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Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by metadat on Thursday April 21, 2022 @05:20PM (#31115326)
Wrong in this case.

Here the bank can reclaim what is owed via other means.

Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by sangnoir on Thursday April 21, 2022 @06:36PM (#31116031)
Having to find "other means" to reclaim is exactly what makes it the banks problem.

Do you think it's easy to get someone with access to billions of dollars (of your money) to do something they'd rather not? They can tie you up in the courts for years since they're basically equal powers: an $800 billion bank doesn't get better lawyers than a guy worth $1 billion. A bank vs someone with just a million dollars means the individual is at a major disadvantage as lawyer fees can easily exceed that amount in attritional lawfare.

Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by Sebb767 on Thursday April 21, 2022 @08:10PM (#31116729)
Also, the reason the bank suddenly wants to reclaim that money might be that the wealth has vanished. If Tesla drops 99% for whatever reason, they will have a big problem getting their money back from stocks.
Re:Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy by sangnoir on Thursday April 21, 2022 @08:20PM (#31116788)
That's a great point: counterparty risk is a much bigger concern on a billion-dollar loan