Regulation

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.

The United States needs to follow the lead of other countries by letting fintech firms test innovative products at the national level. Failure to do so could send promising new ideas overseas.

The resolutions of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and now First Republic are likely to drain $35 billion from the Deposit Insurance Fund. Odds are increasing that banks — even small ones — will pay higher premiums and perhaps a special assessment to replenish the fund.

The FDIC's deposit insurance review following a string of bank failures said the most balanced approach to modifying deposit insurance would be to provide higher insurance coverage to business accounts, which would reduce systemic risk and promote market discipline.

First Republic Bank was shuttered by regulators early Monday, and all its deposits and most of its assets were acquired by JPMorgan. San Francisco-based First Republic was undone by low-rate mortgages it made to its wealthy customers as well as by the fallout from last month's banking crisis.

The groups also want regulators to downgrade the Cleveland bank's rating under the Community Reinvestment Act. The demands represent an escalation of a dispute over whether Key fulfilled promises it made under a 2016 community benefits agreement.

The Richmond, Virginia-based bank has created a $5 million legal reserve fund with an eye toward resolving a long-running regulatory inquiry by the CFPB