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> Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank or Stride Bank, N.A.; Members FDIC Regardless of this, tho
by judge2020 5y ago
> Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank or Stride Bank, N.A.; Members FDIC
Regardless of this, those bank accounts are still FDIC insured, and thus they're subject to the same regulations, right? When I closed my Bank of America account they were insistent that any transactions or deposits after it was closed would be mailed to me in the form of a bill or a check, respectively. Is that not a requirement for all FDIC insured accounts?
- otterley 5y agoIAAL but this is not legal advice. It sounds like it depends. If the bank has good reason to believe the funds are fraudulently sourced, then it may lawfully be entitled to hold them until it can be shown (either to their satisfaction, or to the satisfaction of a court) that the funds are legitimate.
- elliekelly 5y agoIt also depends on whether and how the funds actually made it to the FDIC insured institution. If Chime didn’t deposit the funds or if the funds weren’t deposited in a segregated custody account FBO Chime customers (as opposed to co-mingled with Chime’s corporate cash) then it’s a lot less of a guarantee because they could be tied up with potential creditor claims to Chime’s cash. That being said, the article makes me think this is the custody bank’s AML process at work and Chime wasn’t prepared for the customer service aspect of on-boarding a bunch of “high risk” clients and then almost immediately having those accounts closed due to the risk assessment.
- ericlewis 5y agothe user accounts are def segregated from corp - ex-chimer
- ericlewis 5y agoit is almost certainly Bancorp that requested this -- not Chime itself.
- sp332 5y agoDoes that mean that each customer has an account at one of those banks? Maybe they could call them up directly and get their money back.