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My Banking Direct High Yield Savings Account: Earn Up To

($500 Minimum Deposit)

5.55% APY

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My Banking Direct offers up to 5.55% APY when you open High Yield Savings Account with $500 minimum deposit.

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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.
  • Flagstar Bank, N.A. is FDIC insured.
  • Other HYSA accounts to consider:

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My Banking Direct offers up to 5.55% APY when you open High Yield Savings Account with $500 minimum deposit.

Thanks to community member georgerobert for finding this deal.

Editor's Notes

Written by megakimcheelove | Staff
  • 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.
  • Flagstar Bank, N.A. is FDIC insured.
  • Other HYSA accounts to consider:

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bigballs
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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.

https://www.mybankingdirect.com/p...ings.html?
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Q: What happens when a bank fails?

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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dingdong123
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I noted one interesting thing. If you go thru mynycb.com, which redirect to https://www.flagstar.com/, which is same bank as this one, banner states apy is guaranteed for 5 months. But catch is fees of $15 per month, which can be waived thru checking account. I think there is some checking account opening bonus for NYCB.
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Quote from dingdong123 :
I noted one interesting thing. If you go thru mynycb.com, which redirect to https://www.flagstar.com/, which is same bank as this one, banner states apy is guaranteed for 5 months. But catch is fees of $15 per month, which can be waived thru checking account.
You don't need a checking account. They wave the fee if you keep $10K+ in the Savings, which I am assuming you will. The one catch vs. the online bank is that you need to have at least $25K in the Savings account to get the promo APR (if you open the account at a branch). And it needs to be "new money" (which, in my experience, is up to the local branch manager to wave).
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Quote from bigballs :
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 am not an expert, but those could also be business/institutional accounts, perhaps?
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Quote from bigballs :
I figure $200K is safe. Well under FDIC limit. Anything else I am missing? The FDIC website says it will cut out a check for the deposit and interest with 2 to 3 day if there is a failure or transfer the account to a new bank. Is there something I am missing? Just want to cross all the dots. I already sent them $25K. They actually have a branch of NY Community Bank near me.
FDIC covers bank failure, not fraud or theft. I don't know how many incidents of the latter have ever occurred?

But one case that caught my attention recently is this:
https://kutv.com/news/2news-inves...en-swensen

However, I think that this is different because it was an account where the party signed over control to a bank employee.
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Quote from dingdong123 :
I noted one interesting thing. If you go thru mynycb.com, which redirect to https://www.flagstar.com/, which is same bank as this one, banner states apy is guaranteed for 5 months. But catch is fees of $15 per month, which can be waived thru checking account. I think there is some checking account opening bonus for NYCB.
This rate and terms I believe are only offered through this offer only. I also looked through the offer by not using the link and the rate was lower as well.
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Quote from brownricebran :
FDIC covers bank failure, not fraud or theft. I don't know how many incidents of the latter have every occurred?

But one case that caught my attention recently is this:
https://kutv.com/news/2news-inves...en-swensen

However, I think that this is different because it was an account where the party signed over control to a bank employee.
I don't think you have to worry about that. If this bank fails, it's because they made bad loan decisions before the interest rate went up.
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How long does this rate stay before it drops? What if it drops like in 2 weeks without notifying you.

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Quote from TekkenLord :
How long does this rate stay before it drops? What if it drops like in 2 weeks without notifying you.
Ehhhh.. it was 5.35 last week I believe. Sure, it may drop, but this isn't really a promo rate.

With the treasury news this week, I doubt bank rates will drop soon. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if some banks raised their rates.
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Short term treasuries are paying just under 5.4%. You don't pay state income tax on treasuries. If your state (+local) income tax rate is 3% or higher, then you're better off with short term treasuries, provided you don't mind the reduced liquidity.
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Quote from bigballs :
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.

https://ir.mynycb.com/news-and-ev...fault.aspx
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.
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Rates are a rising again.
Last edited by bchill April 10, 2024 at 04:39 PM.
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hotindy
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This is savings with no commitment on the duration. However if you are comfortable locking for one year, has anyone tried Nexbank or State Bank if Texas where they are offering 5.4% on one year CD. Pl let me know if it's worth considering one of these options
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Quote from hotindy :
This is savings with no commitment on the duration. However if you are comfortable locking for one year, has anyone tried Nexbank or State Bank if Texas where they are offering 5.4% on one year CD. Pl let me know if it's worth considering one of these options
Def. competitive rates, Haven't found any higher of 1 yr term yet. Thanks for sharing.
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Quote from TekkenLord :
How long does this rate stay before it drops? What if it drops like in 2 weeks without notifying you.
I don't see any info in the online account terms, but for accounts opened in brick & mortar branches, it's "a guaranteed promotional rate for 5 months with an opening deposit of $25,000 or more [flagstar.com]". This beats the hell out of any CD or a non-guaranteed savings rate accounts.

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Quote from deelseaker :
I don't see any info in the online account terms, but for accounts opened in brick & mortar branches, it's "a guaranteed promotional rate for 5 months with an opening deposit of $25,000 or more [flagstar.com]". This beats the hell out of any CD or a non-guaranteed savings rate accounts.
Their 5 month CD is 5.50% so just get that if you want 5-month guarantee without dropping $25K.

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