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garry | 3 years ago

$250,000 will be available initially, which is doable for payroll of up to 15 to 25 people for one month, generally if you're a startup.

FDIC website indicates remediation time in the months-to-years. This is the concern.

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oldgradstudent|3 years ago

You ignore the next sentence:

> The FDIC will pay uninsured depositors an advance dividend within the next week.

This will likely be a substantial fraction of the uninsured deposits. Take a look at the FDIC website.

https://closedbanks.fdic.gov/dividends/

Pick a bank, say, "IRWIN UNION BANK & TRUST CO". The first dividend was almost 47% of the uninsured amount, and anoth 25% or so over a decade.

The failure of SVB as reported is not nearly as bad.

cactusplant7374|3 years ago

Why did YC encourage startups to put their eggs in one basket?

cmurf|3 years ago

Or not encourage them to have multiple bank accounts so that deposits are fully FDIC insured?

In effect, it encourages concentrating deposits in a single bank. Benefits the bank, does not benefit the depositor.