I don't know if some of the sources I've seen in the past (such as
The Money Masters or other "conspiracy-related" material is appropriate for this forum), but based on my understanding, cash is green gold for banks. If you have a megabank account and also a smaller community bank or credit union account, it is possible to legally "rob the bank", "run it" or whatever. Basically, if you keep your deposits in (say a trustworthy) credit union, you can write a check to yourself and deposit at megabank 1. Write a check from megabank 1 to megabank 2. Withdraw your deposit (after the check clears) from megabank2 in cash and give the green gold to whichever smaller, nicer, etc bank/cu you trust. The more money you have, the more bank and credit union accounts you can have. Banks basically have a reserve requirement of $1 deposited for $9 in loans (from what I've heard, even that alarming ratio has been relaxed). They get to collect all that interest/fees on the loans. Many credit unions actually have a much smaller ratio but they are generally not-for-profit and owned by their members. If you do have an axe to grind against BOA, WF, Chase, etc... you can just keep giving them pieces of paper (checks) and taking their gold (federal reserve notes aka dollars). Deposit and repeat the cycle. Kind of like the shampoo bottle saying - rinse, lather, repeat. The banking "scam" is that many of the larger banks are large because they loan out too much (and collect fat interest payments) verses what they have deposited, and cash money is the ultimate tangible treasure they have - not checks, credit card / debit transations. But, many large banks are (wrongly) considered to be TBTF (too big to fail) so even if people run/legally-rob the bank, politicians might still have their back.
