Banking

Many banks whose shares got hammered a day earlier rebounded strongly, with double-digit gains at Western Alliance Bancorp, First Republic Bank and PacWest Bancorp in midafternoon trading.

Signature Bank's payments network — used by cryptocurrency firms looking to exchange fiat currency in real time — is still online even after the lender was put into receivership.

The West Palm Beach credit union named Steve Bosack as its new chief executive. He has worked for the National Credit Union Administration and Pentagon Federal Credit Union among other stops.

The White House and regulators have sought to ease fears about the banking system, but business depositors as well as regional bank investors remain jittery. Speculation has accelerated about potential buyers of the failed Silicon Valley and Signature banks, the health of certain other regionals and how deposit costs will change.

One day after Provident Financial Services agreed to buy Lakeland Bancorp, the latter bank reached a redlining settlement with the Department of Justice. Now there are calls for regulators who are reviewing the deal to require the same of more banks.

Community lenders do not share the problems that led to the downfall of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank — but their customers and members don't always know that.

The KBW Nasdaq Bank Index dropped 9.6% on Monday as the fallout from two bank failures prompted investors to trim their exposures. Some regional institutions saw declines of 30% or more, while the nation's largest banks had much more modest declines.

Regulators covered Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank customers' money, and will need to replenish the Deposit Insurance Fund with higher assessments. But smaller banks don't want to pay for larger banks' mistakes.

Co-Op Solutions, which represents more than 1,800 credit unions, used its scale to negotiate a favorable deal with the STAR Network.

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.

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.

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 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.

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