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There was a This American Life episode during the financial crisis when interest in bank failures was high. They followed an federal takeover of a bank, and fro
by shawn-furyan 13y ago
There was a This American Life episode during the financial crisis when interest in bank failures was high. They followed an federal takeover of a bank, and from what I recall, it was an extremely swift and surgical procedure. The don't inform the bank ahead of time when they're going to take it over, because the last thing they want is a bank run. For that reason they also try to disrupt banking hours as little as possible if at all.
[edit: here's the episode, very interesting listen: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/377/Scenes-From-a-Recession http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/377/S...]
- ben1040 13y agoThere are also instances though where the FDIC can't find another bank willing to acquire the failed institution, so it can't just close on a Friday and then reopen on Monday as a branch of a new bank. One of those happened just last week: http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/commbank-ct.html http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/commbank-ct.html So it seems like in an instance like this, while you get a check for your insured deposits from the FDIC, your bank is gone and presumably any auto-debits or outstanding checks would fail to clear. You get to wait for the FDIC to mail you a check. Then you'd have to find yourself a new bank. This seems like something that would be fairly disruptive even if you are not poor.