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How do you start a bank?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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Under one common model, about 20 entrepreneurs each chip in about $100,000--enough to retain an executive team, outfit a branch, buy a technology package and print a bunch of fancy posters. To raise the $20 million or so in lending capital, they issue shares to local investors.

The real work is the bank-chartering process, an 18-month endurance test that includes an application rivaling the U.S. tax code for complexity and heft.

Indeed, the three-year failure rate for new banks is less than one in 1,000--compare that with the 60 percent failure rate for new restaurants. And the profits are handsome.

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