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by lmm 1191 days ago
> But if every customer put 1/400th of their wealth into each of the 400 banks, then FDIC has to cover all customers for 1/400th each.

Seems like having everyone use at least 400 different banks achieves one of the core goals of the FDIC guarantee - making small/midsize banks viable and preventing everyone from piling into the big four megabanks.