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> Most people don't ever consider that money in their bank could disappear for no reason.

The $250k FDIC account limit was really well known, so I'd expect someone in the CxO ranks to have it properly managed in a 100 person startup. CFO maybe?

Several people have mentioned over the last few days that spreading $$$ across a bunch of ($250k limit) accounts at banks is a service offered by third parties, to address this very risk.

Wonder what the cost of using such a service would have been, and how many SVB customers were using it?

Anyway, with the current US regulatory approach of "oh shit, lets cover all deposits anyway" I wonder if those services have a future...

> It's not the 1920s.

Is that a good thing or bad thing? :)



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