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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.

This week in banking news: Discover EVP Diane Offereins is retiring, Worldline enters the metaverse, SNAP pilots mobile payments and more.

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.

The Philadelphia bank's new CEO says a planned infusion would let it update its branch footprint, technology and other resources as part of a turnaround.

Old-fashioned check fraud is growing, and fraudsters find people to cash their checks — and tell them what to wear while doing it — through a popular messaging service.

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

The bank is reassigning staffers to busier divisions as attrition and hiring slow.

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.

Brett Mooney returns to the card network as the country manager for Canada, a digital-forward market that is attracting more competition from banks and fintechs.

In Kirschner, v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A — a case that could drastically change banks' role in the syndicated loan market — judges in the Second Circuit wondered how banking regulators view the syndicated loan market.

Federal banking regulators should allow banks to receive Community Reinvestment Act credit for making loans to community news organizations.

The credit union promoted Shelly Mellenberger, a senior vice president, to be its new president and CEO. She replaces Dan Wollin, who will retire on April 2.

SVB Financial Group shares extended their plunge before being halted in premarket trading for pending news as prominent venture capitalists recommended companies withdraw their money from the lender.

The voluntary liquidation of one of the most crypto-friendly banks has sent ripples through political and policy circles, but the concrete effects and lessons to be learned may take time to untangle.

The major payment card networks are "pausing" the rollout of a new merchant category code to identify purchases at stores that sell guns and ammunition, following pushback from lawmakers in Florida and elsewhere.