The state's attorney general filed a motion to intervene in the bank's lawsuit over master account access, citing concerns about the effect of the Federal Reserve's decisions on Wyoming's special-purpose depository institution charter.

Eric Rosengren, who stepped down as CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in 2021, has been elected an independent director of Berkshire Hill Bancorp. He's its second new board member this year.

Recent deposit flows raise questions about the Fed's support for these funds through its overnight lending facility, and whether that support is doing more harm than good.

Price pressures could keep emanating from a tight labor market, the war in Ukraine and the reopening of China after the pandemic, the Fed governor said. 

Rates are rising and maturities are shortening in unsecured commercial paper, raising the possibility of a credit crunch and further regulatory intervention.

Throughout 2022, the California bank shed interest rate swaps that some believe could have prevented its failure.

The latest figures suggest efforts by policymakers to stem contagion following a string of bank collapses is working, though banks are still borrowing much more than is typical during periods of low stress.

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

In his new book, "A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961-2021," economist and former Federal Reserve vice chair Alan Blinder tells the tale of how economic conventional wisdom has evolved over the last half-century.

Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr will attempt to downplay the immediate threat of the banking crisis as limited to Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, while calling for long-term reforms in congressional testimony this week.