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Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by tempsy on Friday March 10, 2023 @02:43PM (#35099798)
honestly disgusted by the blatant PR moves by YC and Founders Fund yesterday in leaking their “advice” to their founders to get out of SVB

Very blatant weaponization of FUD to drum up deposits for their investments in Brex, Ramp, and Mercury.

Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by hef19898 on Friday March 10, 2023 @03:38PM (#35100640)
Or just some, as it turned out, valid business advice. That being said, I would never let my investors choose my banks (as in more than one bank) holding my company's cash. And I definetly wouldn't use some not-to-big-to-fail, not international bank to hold my multi-millions in VC money, which is the only yhing keeping my company a float.
Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by tempsy on Friday March 10, 2023 @03:39PM (#35100653)
Giving the advice is not what I’m referring to. I’m referring to intentionally leaking the advice to the press so they run the story about how Peter Thiel is warning everyone which accelerated the outflow.
Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by hef19898 on Friday March 10, 2023 @03:55PM (#35100885)
Ah, I wasn't aware of that. I am not the least surprised so that Thiel is, however, involved in this.
Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by zdbrandon on Friday March 10, 2023 @03:31PM (#35100520)
As someone who was considering using one of those "banks" in the coming months, this whole ordeal makes me want to stick with Chase, Wells Fargo, etc. Stripe integrations be damned.
Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by hef19898 on Friday March 10, 2023 @03:40PM (#35100671)
If you are outside of B2B, you do not need Stripe. You need a solid business bank, ideally multiple ones.

And if B2B is relevant, well, have an accoubt, or multiple, at a bank with Stripe integration to handle customer payments anf refunds. And keep everything else at different banks.

Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by misssocrates on Friday March 10, 2023 @03:43PM (#35100723)
Would it be better to keep good advice private?