Banking Crisis 2023

Jelena McWilliams, who chaired the agency during the Trump administration, said removing the cap on insured deposits would impact the banking sector in three key ways.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Michael Barr said that regulators and bank management failures contributed to the bank collapses, but insisted rescue of uninsured deposits was warranted.

Some millionaires and billionaires who have accounts with the bank are making backup plans for their account and loans.

The FDIC informed depositors on Tuesday that any accounts not closed by April 5 will be automatically shut and depositors will receive a check in the mail. 

The agency responsible for monitoring SVB was plagued by heightened turnover, among other issues.

Speaking at a Consumer Bankers Association conference in Las Vegas, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Rohit Chopra said speedy communication channels represent "an opportunity and a risk."

After experiencing deposit growth above 11% in 2021, credit unions saw that figure drop to 3% last year. But some CEOs say funds are flowing in again in the wake of recent bank failures.

The Federal Reserve's top regulator told the Senate Banking Committee that new standards are needed for banks with more than $100 billion in assets — standards that the Fed has broad discretion to rewrite.

Lenders had started tightening as early as the fourth quarter in anticipation of a possible recession. Now, the banking crisis is driving community and regional banks in particular to hit the brakes harder, stoking renewed recessions fears.

Fintech funding was drying up before the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Capital and Signature Bank. The banking crisis has set it back a bit further.