They were waiting to recover all of the deposits, so that all of the bank's customers would be treated the same, regardless of their status as Opt in or Opt out. So Qenta was waiting for the bank to get the rest of the funds from Novo, before distributing money to the Opt ins. That what the Opt ins and Opt outs would all get paid at once. Plus if there was a short-fall, all customers would take the same percentage︀ haircut. There was no way to know what that would be until all the funds︁ were recovered.