&gt; $81M was stolen the Bangladesh Bank via the SWIFT<p>Nearly all of which was later recovered.<p>&gt; The IRS Seized $107,000<p>&gt; DOJ&#x27;s &#x27;Operation Choke Point&#x27;<p>Those are political problems, not problems with the banking system.  If the government decides to fuck with you, then you&#x27;re fucked no matter what the banking system looks like.<p>&gt; MasterCard Cuts Off Wikileaks<p>This is a real problem, and it a result of what is IMHO the main unaddressed flaw in our current system: banking is conflated with money transfer.  Bitcoin does address this problem, but IMHO it doesn&#x27;t do it very well.  The risks and costs are too high.