Special Program Root Tag

A community bank executive reflects on the leadership rules he has gleaned from the quirky television hit about an American football coach trying to navigate English Premier League soccer.

Observers say that most other banks with an overlapping customer base are in a better place than SVB to manage the risks.

Frank, to the surprise of some, landed on the board of Signature Bank, a New York-based lender that boomed during the pandemic. It was seized by regulators Sunday, making it the third U.S. bank to collapse in just five days.

Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, said he's considering a bill to shore up regulation and oversight of medium-size banks.

HSBC Holdings is buying the U.K. arm of Silicon Valley Bank, the culmination of a frantic weekend where ministers and bankers explored various ways to avert the SVB unit's collapse.

Panic withdrawals brought down a bank within two days, and many point to some venture capitalists, who urged companies to pull money out of the bank.

President Joe Biden said that deposits at U.S. banks are safe following swift action from his administration's bank regulators.

The FDIC named Greg Carmichael, who retired last year as CEO of Fifth Third Bancorp, to run a bridge bank that will hold Signature's deposits and most of its assets.

The San Francisco-based bank, whose stock came under pressure after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, said the increased borrowing capacity strengthens and diversifies its funding. The bank's "capital and liquidity positions are very strong," executives said.

The Treasury Department issued a "systemic risk exception" allowing it to cover uninsured deposits at SVB and Signature Bank, which New York State closed on Sunday.

Canada's banking regulator seized SVB Financial Group's branch in the country and said it will seek a legal order to wind up the operation. 

The bank's tech-sector focus contributed to its rapid demise. But the reasons for its failure come down to the nuts and bolts of banking, and other banks may have similar vulnerabilities.

After the failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday, attention will be keenly focused on anything that gives clues about the next steps from the Federal Reserve and its global peers — or hints at greater spillover in the U.S. banking sector.

"We're nurturing our future clients," said CEO Ron Daniel.

The abrupt downfall of Silicon Valley Bank prompted investors to question whether other banks that hold tech-related deposits could also be at risk. But one analyst said there could be opportunities for banks to add deposits from customers of the failed bank.

Financial services firms are focusing on essential risk-related priorities, but must not lose sight of the importance of innovative technologies that drive business forward.

A $13.5 billion advance to Silicon Valley Bank months before its collapse is another sign that the Home Loan banks encourage risk-taking that can burden the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. or even the system itself, critics say.

Founders are starting to worry about whether startups will be able to keep paying employees following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank.

While this week's bank-stock drama blindsided most of the market, at least one corner of Wall Street spied trouble ahead.

The tech-heavy bank had been in freefall since Wednesday, when it announced $1.8 billion in bond-related losses and a plan to raise more capital. The stunning demise left questions about the fate of its many uninsured depositors.