Mar 14 Analysis: Why Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed so fast By Vidhura S. Tennekoon, The Conversation Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed with enormous speed – so quickly that they could be textbook cases of classic bank runs, in which too many depositors withdraw their funds from a bank at the same time. Continue reading
Mar 14 Class action lawsuit filed against Silicon Valley Bank parent company By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press The lawsuit against SVB Financial Group, CEO Greg Becker and CFO Daniel Beck was filed in the U.S. district court for the Northern district of California. It is looking for unspecified damages to be awarded to some SVB investors. Continue reading
Mar 14 Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse rattles tech industry leaders, entrepreneurs By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press “They were the gold standard, it almost seemed weird if you were in tech and didn’t have a Silicon Valley Bank account,” Stefan Kalb, CEO of Seattle startup Shelf Engine, said during an interview. Continue reading
Mar 14 Stocks rally on Wall Street following inflation report, bank failures By Stan Choe, Associated Press The S&P 500 was 1.5 percent higher in early trading after a report showed inflation is still high but heading lower. Stocks of smaller and mid-sized banks recovered some of their prior plunges caused by worries that customers could yank… Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch 11:30 Government takes steps to shore up confidence after collapse of two banks sparks fears By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes, Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan, Shoshana Dubnow Regional banks took a beating and suffered their deepest losses in years on the stock market Monday. It came after the government's top financial authorities spent the weekend taking action to shore up confidence around the system after the failure… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch 5:16 Congress battles over conflicting priorities, but finds some bipartisan agreement By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pressing federal banking regulators after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. And while the divided Congress is giving a divided response, they are finding bipartisan agreement on some issues. Continue watching
Mar 13 What to know about the Silicon Valley Bank collapse By Christopher Rugaber, Ken Sweet, Associated Press Two large banks that cater to the tech industry have collapsed after a bank run, government agencies are taking emergency measures to backstop the financial system, and President Joe Biden is reassuring Americans that the money they have in banks… 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
Mar 13 Stocks fall and Wall Street fearful after SVB failure followed by second bank By Stan Choe, Associated Press Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control have hit a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system and broader economy. Continue reading
Mar 13 WATCH: Biden tells U.S. to have confidence in banks after 2 collapse By Associated Press President Joe Biden will speak Monday on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank as governments in the U.S. and Britain are taking extraordinary steps to prevent a potential banking crisis after the failure of the California-based bank prompted fears of… Continue reading