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Sweden's largest pension fund, Alecta, is facing losses of almost $2 billion as a result of a failed investment strategy that made it one of the biggest shareholders in two collapsed U.S. banks and another that is embroiled in the ongoing banking crisis.

Following the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation said it will examine how it can strengthen its system of financial regulation. The Federal Reserve has begun a similar review.

A cap on deposit insurance for yield-bearing accounts will still provide necessary market discipline, but other important reforms are needed to assure the safety of the banking system.

Retailers are increasingly working with banks to implement loyalty programs that keep the merchant in control — but which still encourage spending from a specific bank account.

The incentive structures for both banks and large, sophisticated depositors have changed because of federal regulators' decision to guarantee the uninsured deposits of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

In prepared remarks to the American Bankers Association, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the government's intervention to cover uninsured deposits at Silicon Valley and Signature banks "reduced the risk of further bank failures."

Consumers are worried that the banking crisis could spread to their own accounts. To address these fears, some credit unions are getting more focused on liquidity — and making their top executives available to address any member's concerns.

"Florida will not side with economic central planners; we will not adopt policies that threaten personal economic freedom and security," said Gov. Ron DeSantis.

After a bank run led to Signature Bank's failure, New York Community Bancorp bought much of what was left from the FDIC. The acquirer now faces questions about how it will persuade the remaining depositors to stick around.

Senator Bernie Sanders said he plans to introduce a measure that would prevent big-bank executives from serving on the boards of the regional Federal Reserve banks that oversee them.

Since the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10, unstable deposit funding has roiled the banking industry. Ideas on how to reestablish confidence include providing a temporary guarantee for all deposits, raising the deposit insurance limit and reviving an expired program that helped quell market panic in 2008.

Canada's financial institutions' regulator moved to reassure investors as the country's riskiest bank debt joined a global selloff after the value of some Credit Suisse bonds was wiped out in the bank's takeover by UBS Group.

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.

On Monday, the top banking Republicans in both chambers laid blame for Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank's failures on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Federal Reserve, and they asked the agencies for a full autopsy of what went wrong.

The shutdowns of Silvergate Capital and Signature Bank are likely to send crypto-related businesses and digital asset innovation offshore.

On top of recession fears and elevated regulatory scrutiny, worry about the banking industry's weakness could delay the approval of mergers such as Toronto-Dominion Bank's pending acquisition of First Horizon.

According to industry experts, the deal failed because SVB publicly introduced risk to depositors and investors by announcing a need for capital. 

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.

The company is adopting the fast-growing language recognition technology to improve its billing, checkout and subscriptions offerings.

Central banks involved in the dollar swaps will "increase the frequency of 7-day maturity operations from weekly to daily," the banks said.