by OldGuy » 10 Sep 2023, 13:26
People love to just go blindly through life without even thinking of past history that proves the inevitable.
Banks fail all the time. It is nothing new. This particular website is just a list of banks in the US who have gone broke since 2000:
https://www.fdic.gov/resources/resoluti ... bank-list/To make matters worse, the US FDIC currently has 171 US banks on a watch list. Failure is quite possible at any one of them at any time.
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/pro ... s-10450037Although US bank accounts are insured up to $250,000 (USD) by the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Co), they also acknowledge they only have enough funds available to cover barely 1% of the protected accounts.
https://www.quora.com/Does-FDIC-have-en ... sits-in-USAs it is even now, you are not able to withdraw all your own money at will. The bank where I keep my own checking account restricts withdrawals to a maximum of $300 per 24 hours no matter how much you have in your account.
So, with all that information, NO. Absolutely not. I do not trust banks at all. I keep a minimal amount in my account to cover my monthly bills and almost nothing more. I find other places to hold my assets and only use the bank for necessities.
I don't even trust banks for using the safety deposit boxes. If something happens to the bank, you can't access those either.
People love to just go blindly through life without even thinking of past history that proves the inevitable.
Banks fail all the time. It is nothing new. This particular website is just a list of banks in the US who have gone broke since 2000: https://www.fdic.gov/resources/resolutions/bank-failures/failed-bank-list/
To make matters worse, the US FDIC currently has 171 US banks on a watch list. Failure is quite possible at any one of them at any time.
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/problem-bank-list-balloons-fdic-says-10450037
Although US bank accounts are insured up to $250,000 (USD) by the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Co), they also acknowledge they only have enough funds available to cover barely 1% of the protected accounts.
https://www.quora.com/Does-FDIC-have-enough-money-to-cover-all-deposits-in-US
As it is even now, you are not able to withdraw all your own money at will. The bank where I keep my own checking account restricts withdrawals to a maximum of $300 per 24 hours no matter how much you have in your account.
So, with all that information, NO. Absolutely not. I do not trust banks at all. I keep a minimal amount in my account to cover my monthly bills and almost nothing more. I find other places to hold my assets and only use the bank for necessities.
I don't even trust banks for using the safety deposit boxes. If something happens to the bank, you can't access those either.