In the example above, the bank owed $100 million would get all the shares.

No but the banks owe me a f*ck of a lot of tax though.

What many don't realize is that if they are willing to pay a higher-than-normal interest rate, the bank may owe them points.

Since the bank doesn't owe that money to anyone, this would have no impact on anyone except the bank.

The banks still owe billions and are running out of money there is a 99% chance they will need more state help.

Ireland's central bank owes €118bn, Spain's €108bn and Italy's €89bn.

And the total amount any single bank can collectively owe to the others is automatically capped.

The accused has not appropriated a thing in action, because the bank did not owe the money to anyone.

This action thus decreases any credit the local banks may owe to the central bank, and also increases their money supply.

Russian banks owe lots of dollars and are having trouble paying them back.