🌎Global Cash
Our Cash Management Account (CMA) aka Global Cash 🌏 is an iteration of our Deposit Hub Product line that enables individuals and businesses to hold deposits either with FDIC Insured Institutions (FDIC) or in Money Market Funds (MMF) based on their investment preferences.
Currently Global Cash are only able to hold USD balances, but you can onboard customers from the following countries:
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Chile
Colombia
Czech Republic
Cayman Islands
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Singapore
Slovakia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Vietnam
Please note that the list above signifies the countries where we are able to do sound KYC/AML, to be able to provide Global Cash. However, Platform may be required to complete additional diligence (in form of legal opinion letters) in order to provide Synapse’s services in any of these (or other) jurisdictions.
Key Use Cases
CMA can be used for pretty much any application that requires an embedded deposit custody. But we are seeing the following use cases most frequently:
Use Case | Description |
Global Banking | Using CMA to create an FDIC insured cash account with a debit card, account number and access to payments for users in 30+ countries. |
Global Spend Cards | Using CMA to create an FDIC or SIPC insured cash account with a credit card on top that enables businesses and individuals to spend online. |
Banking for Creators Gamers, Influencers, Freelancers, etc. | Using CMA to create an FDIC or SIPC insured cash account with a card on top that enables creators to bank regardless of where they live. Especially helpful in situations where creator funds are only avaliable for people who are able to open accounts in the US. |
Banking for Travelers Including Foreign Nationals - International Students, -ve Interest or High Inflation Markets. | Using CMA to create an FDIC insured cash account with a card, account number and access to payments that enables individuals to bank in USD. Especially helpful in situations your users are traveling a lot or local currency has high inflation or local banks have a net negative interest rate or spending in local currency incurs a high tax. |
KYC Requirements
For US Customers, the KYC Requirements are the same as they are for Deposit Hub. For non-US Customers:
KYC For Individuals or UBOs
All KYC will be ID Score backed. Based on trust_level, we will collect the following:
Trust Level | Virtual Docs | Social Docs | Physical Docs | Notes | |
|
|
|
| Virtual Doc values to include | |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
|
KYC For Business
For Universal Beneficial Owners (UBOs), the KYC is the same as listed above. For the business itself, we will be collecting the following:
Virtual Docs | Social Docs | Physical Docs |
|
|
|
Please note, we are still learning more about this segment of our business and KYC requirements might evolve over time. Consider this a v1 of Non-US Business KYC.
KYC for Non-US Sole Proprietorships
For UBO's of non-US sole proprietorships, we currently support the following.
| Virtual Docs | Social Docs |
|---|---|
|
|
To enable, please discuss this with your growth manager.
Key Features
Feature | Details |
Fully Managed Compliance | All KYC, AML, Transmission compliance handled by Synapse. Customers just have to worry about fraud and marketing. |
One Platform | Once a customer is live with CMA, you can cross sell them a Credit Solution (US Only), all in one platform. |
Passively Invest | We believe all deposit accounts should be a source of wealth creation. For that reason, funds in a CMA can also be invested in public markets through our High/Medium/Low risk Money Market Funds. |
Global Reach | With Synapse, you can onboard individuals or businesses for USD accounts from 30+ countries from the very beginning. No need to add additional vendors. |
Card Issuance | Instantly issue card numbers on top of deposit accounts, then load them into any mobile wallet of choice and/or ship a physical card with various shipping and card styling options, including metal. |
AC/RT Issuance | Issue unique account numbers on top of cash accounts to enable SWIFT, ACH or FedWire transactions. |
Robust Payments Stack | With Synapse, you get SWIFT, ACH, Fedwire, BillPay, Card Processing, Check Issuance, RPPS, ATM and Cash network access from the very beginning. No need to add additional vendors. |
Revenue Generating | Accrue daily rebates on deposits kept with us and also generate interchange revenue for your platform. |
Getting Started with Cash Management
To spin up a Cash Account for a user, here are the steps you can follow:
The first step is to create a user account and supply all of their KYC. Once the user account has been created, grab the refresh_token from the response which is needed to issue an OAuth key for the user.
The next step will be to start performing actions on behalf of the user. To do that, you need to grab an OAuth token for the user.
To do that, usually, you make a View User API call and grab the refresh_token from the user profile or get the refresh token from the create user call (like above).
To avoid 2FA, please use the fingerprint value that you used while creating the user account. Once the OAuth key is issued, grab oauth_key which will be needed to launch deposit hub.
First please preview the cash agreement to the user, once they agree, create the cash account. Please ensure the user is able to select their custody and risk preferences.
That's it. You've successfully created a cash account for your user.
Enable Some Features
Now let's enable some features on this cash account.
Now you have an ACH-US node linked under the user profile. This means the user can fund their cash account via an external bank account or if funds are available on the cash account, the user will be able to cash out into the external bank account.
Now the user's cash account will also have an account and routing number associated with it. This can be used for direct cash (payroll, Paypal, Venmo, etc.) or direct debit (billpay, Venmo, Paypal, etc.).
Now the user's cash account will also have a card number associated with it. The card can be instantly activated for spending online or through the mobile wallet of choice. The card can also be shipped so that the user has a physical card at hand for use. You can also use our virtual terminal to emulate some transactions.
Now your user has a fully functioning Deposit Hub! We would also recommend trying the following:
This will enable your platform to always stay up to date when changes/updates to the users, nodes, transactions or subnet objects occur.
How it Works - Under the Hood
Unlike a Deposit Account, for the Cash Management account, Synapse Brokerage LLC is the Custodian of Funds. This enables us to keep funds at more than one bank - effectively giving your users higher than 250K FDIC Coverage (just like Multibank) or invest funds in the public markets through Money Market Funds, while the customer can still spend through their card. If funds are kept at a clearing house, they qualify for SIPC Insurance.
Other Considerations
Since CMA is just another Deposit Hub feature, the following considerations still apply:
or any others mentioned on the Deposit Hub page.
Last updated
