Bill Ackman: The gov't has about 48h to fix a-soon-to-be-irreversible mistake

Re:Bill Ackman: The gov't has about 48h to fix a-soon-to-be-... by x0x0 on Saturday March 11, 2023 @11:34AM (#35109870)

> Every single CFO and company treasurer knows what the FDIC is and what the limits are.

That's a hell of an operational ask for a 2 person startup with (for example, looking at the site we're on) $500k.

I suppose I could take $4m and break that up into 16 different banks, but 16 kyc convos, 16 logins, etc... what a waste of time and energy.

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Re:Bill Ackman: The gov't has about 48h to fix a-soon-to-be-... by mixdup on Saturday March 11, 2023 @11:41AM (#35109967)

>what a waste of time and energy

There are services that do this for you. And, maybe it's a risk you're willing to take. Startups are inherently very risky ventures, so out of all the other risks being taken your bank failing is probably low on the risk register in comparison. I think it's ridiculous for established public companies like Roku to get caught flat-footed here, though

At the end of the day it's a known risk, and if you're going to play in the game, you know the rules going into it

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Re:Bill Ackman: The gov't has about 48h to fix a-soon-to-be-... by jmuncaster on Saturday March 11, 2023 @11:53AM (#35110121)

Or you could buy insurance on the balance above 250k.

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Re:Bill Ackman: The gov't has about 48h to fix a-soon-to-be-... by mixdup on Saturday March 11, 2023 @01:45PM (#35111261)

Assuming the insurance company is solvent

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Re:Bill Ackman: The gov't has about 48h to fix a-soon-to-be-... by x0x0 on Saturday March 11, 2023 @01:51PM (#35111328)

That's almost certainly a scam; I don't believe any counterparty short of the US government can actually insure against eg SVB.

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