> with no real benefit to waiting and seeing. what the bank could do is announce a period of time, where you'd get a much higher interest payment for keeping t

> with no real benefit to waiting and seeing. what the bank could do is announce a period of time, where you'd get a much higher interest payment for keeping the deposits in. So at least a portion of people would prefer getting the interest payments, rather than withdraw, and thus give breathing room. The bank might suffer a loss in the short term from paying out the interest, but would not collapse due to the (now non-existent) run.