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Re:SVB chief pressed Congress to weaken risk regulations by bradleyjg on Sunday March 12, 2023 @08:59AM (#35119551)
If you want no risk you will have to pay an institution to handle all the logistics of moving your money around, not have them pay you for the privilege.

The fact that SVB pays depositors should have been an indication that there was risk.

There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.

Re:SVB chief pressed Congress to weaken risk regulations by SomeHacker44 on Sunday March 12, 2023 @09:29AM (#35119816)
There are already accounts that do this for you - split large sums automatically across numerous insured accounts.
Re:SVB chief pressed Congress to weaken risk regulations by plonk on Sunday March 12, 2023 @09:06AM (#35119616)
This is arguably the government's job and people already pay for it.
Re:SVB chief pressed Congress to weaken risk regulations by belter on Sunday March 12, 2023 @09:14AM (#35119695)
The government already solved this with the FDIC deposit insurance, and it is funded by the banks.

"...The FDIC is not supported by public funds; member banks' insurance dues are its primary source of funding. When dues and the proceeds of bank liquidations are insufficient, it can borrow from the federal government, or issue debt through the Federal Financing Bank on terms that the bank decides." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Deposit_Insurance_Corp...

Re:SVB chief pressed Congress to weaken risk regulations by lotsofpulp on Sunday March 12, 2023 @09:14AM (#35119685)
The federal government should provide electronic money accounts with capabilities to perform transfers as infrastructure. Perhaps this will cause some richer people to politically support this.
Re:SVB chief pressed Congress to weaken risk regulations by bradleyjg on Sunday March 12, 2023 @09:20AM (#35119739)
Re:SVB chief pressed Congress to weaken risk regulations by bradleyjg on Sunday March 12, 2023 @09:12AM (#35119673)
I don’t see anything in my copy of the constitution about subsidizing demand deposits.