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Ask HN: What US bank post-SVB would you recommend?

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Re: Ask HN: What US bank post-SVB would you recommend?

#35
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At this point, keep your money under your mattress.

Can your mattress run payroll and invoicing?

> Can your mattress run payroll

If your employees will accept an envelope filled with sweaty bills instead of a check or direct deposit, then sure.

Re: Ask HN: What US bank post-SVB would you recommend?

#37
Posting as top-level comment because my original post was downvoted a ton for some reason:

I like https://mercury.com and have been using them for a few years. It's a bank wrapper, but your money is in a real bank (Evolve bank). [0] I recommend them because:

* $1M FDIC insurance for your cash [1]

* Business banking features I use work great (paying vendors, receiving wires)

[0] https://mercury.com/how-mercury-works

[1] https://mercury.com/security

Re: Ask HN: What US bank post-SVB would you recommend?

#38
Seems a lot of people are recommending large banks. That was one of the "fears" I read somewhere this SCB failure will give these big banks more "power". But, I also saw SVB was the 16th largest bank in the US. So going to a big bank mat not be good.

Me, I would look into local banks and do some hard work "research" and pick one of them. They tend to be more tuned into you community. Maybe a Credit Union ?

Re: Ask HN: What US bank post-SVB would you recommend?

#39

A systematically important bank. They are subject to the most regulation (small, regional, and credit unions lobbied for looser rules) and have an implicit government backstop. The top 3 are JPM-Chase, BoA, and Citi.

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> None of these banks will accept a risky startup placing assets

They won’t let you deposit money? Why?

Re: Ask HN: What US bank post-SVB would you recommend?

#40
What about brokerages like Fidelity, Schwab, Vanguard, etc?

Are holdings in money market funds/accounts in such typical brokerages protected / owned like a security? Or should one regard it also like cash, and not FDIC insured greater than $250,000? (but while also trusting those institutions are unlikely to fail or have risky policies)

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