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expiredgeorgerobert posted Apr 09, 2024 04:52 PM
expiredgeorgerobert posted Apr 09, 2024 04:52 PM

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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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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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?
bigballs
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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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Apr 12, 2024 09:39 PM
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bigballsApr 12, 2024 09:39 PM
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Quote from georgerobert :
5.55%APY when you open a High Yield Savings Account.

https://www.mybankingdirect.com/#
BTW, what happened to this post. I am the original poster who posted but it was taken over by someone else. Don't care really but why and how did this happen.
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Apr 12, 2024 09:42 PM
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bigballsApr 12, 2024 09:42 PM
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Quote from yardost :
Perhaps not the most appropriate place to ask for financial advice but seems like there are some knowledgeable people on here so I will ask.

I am considering opening a 23-month CD from Credit Human here in Texas, which pays a 5.2%APY.

With no state income tax, would there be any advantage a T bill would give over the CD?
I would park your money here and wait until the fall. It appears the interest is not going down anytime soon before end of the year. If you hear news that Powell will finally cut the rate, move quick to grab that 23 month CD quick because that won't be coming back at that rate. It's a game you play with the banks. That is my plan. Keep getting 5% plus as long as possible and try to quick lock in the rate before they cut the rate.
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rbigmApr 12, 2024 10:26 PM
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Quote from aidrees1 :
I just opened a savings acct with Flagstar. I'm not impressed at all so far. Most likely I will be closing this acct very soon.
What are you my impressed with?
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dealz4homeApr 12, 2024 10:27 PM
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Quote from Wulfrax :
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.
where do I sign up with 10k?
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soobaerodudeApr 12, 2024 10:32 PM
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Quote from techie333 :
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.
I agree. USFR will have just as good rates without having to chase HYSA limited offers along with being state-tax free.
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AmusedScent305Apr 12, 2024 10:33 PM
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Quote from dealz4home :
where do I sign up with 10k?
TreasuryDirect.gov
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dealz4homeApr 12, 2024 10:42 PM
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Quote from AmusedScent305 :
TreasuryDirect.gov
which option would I choose? I see savings bonds and tbill auctions. I can pull it out whenver with no penalty? NO state tax would be a huge plus

whwere do I find the 1 month or 3 month?
https://yieldfinder.app/

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Apr 12, 2024 10:45 PM
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BlueCircle543Apr 12, 2024 10:45 PM
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This bank essentially froze my assets and held withdrawals when their stock price dipped. I had to call them and a couple weeks later they released my money. I moved my money to betterment, UFB, and schwabb (uninsured, but ~= APR).
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BondTraderApr 12, 2024 10:46 PM
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Quote from noobcake :
'Just a duration mismatch' is putting it lightly that SVB held ~110+ billion of bonds worth 83 cents on the dollar. Held to maturity and available for sale accounting standards can only hide paper losses.
Duration mismatch is exactly what it was. If you don't know what bond duration is, look it up... lol It's not "putting it lightly"

HTM and AFS don't "hide" anything... AFS Losses flow through other comprehensible income statement... It's always reported on the 10-Q... they aren't hidden, very transparent. HTM is held at amortized cost. They were holding risk free treasuries... All bond portfolios were at a "paper loss" when the FED hiked rates to 5.25% from 0%... Including mine. Makes no difference. If the portfolio manager was competent, he wouldn't have extended duration when rates were at 0%.

The entire thing was a simple duration mismatch. They weren't trading any risky bonds.
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Quote from bigballs :
BTW, what happened to this post. I am the original poster who posted but it was taken over by someone else. Don't care really but why and how did this happen.
Multiple people posted this. Yours was a second repost (third overall). The threads got merged into the the earliest poster's (which beat you by a whole day).
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coffeeduckApr 13, 2024 01:00 AM
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Quote from djsolzs :
I like what your saying here - but was looking at the high yield savings for my emergency fund which I just want to sit anyways but have immediate access to if needed. Can you get out of the below fairly easily?
If you throw money into the account and don't do anything, fidelity auto invests it. You can choose from a few options depending on the account type.
https://www.fidelity.com/mutual-f...ney-market
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VioletNose8197Apr 13, 2024 01:41 AM
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I feel it is not a safe bank...stay away
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AmusedScent305Apr 13, 2024 03:08 AM
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Quote from dealz4home :
which option would I choose? I see savings bonds and tbill auctions. I can pull it out whenver with no penalty? NO state tax would be a huge plus

whwere do I find the 1 month or 3 month?
https://yieldfinder.app/
Disclaimer: I am neither a financial advisor nor a financial professional, so the following is NOT advice, merely an explanation of what the process looks like as an individual.

You'd use the T-Bill auction option if you're wanting to ladder and be exempt from local/state taxes. Bonds tend to have longer maturity dates so "laddering" isn't as effective if you're looking for short term. However, you cannot withdraw T-bills anytime you want either without some penalty: you only get paid the interest upon the bill's maturity date, so your money is still "locked up", but at much shorter intervals (as little as 4 weeks). At maturity you can withdraw that specific T-bill amount into a bank account or your TreasuryDirect "C of I" balance (basically equivalent to a brokerage "holding" account for purchasing additional treasuries) or have it auto-reinvest during the next auction of a T-Bill of the same duration.

"Laddering" is the practice of buying T-bills of different intervals at different times so that you "always" have at least one reaching maturity in a given month.

If you decide you need access to the money in a T-bill BEFORE it reaches maturity, you can sell them, but that process is sloooooow via TreasuryDirect since it's snail mail, so, you're probably better off buying through a brokerage account if you need to do that. Selling early is also really the only way you can lose money on the T-bill (barring total US government default)—if the next auction for that duration has a more favorable rate, you may have to sell for less than you paid to make up the difference.
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nevergoodenoughApr 13, 2024 03:33 AM
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Quote from lightrules :
if $32k in bank, difference between 5.25 and 5.55 is about $8 per month.
thanks for the help.. I'm gonna have to think about that. Every dollar counts Smilie

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Flawless700Apr 13, 2024 03:44 AM
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Quote from BondTrader :
Duration mismatch is exactly what it was. If you don't know what bond duration is, look it up... lol It's not "putting it lightly"

HTM and AFS don't "hide" anything... AFS Losses flow through other comprehensible income statement... It's always reported on the 10-Q... they aren't hidden, very transparent. HTM is held at amortized cost. They were holding risk free treasuries... All bond portfolios were at a "paper loss" when the FED hiked rates to 5.25% from 0%... Including mine. Makes no difference. If the portfolio manager was competent, he wouldn't have extended duration when rates were at 0%.

The entire thing was a simple duration mismatch. They weren't trading any risky bonds.
Gov bonds not having default risk doesn't make them risk free.

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