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Banks are the most immune to disruption, because they function so closely with government, and they are nothing without the blessing of government. And the hurd
by phendrenad2 2y ago
Banks are the most immune to disruption, because they function so closely with government, and they are nothing without the blessing of government. And the hurdles to create your own bank are very high. Check out this great Netflix documentary "Bank of Dave": A moderately successful businessman decided to start his own bank, just to see if it could be done (and to lower fees for his local community). The results are... pretty much what you'd expect. "You can't start a bank... nobody starts a BANK!" (They just kinda... have always existed!)
- dalyons 2y agoUK specific maybe? ~10 banks get started every year in the US, there are ~5000 US banks.
- phatfish 2y agoIt depends of the services the bank offers, because there are plenty of smaller regulated banks with deposit protection that offer savings accounts in the UK. I assume running a current account has a lot more regulatory requirements than savings?