CNBC spoke to a dozen customers caught in the Synapse fintech predicament, people who are owed sums ranging from $7,000 to well over $200,000.

CNBC spoke to a dozen customers caught in the Synapse fintech predicament, people who are owed sums ranging from $7,000 to well over $200,000.

  • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    491·
    26 days ago

    People relied on accounts powered by Synapse for everyday expenses like buying groceries and paying rent, or for saving for major life events like home purchases or surgeries.

    Gotta love US healthcare

    • Dremor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      271·
      26 days ago

      I’d be broke a long time ago if I lived the US. Good thing I’m French and a surgery for a life threatening condition, plus 4 month of rehabilitation, costed me a whopping 0€.

      • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        193·
        26 days ago

        That’s some kind of communist talk. In the Land of the Free you are your own man. No nanny state telling you what to do. You have options. You can be rich, you can put all your money into a scam bank, which is de facto sanctioned, (and die when they do a rug pull because you no longer have money for life saving, much less preventative care), or you can die. But this was your choice, and you can have a huge truck (N.B. the bank actually owns the truck, but in 5 years you’ll have it paid off).

        🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

        In reality I left the US years ago and don’t miss it, I do fear for friends though.

      • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        26 days ago

        We have a fantastic medical system if you are poor in a state that funds it’s Medicaid system well OR wealthy enough to not be burdened by the cost of medical care.