Gusto Cash Accounts employer overview

Gusto Cash Accounts¹ are interest-bearing² bank accounts designed to help employees save automatically and spend confidently. Cash Accounts are included for free with any Gusto payroll subscription.

Cash Accounts include two types of bank accounts: the Gusto spending account and Gusto savings goals.

Spending account and debit card

The spending account works like a traditional checking account, but better. With an APY of 1.00%, employees earn interest on the money kept in their spending account.³

The Gusto spending account can help employers simplify payroll by enabling employees to be paid via direct deposit instead of paper check. With the spending account, employees can set up direct deposit, receive incoming ACH deposits like tax refunds, and link external bank accounts to transfer funds in and out, and even transfer funds instantly from their spending account to one of their personal debit cards.⁴ Employees also receive a Gusto debit card to access funds in their Gusto spending account at an ATM or any Visa-accepted point of sale.

Savings goals

Savings goal accounts are similar to standard savings accounts, but since these accounts are demand deposit accounts, employees don’t face the same withdrawal and transfer limits of a typical savings account. Additionally, with an APY of 1.00%, they earn interest on the money kept in their account(s).

Employees can create up to five different, customized accounts to help them reach their financial targets. Each savings goal has a unique bank account number, making it easy to set up transfers and direct bill pay.

Offer Cash Accounts to your team

Gusto Cash Accounts are included in all Gusto payroll subscriptions—eligible employees automatically have the ability to enroll in Cash Accounts from their employee profiles.

If the Cash Accounts benefit is not enabled for the company, employers can read about and activate the benefit by visiting the Wallet section of the Benefits tab. Once Cash Accounts are activated in the company profile, eligible employees can enroll the following business day.

Sign in to your Gusto admin account.
Go to the Benefits section.
Under "Financial Health," click Wallet.
Click Turn on Cash Accounts.

The next time your employees sign in to Gusto, they’ll see a new Wallet section in the left menu where they can sign up for a Gusto spending account and start setting aside money with savings goals.

Employee eligibility

To be eligible to enroll in Cash Accounts, employees must meet the following eligibility criteria:

Employee is an active, W-2 employee

Contractors are not eligible

Employee is a U.S. citizen or legal alien residing in the United States, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia
Employee is over 18 years old

Employees must be at least 19 in Alabama and Nebraska, and at least 21 in Mississippi and Puerto Rico

Employee has passed a personal information check
Employee does not have existing Cash Account(s) with another Gusto employer

For privacy and regulatory reasons, information about an employee’s Cash Accounts eligibility can only be discussed with that employee and cannot be discussed with administrators, employers, or managers within a company.

Employer responsibility

As an employer, offering Gusto Cash Accounts does not require any ongoing work and has no impact on the company’s payroll schedule, bookkeeping, or taxes. Employers are not responsible for anything beyond their normal day-to-day people operations.

Employee cost and fee schedule

Cash Accounts do not have account or minimum balance fees. For standard ACH transfers, there are no transfer fees or restrictions on how often funds can be withdrawn or deposited to an account.⁵ Eligible employees may instantly transfer funds from their spending account or savings goal to another debit card, with a small fee.

Cash Accounts are FDIC insured for up to $250,000.⁶

Fees and limits associated with all Cash Accounts

Overdraft fee	$0
Minimum balance fee	$0
Monthly account service fee	$0
ACH bank transfer fee	$0
ACH withdrawal limits	$5,000/day $25,000/month Unlimited withdrawals
ACH deposit limit	$1,500/day
Instant Transfer fee	1.75% fee (min $0.30, max $35.00) deducted from transfer amount Fee not applicable for transfers to savings goals
Instant Transfer withdrawal limit	$2,000/day $15,000/month 2 withdrawals/day
New debit card fee	$0
Debit card replacement fee	$0
Foreign transaction fee	0%* *Gusto reimburses the 1% transaction fee that is applied to any foreign transactions
ATM fee (in-network) Find a fee-free, in-network ATM	$0
ATM fee (out-of-network)	$2.50* *Gusto charges a $2.50 out-of-network ATM fee in addition to any fees charged by the ATM or ATM operator.
ATM withdrawal limit	$510/day
Daily card spend limit	$2,000/day

Opt your company out

To turn off the Cash Accounts benefit for employees, follow the steps below. Any employees who are already enrolled and actively using a Gusto Cash Account will still have access to their Cash Account(s) from the mobile app or their Gusto employee profile. Employees who did not previously open a Cash Account will not be able to enroll.

Sign in to your Gusto admin account.
Go to the Benefits section.
Under "Financial Health," click Wallet.
Under "Cash Accounts," click Learn more.
Click Turn off Cash Accounts.
Select your reason for deactivating and click Turn off Gusto Cash Accounts.

^{1. The Gusto Cash Account, savings goals, spending account, and debit card are issued by nbkc bank, Member FDIC.}

^{2. Spending accounts Annual Percentage Yield (APY) as of 1/26/2023 is 1.00%. Interest rates are variable subject to change at our discretion, at any time. No minimum balance required.}

^{3. Cash Account Annual Percentage Yield (APY) as of 1/26/2023 is 1.00%. APY is variable and subject to change at our discretion, without prior notice. No minimum balance required. Based on the FDIC savings rate as of 1/17/2023 available at fdic.gov/regulations/resources/rates/.}

^{Some fees, such as out-of-network ATM fees, may apply. Please review the terms and conditions carefully.}

^{4. Funds are generally accessible immediately, however, network disruptions may delay availability, typically no longer than 30 minutes.}

^{5. There are no account or overdraft fees associated with the Gusto Cash Account spending account. The Gusto debit card can be used for free at over 37,000 ATMs in the MoneyPass Network. Gusto charges $2.50 when you use an out-of-network ATM in addition to any fees charged by the ATM or ATM operator. Please review the terms and conditions carefully}

^{6. Any balances you hold with nbkc bank, including but not limited to those balances held in Gusto accounts are added together and are insured up to $250,000 per depositor through nbkc bank, Member FDIC. If you have funds jointly owned, these funds would be separately insured for up to $250,000 for each joint account owner. nbkc bank utilizes a deposit network service, which means that at any given time, all, none, or a portion of the funds in your Gusto accounts may be placed into and held beneficially in your name at other depository institutions which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). For a complete list of other depository institutions where funds may be placed, please visit https://www.cambr.com/bank-list. Balances moved to network banks are eligible for FDIC insurance once the funds arrive at a network bank. To learn more about pass-through deposit insurance applicable to your account, please see the Account Documentation. Additional information on FDIC insurance can be found at https://www.fdic.gov/resources/deposit-insurance/}