Damn right it matters to banks! One of Japan’s largest lenders, Mizuho Bank Ltd, has just been added as a defendant in the lawsuit against Mt. Gox for “losing” a half billion dollars worth of bitcoins! In other words: banks beware about getting involved with bitcoin!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/15/us-bitcoin-mtgox-mizuho-idUSBREA2E01V20140315
So I guess the choice is that either the government steals from us through printing money and inflation, or we get to risk the more straightforward form of theft with Bitcoin.
I’m starting to think my chances are better with Bitcoin. (And I have not yet invested)