In your post, you didn't say whether it is an bank/government ru

it is a technical limit for taking out large lumpsum of cash. There is a big difference there and I think it is the latter for US banks. I think if you give your bank a early notification, you can cash out millions from your account with no problem at all.

In china, that tellar refuse to tell her custosmer why he can't take more than $5000 from his own account.