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How banks create money (with your money) (mikenotthepope.com)
2 points by MikeNotThePope 62 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Not sure how it will work when the person borrowing is different from the one who made the original 100k deposit. I mean, the the person who has borrowed 90K is in no obligation to repay the loan when the first person wants to withdraw their 100K deposit.


I didn't want to get into fractional reserve banking & reserve requirements, I just wanted to share what I learned about money creation. But to answer your question... it's called a bank run! When a bank (in the USA) doesn't have enough money to cover withdrawals, the bank fails & the government shuts it down.

You can read up on a recent example with Silicon Valley Bank: https://www.law.uw.edu/news-events/news/2023/svb-collapse




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