Serbia Alta Bank: How Student List and the US Government Shut It Down Because a lot of people don't seem to understand what happened with Serbia's Alta Bank and its closure and claim "Student List hasn't even taken office yet!" "Let me give you an analogy. Let's pretend the student roster is an angry mob and Alta Bank is a house. The list of students and the US government by openly targeting Alta Bank for years and preparing sanctions just at the beginning of the week - basically set the house on fire. The people at home are now in a burning building. They must grab all their things and escape before the burning building collapses and kills them. So no - the student list didn't come in and empty the house themselves or tell them to leave - but because the student list and the US government set it on fire in the first place, they had no other choice. I hope that clears it up a bit more for anyone who doesn't follow it yet.