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Oldish Senior Director of Technology for an Investment Bank. And we do lots of bleeding edge stuff. We're in a technological arms race with the other banks...

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SuperMemo looks dated (both the app and the web site) but it is very strong in the fundamental algorithms for learning and retention. The guy has been doing this for over 25 years! You'd do well to partner with him to produce a more modern offering based on his research than going alone. If I was serious about learning something I would live with his old school software because I'm really buying into the significant experience he has in the domain in question...

Starting a Bank 17 years ago

Remember that the FDIC is not funded by the government - it is funded by premiums that banks pay to get their "insurance". In this model SafeBank would have to pay a premium to the FDIC to get that insurance and as many small banks have found recently (when the premiums went up) those premiums are not insignificant. That's not to say that the government would not bail out the FDIC but to date there has been no reason to do so as they are completely funded by their clients...