Are Online Banks a Good Place for Emergency Funds?

In this segment of The Motley Fool's all-financials show Where the Money Is, Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson take a question from a Fool reader on Facebook who writes, "Are online banks a good place for keeping emergency funds? Or is keeping it in a bank savings account or checking account better?"

The guys discuss why entirely online branchless banks like Bank of Internet or Capital One 360 make perfectly safe and sound alternatives to traditional banks and the importance of liquidity when planning an emergency fund.

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