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News Articles: silicon valley bank

The Bank of Bird-in-Hand in Pennsylvania is one of the country's more than 4,000 lenders. It has thrived by catering to the Amish community in the town of Bird-in-Hand. Its mobile branches, like the one pictured here, travel to remote parts of the state, carrying with them ATMs and a teller window.

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The U.S. has more banks than anywhere on Earth. That shapes the economy in many ways

The U.S. has more than 4,500 banks — more banks than any other country. That huge number of lenders has shaped the economy in countless ways, but it also can pose risks.

May 04, 2023
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  • Stacey Vanek Smith
A security guard at Silicon Valley Bank monitors a line of people outside the office in Santa Clara, Calif., on March 13, 2023. The Fed admitted it was partly to blame for the collapse of the lender in a scathing report on Friday.

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The Fed admits some of the blame for Silicon Valley Bank's failure in scathing report

The Federal Reserve says its own light-touch approach to bank regulation is partly to blame for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last month, and it promised more vigorous oversight in the future.

April 28, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
The Silicon Valley Bank logo is seen through a rain-covered window in front of the SVB headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., on March 10, 2023. The Federal Reserve is set to issue a report on Friday looking into its own role supervising the lender ahead of its collapse.

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What went wrong at Silicon Valley Bank? The Fed is set to release a postmortem report

The Federal Reserve and the FDIC are set to report Friday on their oversight of two failed banks. The banks' collapse six weeks ago rocked credit markets and raised the risk of recession.

April 27, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley and
  • David Gura
Shares of First Republic Bank plunged again today, as investors react to financial disclosures from the bank.

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  • Business

First Republic Bank shares plummet, reigniting fears about U.S. banking sector

Trading of First Republic Bank shares were halted multiple times today, as investors sold off shares, alarmed by financial disclosures from the bank.

April 26, 2023
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By:
  • David Gura
A.J. King, the CEO of Three Rivers Bank in Kalispell, Mont., sitting at his office. King says his bank shouldn't have to pay for mismanagement at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

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It cost $22 billion to rescue two failed banks. Now the question is who will pay

Regulators need to decide how to recover the cost of rescuing Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank — and community banks across the country are warning they should not be on the hook.

April 13, 2023
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By:
  • David Gura
Liz Southers runs a commercial insulation company in South Florida. She says the company could grow faster if it had access to more credit.

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  • Economy

Banks are spooked and getting stingy about loans – and small businesses are suffering

Weeks after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, lenders are getting stingier about making loans. That makes it harder for businesses trying to grow and – and it raises the risk of recession.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr appears before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 2023. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sparked scrutiny from lawmakers who want to know what went wrong and whether regulators did enough to oversee the lender.

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  • Economy

5 things we learned from the Senate hearing on the Silicon Valley Bank collapse

A top federal regulator called the failure of Silicon Valley Bank a "textbook case of bank mismanagement" during a Senate hearing about what led to its spectacular collapse

March 28, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
A security guard looks out a door as customers line up at Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California on March 13, 2023.

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  • Economy

SVB collapse could have ripple effects on minority-owned banks

Four minority founders reflect on the health of minority-owned banks in the U.S. following the sudden collapse of SVB.

March 28, 2023
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By:
  • Destinee Adams and
  • Amra Pasic
The Silicon Valley Bank logo is seen at an open branch in Pasadena, Calif., on March 13, 2023.

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  • Business

The FDIC says First Citizens Bank will acquire Silicon Valley Bank

First Citizens will buy Silicon Valley Bank, the tech industry-focused financial institution that collapsed earlier this month, rattling the banking industry and sending shockwaves around the world.

March 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on Feb. 1, 2023. The Fed on Wednesday raised interest rates again, opting to continue its fight against inflation despite turmoil in the banking sector.

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  • Economy

The Fed raises interest rates again despite the stress hitting the banking system

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage-point in an effort to curb high inflation. Some had called for the Fed to wait after two recent bank failures.

March 22, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that depositors at small banks could be eligible for the same kind of protection extended to customers at two regional banks that failed this month. Yellen made the remarks at a speech she delivered to the American Bankers Association on March 21, 2023.

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  • Economy

Janet Yellen says the U.S. is ready to protect depositors at small banks if required

The Treasury Secretary said the administration is committed to protecting the U.S. banking system and customers who trust their money to it.

March 21, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
The First Republic Bank sign is shown in Oakland, Calif., in front of one of the lender's offices on March 16, 2023. First Republic shares continued to fall on Monday amid concerns about its financial health.

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  • Business

First Republic Bank shares sink to another record low, but stock markets are calmer

Shares in the midsized lender continued to tumble as fears grow about First Republic's financial health grow even after it received a $30 billion lifeline from its bigger rivals last week.

March 20, 2023
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By:
  • David Gura and
  • Rob Schmitz
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on March 13.

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  • Business

5 big moments from the week that rocked the banking system

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last Friday set off a series of events that have many reeling about just what is happening at banks in the U.S. and around the world.

March 17, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Yang
A customer exits a First Republic Bank branch in Manhattan Beach, Calif., on March 13, 2023. The midsized lender was rescued by a group of top banks after suffering an exodus of depositors following the collapse of two U.S. banks.

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  • Business

First Republic becomes the latest bank to be rescued, this time by its rivals

The lenders including J.P.Morgan and Wells Fargo would deposit $30 billion into the beleaguered midsized lender as part of the rescue.

March 16, 2023
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  • David Gura
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Tuesday. Stocks tumbled on Wednesday amid fears that worries about the banking system were widening to other parts of the world.

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  • Business

Stocks drop as fears grow about the global banking system

A drop in shares of European lender Credit Suisse sparked fears that banking turmoil is spreading around the world.

March 15, 2023
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  • David Gura,
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