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by colechristensen 1401 days ago
To get FDIC insurance in a meaningful way it would have to be per-customer accounts created in specific ways.

If they're not created in particular ways the funds in the third party bank accounts can be taken in bankruptcy actions by creditors and aren't actually protected customer funds and aren't insured at all accept with whatever level of insurance they have for the partner bank going under, but that is not the risk anybody is worried about.

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They are per-customer accounts. This is how they explain it when you enable the feature: https://pifke.org/ftxdd.png