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Wow. I came in with the usual FB know-it-all swagger and had typed up my one word pithy “no” response, but read into it. They’re 100% right. This fdic doc is pretty darn clear. POD beneficiaries are considered the same as trust beneficiaries. Thanks for educating, OP and OP’s banker.
Now we wait and see how many others come through and post mindless “no 😂 “ responses to the question
https://www.fdic.gov/regulations/resources/brochures/your_insured_deposits-english.html
Yes, it does. Little known secret. Love seeing all the freshly minted commercial banking “experts” say no
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Pretty sure joint accounts are up to 500k. Wealthfront joint accounts are insured up to 4 million.
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Wealthfront is different because they literally farm your deposits to different banks to keep you under the limit
That sounds wrong. The insurance is per account holder (not per account), but I don’t think beneficiaries are account holders. Perhaps a second name on the account for access?
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Depends on how the account is held. There’s a page on Ally that explains this well, but if it’s a transferable upon death account with beneficiaries then yes, it increases with extra beneficiaries.
If the account is a trust, fdic insurance is based on benes. Otherwise - no
No lol.
Yes- these accounts are converted to trust accounts wherein each beneficiary can provide an additional $250k worth of insurance. You can calculate your coverage on the FDIC’s EDIE calculator:
https://edie.fdic.gov
Although yes, I'd probably still prefer to keep max $250k between different banks anyways. Feels like too many eggs in one basket (bank) with current financial landscape.
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