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NYC Finance Gala Projects ‘Positive Calm’ After Bank Stock Rout

NYC Finance Gala Projects ‘Positive Calm’ After Bank Stock Rout

By Amanda L. Gordon, Bloomberg


March 14, 2023 | MoAF in the News

Thank the US government for making the Museum of American Finance gala a normal social evening. Rather than stress-schmoozing in the throes of bank runs and failures, the 525 guests gathered Monday night at Cipriani 42nd Street seemed to grasp their bellinis with a sense of relief that regulators had pledged that deposits exceeding $250,000 would be safe.

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