Nearly 200 more banks could be vulnerable to the same type of risk that collapsed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) earlier this month, according to a recently published study. There are 186 banks across the United States that could collapse if half of their respective uninsured depositors withdraw their funds, researchers with the Social Science Research Network…
Almost 200 US Banks Are at Risk of Silicon Valley Bank-Like Collapse: Study
What’s Ailing Regional Banks?
Commentary Bank runs, as they say, have a way of spiraling. The first two bank failures, those of Silvergate Bank and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), were the results of idiosyncratic circumstances at those two entities. Or so the analysts say. But when New York-based Signature Bank was also taken over by regulators on March 12,…
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The Biden regime has been a spectacular failure on virtually all fronts—domestic policy, inflation, the economy, foreign policy—the list is endless. But the Biden regime has also been wildly successful—with the help of a willing and complicit media—in the perpetuation and popularization of fabricated narratives. We’re talking about things like the origin of COVID, the…
A Changing Tide in America: Multiple False Narratives Being Simultaneously Disproven | Truth Over News
The Biden regime has been a spectacular failure on virtually all fronts—domestic policy, inflation, the economy, foreign policy—the list is endless. But the Biden regime has also been wildly successful—with the help of a willing and complicit media—in the perpetuation and popularization of fabricated narratives. We’re talking about things like the origin of COVID, the…
President Biden Urges Congress to Toughen Penalties for Executives of Failed Banks
President Joe Biden recommended that executives of failed banks should be banned from working in the banking sector again. The White House released a plan to hold senior management more accountable when their financial institutions collapse and enter Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) receivership. In addition, the administration urged Congress to make it easier for…
Biden Urges Congress to Toughen Penalties for Executives of Failed Banks
President Joe Biden recommended that executives of failed banks should be banned from working in the banking sector again. The White House released a plan to hold senior management more accountable when their financial institutions collapse and enter Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) receivership. In addition, the administration urged Congress to make it easier for…
Banks Borrow Billions to Maintain Liquidity, Fed Data Show
Banks have borrowed a combined total of $164.9 billion from the Federal Reserve in recent weeks following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), data published by the central bank show. According to Fed statistics released Thursday, banks borrowed $152.85 billion from the central bank in the week ending March 15 using the Fed’s traditional discount window—known as discount window…
Yellen Confirms Chinese, Other Foreign SVB Depositors Will Be Protected
As part of the U.S. government’s extraordinary measures to shield insured and uninsured depositors at Silicon Valley Bank from losses, foreign clients will also be protected, confirmed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The rescue package will be partly funded through special assessments levied on U.S. banks to recoup these losses and make customers whole. Since the…
Banking Issues Hiding Bigger Problem: Tavi Costa
First Republic Bank will receive $30 billion from some of the top U.S. banks in a bid to stabilize the troubled firm. It’s the third bank to be rescued in less than a week. First Republic, like Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, reportedly had a large number of uninsured deposits, triggering fears that customers…
SVB, ESG, and Biden’s ERISA Rule
Commentary The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) occurred just days after Congress passed the Braun-Barr resolution, which overturns the Biden administration’s “Prudence and Loyalty” rule and its encouragement of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing by pension managers under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The timing could hardly be more instructive. The Prudence…
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