years and more than doubled his money.
This 5.55% APY is right out of his IndyMac playbook: shore up capital first, improve CET, alleviate regulatory scrutiny of a Cat4 bank (>$100b total assets), keep steady until Feds (if) begin to cut interest rates. When that happens, paper losses on CRE (office and rent controlled apartments) would begin to lower.
Undoubtedly, that's what Mnuchin and Otting are telling the large depositors. And it seems to be working.
Really good post friend.
Well they are getting headlines with this move and I'm sure that's what they wanted, it's a bold move and there are much smaller and shakier online only pop up banks that are offering similar rates - so in the world of savings account yield chasing MBD / Flagstar is probably one of the more robust institutions competing in the space.
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They are FDIC insured.
They are a division of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC) MANUBANK, which is a subsidiary of SMBC Americas Holdings, Inc., which is a member of the Japanese SMBC Group.
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