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Show HN: Debbit – Automate spending requirements for high-yield bank accounts

1 pointsby jakehilbornalmost 5 years ago

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jakehilbornalmost 5 years ago
Extremely low interest rates have cut high-yield savings account interest rates from over 2% to ~1%. Most folks would be better off with a high-yield checking account, which pay between 3% and 5%. However, high-yield checking accounts typically come with a catch; you must make `n` debit card transactions per month. Depending on the bank, `n` can be between 10 and 60.<p>I created Debbit to automate meeting these spending requirements. Debbit will programmatically buy 50 cent Amazon gift cards and&#x2F;or pay your cable bill in small increments throughout the month. It&#x27;s built to be a set it and forget it solution. Run it once and it will execute in the background using headless Firefox month to month. Behind the scenes Debbit is a hand rolled scheduler + Selenium automation.