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1) What is "USD Cash Account"?
2) What can I do with my USD Cash Account?
3) What is the interest rate I can earn on my cash parked in USD Cash Account?
4) How do I deposit money into USD Cash Account?
5) What happens after I deposit money into the USD Cash Account?
6) Can I deposit CPF monies into USD Cash Account?
7) Is there a minimum amount that must be deposited into the USD Cash Account each time?
8) When will my deposit be processed and completed?
9) When will I receive my interest on my USD Cash Account?
10) How is interest calculated?
11) Do I have to maintain any minimum balance in my USD Cash Account?
12) How safe is my money deposit with FSM?
13) Will I be informed of my USD Cash Account transactions?
14) How do I withdraw money from my USD Cash Account and can I withdraw my money anytime?
15) Is there a minimum amount that must be withdrawn from the USD Cash Account?
16) When will my cash withdrawal request be processed?
17) When will I receive my money?
18) Will the interest be forfeited if I withdraw the money from my USD Cash Account completely before the quarterly payment is due?
19) Can I transfer my money from my Personal Account to Beneficiary or vice versa?
20) How do I view my Cash Account Summary and Transaction History online?
21) How do I view my Monthly Statements online?
22) What is Available Balance?
23) What is Ledger Balance?
24) What do the exchange rates shown on the website mean?
25) What is the offer exchange rate?
26) What is the bid exchange rate?
27) Is the interest on the Cash Account(s) tax exempted?
28) Is "Cash Account" covered under the Deposit Insurance Act?
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What is "USD Cash Account"? |
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"Cash Account" is an online cash management service offered by Fundsupermart.com (FSM) which facilitates online transactions of unit trusts. The Cash Account is denominated in USD
Important Notice: The SGD Cash Account has been closed with effect from 1 July 2009. It has been entirely replaced by Cash Fund.
To know more about the Cash Fund, click here
The USD Cash Account will still be in operation, and it will continue to earn interest and you can continue to use the balances in the account for your transactions. |
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What can I do with my USD Cash Account? |
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As long as there are sufficient funds in your USD Cash Account, you are able to use the money in the USD Cash Account to purchase unit trusts denominated in SGD or USD without any lag time.
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What is the interest rate I can earn on my cash parked in USD Cash Account? |
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The USD net interest rate on USD Cash Account is based on the one-month USD SIBID, less a total fee of up to a maximum of 0.6% from an approved bank in Singapore.
The net interest rates USD Cash Accounts are net of FSM annual administration fee of up to a maximum of 0.25%. This interest income less administration fee will be accrued daily and paid directly to your Cash Account every quarter. |
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How do I deposit money into USD Cash Account? |
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You need to place a deposit order first. Go to My Investments > USD Cash Account > Deposit Cash . Subsequently, you can proceed to make payment by cheque, internet bill payment (for UOB, OCBC, DBS and SCB Internet bank customers)or telegraphic transfer.
For details on each payment method, please refer to Payment Methods FAQ.
Note: Cross currency cash deposit (i.e. deposit SGD payment into USD Cash Account) is not accepted. |
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What happens after I deposit money into the USD Cash Account? |
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Upon your transaction, you will receive an email notification informing that we have received your request and it will be indicated as "Pending" in your Cash Account Summary. "Order date" is the date (before 2pm) you deposited your money.
You will receive an email notification informing that we have received your payment and your transaction status will be indicated as "Received". Your Ledger Balance will reflect this change.
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USD Cash deposit (e.g. deposit a local USD cheque payment into USD Cash Account) will take T+2 to complete.
It will be indicated "Completed" and your Available Balance will be updated accordingly. |
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Can I deposit CPF monies into USD Cash Account? |
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No, you will not be able to draw CPF monies to make deposits into your USD Cash Account. |
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Is there a minimum amount that must be deposited into the USD Cash Account each time? |
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When will my deposit be processed and completed? |
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If the USD payment for USD Cash Account deposit is received before 2pm will be processed on the same business day. Payment received after 2pm will be processed on the next business day. The cash you deposit will be shown in the Available Balance in your Cash Account Summary 2 business day after we process your payment.
If the payment for cross currency deposit is received before 2pm will be processed on the same business day. Payment received after 2pm will be processed on the next business day. The cash you deposit will be shown in the Available Balance in your Cash Account Summary 3 business days after we process your payment.
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USD Cash deposit (e.g. deposit a local USD cheque into USD Cash Account) will take T+2 to complete.
It will be indicated "Completed" and your Available Balance will be updated accordingly. |
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When will I receive my interest on my USD Cash Account? |
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Interest is accrued daily, compounded monthly and credited on a quarterly basis into your USD Cash Account.
The cut off for interest to be credited is at the end of every calendar quarter (which means end March, end June, end September, end December).
We are getting the consolidated interest from the bank only T+2 business days after the quarter end ( T is the last business day of calendar quarter). The interest being paid will be shown in your cash account holdings on the T+4 business days after further checking and processing. |
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How is interest calculated? |
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The net interest rate indicated on the website is an annual rate, however, you will not be locked into any one particular interest rate for any time period like in the case of a one-year fixed deposit. This is because FSM obtains daily rates from the bank which accrues and changes daily according to SIBID interest rate movements.
For example, the net interest rate for that day is 1%. The actual net interest accrued for that day is (1/365)% or 0.00274%. When the rate changes on the following day to say, 1.1%, the actual net interest accrued for that day is (1.1/365)% or 0.003014%.
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Do I have to maintain any minimum balance in my USD Cash Account? |
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No, you do not need to maintain a minimum balance amount in order to maintain the USD Cash Account. |
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How safe is my money deposit with FSM? |
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The money is placed with an approved bank in Singapore designated by FSM.
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Will I be informed of my USD Cash Account transactions? |
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Yes, you will receive email confirmations every time you transact via USD Cash Account. If you have made any transactions within that month, an e-monthly statement will be sent to you. Semi-annual statements will be mailed to your mailing address regardless of whether you have made any transactions in the past quarter. |
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How do I withdraw money from my USD Cash Account and can I withdraw my money anytime? |
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You need to submit your request online by clicking on My Investments > USD Cash Account > Withdraw Cash . Yes, you can withdraw your money any time.
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1. The money you withdraw will be paid to you in USD dollars. An USD cheque will be paid to you.
2. 'Order date' is the date (before 3pm) you submit your online request to withdraw money. |
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Is there a minimum amount that must be withdrawn from the USD Cash Account? |
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Yes, the minimum amount for each withdrawal is US$50 for USD Cash Account. However, if you have less than this amount in the respective cash accounts, you will have to withdraw the entire sum. Withdrawing the entire sum does not close the USD Cash Account. You will still be able to transact via the USD Cash Account when you subsequently deposit money again. |
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When will my cash withdrawal request be processed? |
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Withdrawal request submitted before 3pm on any business day will be processed on the same day. Orders received after 3pm on a business day will be transacted on the next business day. Orders received on a non-business day will be transacted on the next business day.
Upon your online request, you will receive an email notification informing that we have received your request and your Available Balance status will reflect "Received." If there are insufficient funds for withdrawal, you will not be able to complete this order.
On the next business day, your transaction will reflect "Completed" and your Available Balance will be updated accordingly. |
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When will I receive my money? |
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It will take T+1 business day for the money that has been withdrawn to be sent to you via cheque or deposited into your designated bank account. If you have not designated any bank account in your account details, the cheque will be mailed to your mailing address as indicated in your Account Details on T+1 day. Your ledger balance will reflect "Completed" status. |
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Will the interest be forfeited if I withdraw the money from my USD Cash Account completely before the quarterly payment is due? |
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No. The interest is accrued daily. We will accumulate the interest and credit them into your USD Cash Account at the end of each quarter. You will still earn interest up to the date of your withdrawal. However, you will have to wait until the end of the quarter to receive the interest. |
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Can I transfer my money from my Personal Account to Beneficiary or vice versa? |
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Currently, you are not able to transfer your money between different investment accounts. |
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How do I view my Cash Account Summary and Transaction History online? |
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To view your Cash Account Summary, go to My Investments > USD Cash Account > Cash Account Summary.
To view your historical transactions for up to past 3 months, you may click on 'transactions history'. |
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How do I view my Monthly Statements online? |
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To view your monthly statements, go to My Investments > USD Cash Account > View Monthly Statement . Monthly Statement allows you to view your Cash Account statements at the end of each month. You are able to view your statements up to not more than 12 months ago. As long as there are transactions made within the month, e-monthly statement will be sent to you. |
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What is Available Balance? |
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The amount of money that is available for you to utilise from your Cash Account.
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What is Ledger Balance? |
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This amount is the sum of the available balance plus money that has been earmarked for pending transactions. It is money that you can earn interest from.
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What do the exchange rates shown on the website mean? |
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Investors have the option to invest SGD into their USD cash accounts or vice versa. What happens is that FSM will convert the money you deposit into the currency of the Cash Account. Similar to the interest rates, the exchange rates shown are our latest updated rates and indicative in nature only because they will change daily. Acting as an aggregator, FSM is able to provide better exchange rates than retail rates as quoted to us from banks.
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What is the offer exchange rate? |
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The "offer" exchange rate: This refers to the exchange rate that FSM will offer to investors when we convert your monies from SGD to USD. |
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What is the bid exchange rate? |
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The "bid" exchange rate: This refers to the exchange rate that FSM will bid to investors when we convert your monies from USD to SGD. |
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Is the interest on the Cash Account(s) tax exempted? |
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Yes. The Cash Account is essentially a trust account. Money received from the customer is deposited by iFAST Financial Pte Ltd into an accepted bank in Singapore. IFAST, in that sense, is a trustee and the customer is the beneficiary of the money in the Cash Account. Any interest given by the bank on these deposits, thus, belongs to the customer. Pursuant to Budget 2004, the interest should be fully exempt from income tax with effect from January 2005. |
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Is "Cash Account" covered under the Deposit Insurance Act? |
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While the Deposit Insurance Act provides compensation for the first $50,000 worth of deposits under full banks, Fundsupermart is not a bank and thus, is not covered under this act. |
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For further assistance, call our helpline at 6557 2853 from 9am to 6pm on Mondays to Fridays (excluding weekends & public holidays).
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