You can't prevent a bank run if people are going around whatsapp groups of major depositors telling each other to get their money out.
> (2) They won't save the poor saps that were too slow moving their money
They absolutely did, even when the rules didn't say they had to?
Sure you can. You close the bank when it's insolvent and people are saying to get your money out.
>They absolutely did, even when the rules didn't say they had to?
Yes and my post was to illustrate why. Perhaps that was not as clear as it could be.
How does this materially differ from what happened? Is there a federal power to temporarily close banks? Doesn't the run immediately continue when reopened?
Regulators have broad power to close banks. They could have done so when SVB failed to raise equity or really before that. Run stops because deposits are transferred to a healthy bank.
This fear is unfounded. Depositors were bailed out. (That said, yes, utilising the bank’s sweep feature would be wise. As would having a second bank account.)
Perhaps, but does this mean you just leave your cash exposed to almost a complete loss? Surely there are services/software that could manage this for you? Seems like a lazy and incompetent accounting department.
Just ask ChatGPT how to do it <sarcasm>
(1) SVB taught you that the feds will let a bank run happen
(2) They won't save the poor saps that were too slow moving their money
(3) The systemically important banks are too big to fail. A bank that can't pay depositors back is failed. Ergo, the SIB are too big to lose customer deposits.
So you flee your regional bank because the single most important thing about a bank is that they don't lose your money.