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What is the Wealthfront Cash Account?
We offer three types of Cash Accounts for managing all your cash: Individual, Joint, and Trust.
Individual Cash Account
Our Individual Cash Account combines checking and savings features in one account. You can deposit your paycheck, pay bills, use a debit card, and earn interest on your entire balance.
You can open this account in just a couple minutes. Here’s an overview of Individual Cash Accounts:
- 4.00% APY on your entire balance, no matter the amount.
- FDIC insurance up to $8 million through our partner banks.
- Direct deposit your paycheck up to two days before your usual payday.
- Deposit a check with our app.
- Pay bills and use payment apps with your routing and account numbers.
- 19,000 no-fee ATMs. Use your Wealthfront debit card to quickly get cash.
- No account fees. No overdraft fees, no transfer fees, no minimum balance fees.
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Active fraud monitoring. If we suspect fraud, we immediately alert you and work with you to secure your account.
- $1 minimum to open an account — and no additional deposit requirements.
Joint and Trust Cash Accounts
Checking features aren’t currently available for these account types.
Through our partner banks, you get 4.00% APY* and FDIC insurance for up to $8 million (up to $16 million for Joint Cash Accounts). These accounts also offer unlimited free transfers, wire transfers, and $1 minimum to open an account.
The Joint Cash Account is owned by you and a partner, while the Trust Cash Account is owned by your trust.
*Rate subject to change.
Can I get a separate login for the Joint Account I share with my co-owner?
Yes! Please see Joint Accounts for more information on how to invite your co-owner.
Can I get a separate login for the Trust Account I share with my secondary trustee(s)?
Not yet, but we hope to support this in the future! For now, Trust Accounts can currently only be accessed through the primary trustee’s login (the person who opened the account).
The secondary trustee(s) can view the account balance by logging in to their own Wealthfront profile and linking the trust account to their dashboard.
We’ve partnered with Green Dot Bank. The checking features offered on your Wealthfront Cash account are provided by and the Wealthfront Visa® Debit Card is issued by Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. Visa is a registered trademark of Visa International Service Association. Checking features for the Cash Account are subject to identity verification by Green Dot Bank and the Wealthfront Visa® Debit Card is optional and must be requested. Wealthfront products and services are not provided by Green Dot Bank. Green Dot Bank operates under the following registered trade names: GO2bank, GoBank and Bonneville Bank. All of these registered trade names are used by, and refer to, a single FDIC-insured bank, Green Dot Bank. Deposits under any of these trade names are deposits with Green Dot Bank and are aggregated for deposit insurance coverage.
Early availability depends on timing of payor’s payment instructions and fraud prevention restrictions may apply. As such, the availability or timing of early direct deposit may vary from pay period to pay period. Interest does not begin accruing until funds arrive at the program banks, which may take up to one business day.
Other fees apply to the debit account. Fee-free ATM access applies to in-network ATMs only. Each calendar month, current eligible clients with ATM Transactions will receive a reimbursement of certain fees associated with their first two domestic out-of-network ATM Transactions. Wealthfront Brokerage will utilize its best efforts to reimburse Green Dot’s $2.50 “out-of-network fee” and up to $5.00 of any operator or owner’s fee for your domestic ATM Transactions, up to a maximum reimbursement of $7.50 per ATM Transaction (the “Reimbursement”). Your maximum total monthly Reimbursement shall be $15.00 ($7.50 + $7.50). If an ATM operator charges fees other than out-of-network fees and/or owner’s fees, Wealthfront Brokerage will not reimburse any portion of those fees. Once the maximum total monthly Reimbursement has been reached, no subsequent out-of-network ATM fees or charges that occur that calendar month will be reimbursed. For full details please review the Out-of-Network ATM Fee Reimbursement Terms and Conditions.
Other eligibility requirements for mobile check deposit and to send a check may apply.
Apple Pay, Face ID and Touch ID are trademarks of Apple Inc. Google Pay is a trademark of Google LLC.
The Cash Account Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is as of December 27, 2024. The APY may change at any time, before or after the Cash Account is opened. The APY for the Wealthfront Cash Account represents the weighted average of the APY on the aggregate deposit balances of all clients at the program banks. Deposit balances are not allocated equally among the participating program banks.
Cash Account is offered by Wealthfront Brokerage LLC (“Wealthfront Brokerage”), a member of FINRA/SIPC. Neither Wealthfront Brokerage nor any of its affiliates are a bank, and Cash Account is not a checking or savings account. We convey funds to institutions accepting and maintaining deposits. Investment management and advisory services are provided by Wealthfront Advisers LLC (“Wealthfront Advisers”), an SEC registered investment adviser, and financial planning tools are provided by Wealthfront Software LLC (“Wealthfront”).
The cash balance in the Cash Account is swept to one or more banks (the “program banks”) where it earns a variable rate of interest and is eligible for FDIC insurance. FDIC insurance is not provided until the funds arrive at the program banks. Wealthfront uses more than one program bank to ensure FDIC coverage of up to $8 million for your cash deposits. FDIC insurance coverage is limited to $250,000 per qualified customer account per banking institution. For more information on FDIC insurance coverage, please visit www.FDIC.gov. Customers are responsible for monitoring their total assets at each of the program banks to determine the extent of available FDIC insurance coverage in accordance with FDIC rules. The deposits at program banks are not covered by SIPC.
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