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.
  • whithom
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    1 month ago

    Regardless, he’s not close to death.

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      1 month ago

      Have you seen him? That’s the best some of the top doctors can do with cutting edge drugs. I honestly doubt he makes it four years.

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        1 month ago

        I hope you’re right, but I’ll take that bet.

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          His father didn’t regularly eat McDonald’s and wasn’t filled tip to taint with microplastics like everyone alive today. Environmental factors outweigh the effects of genetics on lifespan.

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            1 month ago

            You don’t really think he eats pleb food do you?

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              1 month ago

              My guy, he is famously obsessed with McDonald’s. He threw McDonalds hamburgers at the tv while watching coverage of the coup.

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                1 month ago

                Well, it needs to work faster.