They don’t just want the little guys to fail. The banksters and politicians want the little guys to dissolve so the big banks can buy them for pennies on the dollar. They did this quite a bit in 2008/2009. Most insulting was the Fed paid for it.
I think we can now count on it being White House policy. They want to fundamentally transform this country, and I think taking control of banks is part of it.
Much easier to control a few large chains than so many small ones.