Heh, Morgan Stanley ran into this when the were trying to stay afloat after the 2008 crash:
> At this point, under any other circumstances, the $9 billion would be wired electronically from one bank to the other. But there were a few problems with wiring the money. First off, it was a holiday weekend and banks would be closed in both countries until Tuesday. Secondly, wiring any amount of money usually takes 2-3 days and Morgan Stanley may not have survived another 24 hours! Finally, Morgan Stanley was itching to make a formal announcement of the merger as soon as possible in order to stop their stock price from plummeting any further. ... A few hours later, the Mitsubishi bankers returned to Morgan Stanley’s headquarters with what will likely go down in history as the biggest check ever written.
> At this point, under any other circumstances, the $9 billion would be wired electronically from one bank to the other. But there were a few problems with wiring the money. First off, it was a holiday weekend and banks would be closed in both countries until Tuesday. Secondly, wiring any amount of money usually takes 2-3 days and Morgan Stanley may not have survived another 24 hours! Finally, Morgan Stanley was itching to make a formal announcement of the merger as soon as possible in order to stop their stock price from plummeting any further. ... A few hours later, the Mitsubishi bankers returned to Morgan Stanley’s headquarters with what will likely go down in history as the biggest check ever written.
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