AMEX and other banks probably have the Fed on Speed dial to get that bailout money While Stripe is big, they have not been around long enough to have built up

AMEX and other banks probably have the Fed on Speed dial to get that bailout money While Stripe is big, they have not been around long enough to have built up the "To big to fail" government crony status of larger, longer lived companies so stripe would likely be allowed to fail where other companies will never have to pay for their miscalculations