
Frequently Asked Questions
About SaveBetter
SaveBetter is a digital platform that gives savers unparalleled access to a variety of deposit products through the convenience of a single account, helping you unlock the growth potential of your cash savings.
SaveBetter customers use the platform to fund Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) insured deposit products offered by numerous U.S. banks with a wide range of maturities and interest rates, allowing you to build a savings strategy to suit your earning and liquidity needs.
SaveBetter is not a bank. It’s a New York-based financial technology company (“Fintech” for short) that provides the digital “storefront” where banks can promote their deposit products.
SaveBetter.com is operated by SaveBetter LLC, a 100% subsidiary of Deposit Solutions LLC (Deposit Solutions). Headquartered in New York, Deposit Solutions provides a proprietary open architecture platform for deposits products. Deposit Solutions helps banks improve their deposit funding by offering national reach for their retail deposit products, and provides savers with better access, more choice and higher convenience when evaluating savings products from FDIC insured banks.
Deposit Solutions LLC is a 100% subsidiary of Raisin GmbH, a trailblazer for open banking in the deposits and investments space.
Your SaveBetter account gives you access to savings accounts and Certificates of Deposit (CDs) offered by a variety of banks with the security of FDIC insurance. These products include:
High-yield Savings Account (HYSA). As its name indicates, this account type functions like a traditional savings account—with typically no restrictions on depositing and withdrawing funds—but earns interest at rates that are higher than the national average for standard savings accounts.
Money Market Deposit Account (MMDA). Also known as a money market account or MMA, this type of savings account offers a varying rate that allows you to earn interest on your funds with maximum flexibility for withdrawals. Like a HYSA, an MMDA offers features of a traditional savings account with typically higher returns.
No Penalty CD. Through the flexibility of a No Penalty CD, you can lock in a competitive rate for a fixed term with the option to make a full withdrawal at any time beginning seven (7) calendar days after funding without having to pay a penalty for the early termination.
Fixed Term CD. With this longstanding savings vehicle, funds are held for a fixed term, and a competitive interest rate provides safe, predictable earnings. In contrast to No Penalty CDs, typically you are charged a fee if you do not complete the full term of the Fixed Term CD.
Yes! You can open savings account or deposit money in a range of CD products from one of our partner banks once you are a customer at SaveBetter. Other banking services like checking accounts and online bill pay are not currently available through SaveBetter.
If you would like to see these or other features added to SaveBetter, let us know by emailing us at [email protected].
SaveBetter customers’ funds are held in a custodial account with the bank that is providing your selected savings product(s). All banks involved in the SaveBetter platform are FDIC insured, so your funds are held at a federally insured bank at all times.
SaveBetter does not charge our customers any fees.
Our partner banks pay fees to SaveBetter in return for marketing their products to savers across the United States. This allows us to provide our platform and services free to our valued customers!
Interest is compounded daily and posted to your account monthly.
Yes! A depositor’s savings are insured by the FDIC up to the maximum amount in accordance with and as permitted by law at each bank holding their funds.
The standard deposit insurance coverage limit is $250,000 per depositor, per FDIC-insured bank, per account ownership category. Ownership categories as defined by the FDIC include single bank accounts (owned by one person/depositor) and joint bank accounts (owned by two or more persons/depositors). Revocable trust accounts and some types of retirement accounts (e.g., IRAs) are among the other ownership categories covered by FDIC insurance.
Deposits held in different ownership categories are separately insured, even if held at the same bank.
All deposits you have at a bank — whether facilitated through SaveBetter or otherwise — count toward the deposit insurance limit. If funds held at a bank in a certain ownership category exceed the coverage limit, then the amount in excess of the limit will not be insured.
At SaveBetter, cybersecurity is our priority. SaveBetter is a SOC 2 certified platform, meaning it has been validated by outside auditors across five (5) key information security principles. We also use a variety of measures to protect our customers' data, privacy and transactions, including:
• User authentication. The SaveBetter platform uses multi-factor authentication combined with leading authentication technology to validate our customers’ identities.
• Data encryption. Your personal information is encrypted in-transit and at rest using advanced cryptographic security algorithms.
• Site protection. Cloudflare™ advanced internet protection technologies are implemented to protect SaveBetter.com from malicious actors, botnets and denial of service attacks (DDOS).
• Monitoring. An always-on information security monitoring platform detects and alerts us to information security events.
• Assessments. Our platform undergoes vigorous security assessments and testing throughout the lifecycle of application development, from architecture planning to production phases.
Cloudflare™ is a registered trademark of Cloudflare, Inc.
We team up with banks that offer consumers competitive interest rates for deposit products. However, banks set the rates for the products they offer independently and may take into consideration facts like market conditions or their individual funding needs. Please note, rates may be subject to change.
Check the Explore Products page to see the partner banks in our network.
Getting started
A. Check out our savings marketplace and choose a product in which you would like to deposit money.
B. Create your username and password.
C. Complete an application and, after successful identity verification, link a bank account from which to fund your first savings product.
D. Start earning interest as soon as your money is received by the bank.
Any questions or concerns? Email us at [email protected].
All deposits and withdrawals are completed within one to three (1-3) business days. After the initial deposit a withdrawals limitation for the first few business days may exist.
Business days are Monday through Friday excluding U.S. bank holidays.
Your routing number and account number are displayed at the bottom of your personal check (see image). If you don’t have a check, you can log in to your account online or through your mobile banking app to locate this information. Otherwise, contact your bank by phone or by visiting a branch.
Currently, our platform allows customers to add deposit products to their SaveBetter account with a joint owner. We hope to offer other account types in the future.
No. All necessary registration is handled when you become a SaveBetter customer. One of the many benefits of our platform is that you can open a single account and earn competitive interest rates from banks in the SaveBetter network.
Using SaveBetter
Log in to your SaveBetter account, check the Account Overview page, and click the arrow on the right-hand side to see all your options.
You can decide how you would like to proceed before the CD matures. Log in to your SaveBetter account and select your desired choice from the available options, or contact customer service.
Depending on your specific product, if you do not make a selection before your CD matures you will either be automatically renewed into the same product and term at the current offered interest rate or your full deposit (including the interest you earned) will be transferred to your external bank account on file with SaveBetter.
SaveBetter accounts do not have bank account or routing numbers. You can access your account with your email address and SaveBetter password. Your linked bank account is the source of all deposits and the destination for all withdrawals.
Your statements are contained on the Documents section of our site.
Yes, provided you earned $10 or more in interest on SaveBetter during the calendar year. You will be notified by SaveBetter via email when your year-end tax statement is available.
The current APY for your savings products can always be viewed on the Account Overview page when you are logged in to SaveBetter. This information also appears on monthly statements.
You cannot currently link your SaveBetter account to a third-party app, but we may offer this feature in the future. For now, you will not be able to link your selected savings product to a third-party app even if the bank offering that product does so outside of the SaveBetter platform.
Please email us at [email protected].
Contact us
You can reach us at:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 844-994-EARN (3276)
646-933-7700
(Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. ET)
For press or partnership inquiries:
Email: [email protected]
The SaveBetter name and logo are trademarks of SaveBetter LLC. The Deposit Solutions name and logo are trademarks of Raisin GmbH, used with permission.
© 2022 SaveBetter LLC. All rights reserved.
APY means Annual Percentage Yield. APY is accurate as of May 12, 2022. Interest rate may change after initial deposit. Minimum opening deposit is $1.00.
Each customer authorizes the Custodian Bank to hold the customer’s funds in a custodial capacity in order to facilitate the customer’s deposits to and withdrawals from deposit accounts at various Product Banks that the customer requests through SaveBetter.com. The Custodian Bank does not establish the terms of the deposit accounts, or offer the deposit accounts to customers, and provides no advice to customers about deposit accounts. Central Bank of Kansas City, Member FDIC, d.b.a. Central Payments is the Service Bank. Custodian services are provided by Lewis and Clark Bank.