If you can turn that into a service where I can engrave things on a plaque and have someone throw it into a garden of my choosing, I'm sure you can build a successful startup out of it.
the "gain" startups were getting was a deposit account that doesn't disappear over the weekend. these were not supposed to be high risk/reward investments.
The risk was not having insured themselves beyond what FDIC was providing. I can’t wait until my insurer covers hundreds of multiples above the coverage I have!
the FDIC limit was a minimum. for decades the FDIC has covered the full amount in practice. if the current level of fees aren't enough to cover that, they will raise them. and that is exactly what is happening now.
That is not what is happening now. They are assessing additional fees under systemic risk protection rules. FDIC rates are changed on a regular, periodic basis with forewarning time for markets to adjust, not over a weekend.
When has FDIC reimbursed more than the “up to” limit? Everything I’ve read regarding this suggests that this may be moral hazard, at least in the short term. The remaining amount should come from liquidation of the failed bank’s assets or by the acquiring bank, not the FDIC.
What is "capitalist" about requiring FDIC for a retail banking charter, then the same government creating the requirement (at gunpoint of licensing scheme) takes the money for that requirement, and creates a "insurance scheme."
Only it turns out that "insurance" is a fraud, as it is misrepresented. The premiums are advertised as being for backstopping up to 250k in the account, but it turns out this was a fraud and actually it's whatever arbitrary amount they choose all the way up to the biggest holder in the bank. And when they're finished, they'll assess a "special assessment" which totally isn't a tax, nevermind the licensees have no choice but to pay it.