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They are telling you you can have all that money immediately. And they are telling that to all the depositors. That's the lie. It's a bit abstracted due to a
by recursivedoubts 4y ago
They are telling you you can have all that money immediately. And they are telling that to all the depositors. That's the lie. It's a bit abstracted due to aggregation, admittedly, but that's the lie.
I use a single dollar just to make the idea concrete.
- JohnFen 4y ago> They are telling you you can have all that money immediately. I don't think they're even telling you that. And that is absolutely not what we were taught about banks in school. I think that banks do assume that everyone basically knows how banking works, though, so they don't engage in an educational program about it when you open an account. What banks have told me is that my deposits are safe (in the sense that I won't lose my money) up to $250k. That's true enough. And I also remember reading the paperwork I signed when I've opened accounts where they specifically say that my deposits might not be available at the moment I want to withdraw them, for various reasons.
- jnwatson 4y agoNo responsible bank says that. They absolutely have the right to limit withdrawals, and they explicitly say that if you read the fine print.