Given the economic
uncertainty caused by the current money printing, war,
and health crisis, many borrowers may be forced to
default on loans they have with their banks. It is
therefore important to understand the legal relationship
between a bank and a depositor, and the bank’s right of
setoff.
You may be surprised to learn that the funds in a
general bank account do not technically belong to the
depositor. At the moment of deposit, the funds become
the property of the depository bank.
Thus, as a depositor, you are a creditor of the bank. If
the banks make bad loans or bad investments, YOU are on
the hook, not the bank. |