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If you loan out deposits you are already set for a bank run. All it takes is the depositors to ask for their money back. One deposit. One loan. One withdrawal request.
Not if the deposit and loan are duration matched. "I want my money back." "Sure, you can have it in two years."
I'm really curious why banks like this are popular in the first place. I get why startups would want to lend from them, but what is the advantage of parking cash in a "startup-focused" bank? The rest of the business is exciting/risky enough, wouldn't you want your banking to be as boring as possible?
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Does that provide a better outcome for society than something like FDIC deposit insurance and the occasional run? Seems like for the vast majority of people it does not. Most banks make enough money to pay their FDIC premiums and some interest on demand accounts and profit for their shareholders, and the few that don't are covered by insurance. That seems way better than having to pay a monthly fee to keep my money s…
Yes, it does. Lying is wrong[1]. Therefore, it is bad to base your banking system on it. It's the typical thing where the costs to the system accrete over time and then cause a crisis: the elites are bailed out, the taxpayers eat it. There wouldn't need to be a reserve ratio. A dollar could, in theory, be lent out an infinite number of times, so long as that dollar were lent (and saved) at increasingly shorter durati…
Banks are one, if not the most, regulated companies in the US.
What are banks lying about and who are they lying to?
I'd assume the government would come down on them pretty hard if it turns out that all banks are lying to their customers as federal and state regulations on banks are pretty heavy handed to make sure that the vast majority of banks are healthy at any given time.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/11n1xtw/all_ban...
I'm really curious why banks like this are popular in the first place. I get why startups would want to lend from them, but what is the advantage of parking cash in a "startup-focused" bank? The rest of the business is exciting/risky enough, wouldn't you want your banking to be as boring as possible?
That's some weird stuff!!
A bank that understands this, knows it's not fraudulent, and makes it easy to withdraw, deposit, get credit cards, give loans/venture debt, has a competitive advantage in this niche but highly lucrative sector—given they can operate with the right risk controls.
From https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/09/silicon-valley-banks-share... : Becker said the bank has “ample liquidity” to support its clients “with one exception: If everybody is telling each other that SVB is in trouble, that will be a challenge.” Pro tip: if you're CEO of a bank that's facing a bank run, don't tell the press that you'll be in trouble if everybody takes their money out.
This is how every bank has always worked since banks were invented
That’s the kind of thing that only gets said when there’s some concern that there will be a run.
Wouldn’t be surprised if some tech or crypto whales stated this, to show that banks aren’t more “save” than crypto
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You can replace "want to start a business" with "want to buy a house" if you prefer.