Remember: This isn't the Trump administration. This results from the regulation that was put in place and the enforcement that was started before, and that his administration is busy trying to deconstruct.

Setting the political aspect aside, there seems to be a broader consensus that this "bankster" behavior is bad and needs to be reined in.

And investment depends upon a certain degree of stability as well as reliable financial and legal systems.

How this behavior is handled -- or not -- has more of an impact, down to start-up ventures and their environments, than people sometimes stop to think about.