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by SilasX 1198 days ago
>The fundamental lie here is allowing banks to tell you you have “cash” deposited and “available” with them. If the online app showed the truth - how your $10k you deposited turned into some shares in mortgage backed securities or whatnot, the alternative “just pay to park some cash” might be able to survive.

That's basically what bond mutual funds are (including money market mutual funds, which closely simulate savings accounts via $1 share price), and they seem to have a market.