{"id":26246,"date":"2023-04-30T12:58:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T19:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=26246"},"modified":"2023-04-30T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T19:58:50","slug":"public-banks-have-no-need-for-the-fdic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/30\/public-banks-have-no-need-for-the-fdic\/","title":{"rendered":"Public banks have no need for the FDIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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New memo demonstrates how <\/strong>FDIC membership is pointless for public banks backed by the full faith and credit of the state, as is the Bank of North Dakota<\/strong>A new memo by Earl Staelin, attorney and Chair of the Rocky Mountain Public Banking Institute, argues that FDIC membership and the holding of 100% collateral generally required for a bank charter are \u201ccompletely unnecessary for public banks that follow the Bank of North Dakota (BND) model and would substantially undermine their profitability and effectiveness.\u201d<\/strong> As the FDIC has increasingly signaled they will not grant membership to banks owned by the public despite their sound policies, it’s important for lawmakers to be aware that this regulatory burden is intended as a roadblock, not a measure of safety.

Earl writes:Under North Dakota law, all of the state\u2019s revenues must be deposited in the BND. At a minimum, a public bank on that model will probably hold about $100 million in deposits. However, FDIC insurance only covers $250,000 per account. If the public bank has only one depositor, its government, then FDIC insurance covers less than ~1% of its deposits of $100 million. That means FDIC insurance is virtually worthless for such accounts<\/strong>, even if the bank divides up its accounts into a number of accounts of $250,000 or less. This is sufficient reason not to require FDIC membership for a public bank. Also, the Bank of North Dakota has done very well without it. [read the memo<\/a>]<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New memo demonstrates how FDIC membership is pointless for public banks backed by the full faith and credit of the state, as is the Bank of North DakotaA new memo by Earl Staelin, attorney and Chair of the Rocky Mountain Public Banking Institute, argues that FDIC membership and the holding of 100%… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[524,523],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26248,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26246\/revisions\/26248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}