KEY POINTS

  • Thousands of Americans will receive little or nothing from savings accounts that were locked during the collapse of fintech middleman Synapse.
  • Customers believed the accounts were backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
  • CNBC spoke to a dozen customers caught in the predicament, people who have lost sums ranging from $7,000 to well over $200,000.
  • While there’s not yet a full tally of those left shortchanged, at fintech Yotta alone, 13,725 customers say they are being offered a combined $11.8 million despite putting in $64.9 million in deposits.
  • venusaur@lemmy.world
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    This sucks big time. Real question, what motivated people to put huge sums of money into a startup company? Some deal on a loan?

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      not a huge sum, but I had $10k in it, because it was a fun bullshit app that scratched the lottery itch despite it earning less than regular interest over my time with it

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    I’m sorry this happened. I’m concerned that further deregulation and dismantling of consumer or protections will make this even worse.

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      Good news, there will be an absolute fuck-ton of further deregulation and dismantling of consumer protections over the next four years!

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          He’s an old man. Unless anti-aging research unexpectedly advances several orders of magnitude faster than its been doing in the next few years, he’ll be leaving office one way or another.

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                That is how that works. Genetics strongly influence factors like disease resistance, metabolism, and cellular repair, which contribute to a longer lifespan.And trump has easy access to cutting edge medicine.

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      Why are you WORRIED about FURTHER Deregulation of your Money so that THIS EXACT SCENARIO can Happen to you too? You must be a SOCIALIST! I cant WAIT for Trump to Deregulate my Money so Banks can LOSE it All!

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    Curious why law enforcement wouldn’t be involved in this. Sure smells like a Madoff like thing in the background.