FDIC

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. failed to create a level playing field for nonbank bidders pursuing First Republic Bank, according to FDIC board member Jonathan McKernan. 

After years of implementing Dodd-Frank Act measures rules to streamline bank resolutions, regulators relied on their pre-crisis playbook to resolve Silicon Valley and First Republic banks. That choice has led some experts to question the rules' utility.

Insured deposit caps are now practically meaningless, and current rules for setting deposit insurance premiums do little to block banks' excessive risk taking. There's a better way.

The agencies warned banks to fix fee programs before they result in penalties.

Two years ago, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank promised $11.2 billion in community development support. Activists want First Citizens, which acquired much of the failed bank, to fulfill the commitment.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. told neobank Utoppia to cease using the FDIC name, in Spanish and English communications.

The unusual financing is meant to help First Citizens meet liquidity needs that arise in the next two years as it integrates SVB into its operations, the Raleigh, North Carolina, lender said in a regulatory filing.

The Raleigh, North Carolina, lender submitted an offer on Sunday to buy all of the failed SVB, and it may also participate in the auctions this week for the two parts of company, people familiar with the matter say.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says it has extended the deadline for bids on Silicon Valley Bank, will break the bank into two parts for sale and will allow nonbanks to bid on asset portfolios.

Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and a wider banking-sector panic this month, the smaller banks told regulators that explicitly insuring all deposits would stem the flow of money to the largest banks.