Politics May 01 WATCH: White House holds briefing as First Republic Bank seized by regulators By News Desk and Ken Sweet, Associated Press
Politics Mar 30 Biden calls to revive tighter bank regulations that Trump weakened Weeks after the failure of two banks, President Joe Biden is calling for independent regulatory agencies to impose tighter rules on the financial system. By Fatima Hussein, Josh Boak, Associated Press
Economy Mar 28 Watch 6:04 The factors behind Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse As lawmakers hold hearings about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Economics Correspondent Paul Solman takes a look at what factors were behind the second-largest bank failure in U.S. History. By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes, Ryan Connelly Holmes
Economy Mar 28 Watch 3:16 Congress investigates why bank failures were not prevented despite warning signs Tuesday started two days of hearings about the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the role of federal regulators both before the bank's collapse and since then. Lawmakers from both parties criticized top officials and dug into what went wrong. By Lisa Desjardins, Alexis Cox, Eliot Barnhart
Economy Mar 28 Federal Reserve considering stronger bank rules after SVB failure, official says The Federal Reserve’s bank supervisors informed Silicon Valley Bank’s management as early as the fall of 2021 of risks stemming from its unusual business model, a top Fed official said, but the bank’s managers failed to take the steps necessary… By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
Mar 28 WATCH: Senate panel holds hearing on recent bank failures and the federal response By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The Federal Reserve’s bank supervisors warned Silicon Valley Bank’s management as early as the fall of 2021 of risks stemming from its unusual business model, a top Fed official said Tuesday, but its managers failed to take the steps necessary… Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch 2:54 News Wrap: Drone footage shows Mississippi tornado’s trail of destruction In our news wrap Monday, aid poured into the hard-hit Mississippi Delta after Friday’s powerful tornado, the head of the IAEA warned that the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine is once again under threat, labor unions in Germany called… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 2:33 News Wrap: Putin makes unannounced stop in occupied Mariupol In our news wrap Sunday, Putin made an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Swiss bank UBS has agreed to acquire its troubled rival Credit Suisse, rescuers searched for survivors after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook southern Ecuador and… Continue watching
Mar 17 Will Americans end up paying for bank failures? By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The government's response to the failure of two large banks has already involved hundreds of billions of dollars. So will ordinary Americans end up paying for it, one way or another? And what will the price tag be?… Continue reading
Mar 13 Analysis: What Silicon Valley Bank collapse means for the U.S. financial system By William Chittenden, The Conversation SVB, as the bank is known, collapsed with lightning speed following a run on its deposits. Continue reading