
What happens to your Lili accounts when you die
No beneficiary or trust option on any account, so they pass through the estate
Lili does not currently support beneficiary designations, transfer-on-death registrations, or trust account titling on any account type. All Lili accounts pass through the estate at death and may require probate.
When an account holder dies, the executor or administrator will need to contact Lili with a death certificate and legal authority documents to claim account balances. The process and required documents are covered on the death claim page.
No beneficiary form at Lili
Lili does not currently support beneficiary designations (POD or TOD) on any account type. All accounts transfer through the estate at death and may require probate.
Why trust accounts are not available
Lili does not support retitling accounts into a trust, naming a trust as beneficiary, or any other probate-avoidance mechanism. Account balances transfer through the estate at death.
Lili Core Business Checking
Free business checking, no monthly fee and no minimum opening deposit. Section 3.1 of the account agreement describes it as "a non-interest-bearing business checking account, which does not include a traditional checkbook feature" — all transactions run through the Lili Visa debit card or electronic funds transfer. Up to $3 million in FDIC insurance via the deposit sweep program. Estate handling: no POD or beneficiary designation is available, the account cannot be titled to a trust, and section 7.4 also rules out Conservatorships and Power of Attorney authorizations. The balance passes through probate (sole proprietor) or under the entity's governing documents.
Lili Pro Business Checking
$15.00 monthly or $144 annually ($9/month introductory rate for the first 3 months). Core features plus tax-category expense sorting, receipt attachment, quarterly and annual expense reports, and automatic tax fund allocation. Same estate limits as every Lili account: no POD or beneficiary designation, no trust titling, no POA authorization, no conservatorship. Two fee mechanics matter after a death: the Master Fee Schedule states all plan fees are charged in advance and "any plan fees not paid when due may be collected at any time, from any account or sub-account owned by you," and Lili reserves the right to close any account if plan fees are not paid when due.
Lili Smart Business Checking
$35.00 monthly or $336 annually ($21/month introductory rate for the first 3 months). Pro features plus accounting software with AI transaction categorization, profit and loss and cash flow reporting, unlimited invoicing with payment acceptance, bill management, and external account sync. For an executor, the accounting and invoicing records in this tier are the practical inventory of the decedent's receivables and outstanding bills. Same estate limits: no POD, no trust, no POA, no conservatorship.
Lili Premium Business Checking
$55.00 monthly or $528 annually ($33/month introductory rate for the first 3 months). Smart features plus "VIP Customer Service - Dedicated account specialists to respond to your needs" (agreement s. 3.2.3) and a metal Lili Card. The dedicated specialist is the closest thing Lili has to an estate contact: Premium cases get priority handling, and Lili states that for complex or ongoing issues cases stay open until resolved. Same estate limits: no POD, no trust, no POA, no conservatorship.
Lili Business Savings
Business savings available on all plans, including free Core, and covered by the same $3 million sweep-network FDIC insurance. The published APY table (effective January 13, 2026) is tiered and variable: 2.25% on balances up to and including $500,000, 4.00% on balances over $500,000 up to and including $1,000,000, and no interest or yield on any portion above $1,000,000. No POD or beneficiary designation, no trust titling, no POA authorization. Balances here are what most often push a Lili customer over the sweep threshold, which means an executor will find the money spread across several Sweep Banks rather than sitting at Sunrise.
What Lili says about beneficiaries
Each section is Lili's own statement, with the document it comes from numbered under Sources.
Which accounts take a beneficiary2
- Payable-on-death account
No payable-on-death or beneficiary designation is offered on any Lili account. The Sunrise Banks Account Agreement provides no such mechanism.1
- Trust account
A Lili account cannot be funded into, or titled in the name of, a trust. Section 2.0 of the agreement, its eligibility section, states: "We do not open accounts for Trusts or non-US based charitable organizations."1
Section 7.4 (Death or Incompetence) states: "We do not support Trust accounts, Conservatorships, or Power of Attorney authorizations at this point in time."1
The Help Center article "What business types are supported by Lili?" lists single-member LLC, multi-member LLC, S-Corporation, C-Corporation, general partnership, LLP, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, sole proprietor and sole proprietor with DBA, and no trust of any kind.2
Who can be named1
- A trust
A trust cannot be named as a beneficiary of the account, because no beneficiary designation exists on any Lili product.1
What Lili's agreement says about beneficiaries3
- Joint accounts
The Help Center describes other business owners added to the account as having "full account access, including the ability to add or remove users and close the account." This is not a beneficiary designation and it does not transfer ownership of the business.3
- Powers of attorney over a living owner's account
An agent acting under a durable financial power of attorney cannot act on a Lili account and will be turned away.1
- Online access
An Authorized Viewer (View Only Authorization) gives an accountant, lawyer or advisor read access to "tax information, balances, transactions, statements, invoices" with no transaction authority. The viewer "will have access to your account until you terminate his or her access or until you close the account."4
Not in Lili's published guidance4
- What the owner provides to name a beneficiary
- A beneficiary designation form
- An online way to name a beneficiary
- A trust account form
Sources
Data sourced from Lili primary sources (20 pages reviewed). How we research.
Download these Lili instructions
Download instructions for the whole estateA printable PDF with the steps, required documents, and contact details — verified against Lili primary sources. Bring it to the branch or keep it beside the phone.
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