Silicon Valley Bank collapse

2023 - 3 - 11

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Silicon Valley Bank collapse is impacting many Indian startups (TechCrunch)

Dozens of young Indian startups backed by the likes of YC, Accel, Sequoia India, Lightspeed, SoftBank and Bessemer Venture Partners banked with Silicon Valley ...

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Why Did Silicon Valley Bank Collapse? (The New York Times)

DealBook unpacks what caused the biggest U.S. bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis — and what might come next.

Here’s an interesting discussion from the Vulture podcast “Into It” about why the Oscars [aren’t rewarding blockbusters](https://www.vulture.com/2023/03/will-the-oscars-reward-blockbuster-movies.html). (The Economist) [“M*A*S*H” episode](https://clear-vivid-with-alan-alda.simplecast.com/episodes/alan-chats-with-the-bots)for Alan Alda and Mike Farrell, stars of the 1970s TV comedy, to read. [rethinking the ceremony](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/business/media/academy-awards-broadcast.html)to hold on to viewers — and preserve its own future. Gulden didn’t have to travel far; Puma and Adidas are based in the same Bavarian city, Herzogenaurach. [an Italian highway](https://www.instagram.com/p/CRlFry4LQls/), A24 had the same ambitions as predecessors like Miramax: Produce critically lauded hits. The rub is what possible suitors think about spending on a studio whose movies have never been financial home runs, in an age of increasingly tight budgets. There will be a detailed post-mortem of the bank’s failure in the coming weeks and months. The bank’s management — with the help of Goldman Sachs, its adviser — chose to raise new equity from the venture capital firm General Atlantic and also to sell a convertible bond to the public. The Luxembourg-based firm spent billions to acquire stakes in the commercial arm of La Liga, Spain’s leading soccer league; the Indian Premier League cricket competition; and the Six Nations rugby tournament. That left time for investors — and, more important, clients — to start scratching their heads and sow doubt about the firm, leading to an exodus of deposits. [sell $21 billion of bonds at a $1.8 billion loss](https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/what-caused-silicon-valley-banks-failure-2023-03-10/), in large part, it appears, because many of those bonds were yielding an average of only 1.79 percent at a time when interest rates had risen drastically and the bank was starting to look like an underperformer relative to its peers.

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Regulators have 2 massive problems to sort out with the Silicon ... (Fortune)

The financial institution best known for its relationships with high-flying world technology startups and venture capital, Silicon Valley Bank, ...

Silicon Valley Bank was large but had a unique existence by servicing nearly exclusively the technology world and VC-backed companies. Typically bank regulators look for a stronger bank to take on the assets of a failing bank, but in this case, another bank hasn’t stepped forward. At the moment, all of that money can’t be accessed and likely will have to be released in an orderly process. However the vast majority of Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits were uninsured, a unique characteristic of the bank due to its customers being largely startups and wealthy tech workers. That required selling typically safe bonds at a loss, and those losses added up to the point that Silicon Valley Bank became effectively insolvent. The fancy tech-focused bank was brought down by the oldest issue in banking: a good ol’ run on the bank.

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California members of Congress to be briefed on Silicon Valley ... (Politico)

The Northern California bank's Friday collapse marked the nation's largest bank failure since the 2007 financial crisis and has raised concerns about ripple ...

The bank’s depositors had included many Silicon Valley startups and health care businesses that are now scrambling to meet payroll demands after the bank’s failure. The briefing comes as California lawmakers also brace for flooding in their state after heavy storms. “The investors and executives of SBV should bear risk and lose.

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Etsy delays payments to sellers due to Silicon Valley Bank collapse (NBC News)

Etsy is warning sellers that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is causing delays in processing payments, according to an email from the company shared ...

That downslide came on the heels of a more than 60% decline Thursday. "At this time, Etsy has not provided a time frame for the funds to be deposited," McKinney said. The FDIC has formed a separate entity where all insured SVB deposits — up to $250,000 per depositor — will be available by Monday morning. Owen McKinney, who runs Kentucky Country Home laser engraving business, said in an email that he relies on the deposits to pay for items like shipping costs and materials. "Please know that our teams are working hard to resolve this issue and send you your funds as quickly as possible." "We know that you count on us to help run your business and we understand how important it is for you to receive your funds when you need them," the email continued.

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Silicon Valley Bank collapse: Mark Cuban says Fed should ... (Fox Business)

Entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has demanded the Federal Reserve take action and assume responsibility following the collapse of Silicon ...

[CRYPTO FIRM CIRCLE HAS $3.3B EXPOSURE TO SILICON VALLEY BANK](https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/crypto-firm-circle-3-3b-exposure-silicon-valley-bank) The closure of SVB has spilled over into other banks, both in the U.S. "SVB didn’t buy failing assets," he stressed. "It's insane that a small company with say 2.5m in payables and payroll at the end of the month should be ‘prudent’ and split their cash across 10 banks in case of a run," Cuban wrote. "Can’t wait to see how many people yanked their money, told others to, and shorted the stock." SVB's collapse was so quick that, hours before its closure, some industry analysts were hopeful that the bank was still a good investment. But great for banks." "There are a ton of banks with more than 50 pct uninsured deposits." Change % Y Combinator, an incubator startup that launched Airbnb, DoorDash and DropBox, regularly referred entrepreneurs to them. Change They should own it."

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How did Silicon Valley Bank collapse in 48 hours? Here's a timeline (The Mercury News)

From the sale of securities at a loss to an effort to raise capital and a bank run as depositors pulled their money out, here's what led to SVB's collapse.

By Friday morning, trading in SVB shares was halted and it had abandoned efforts to quickly raise capital or find a buyer. “The system is as well-capitalized and liquid as it has ever been,” Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi said. It will pay uninsured depositors an “advance dividend within the next week.” At the same time, venture capital began drying up, forcing startups to draw down funds held by SVB. First, there was the Federal Reserve, which began raising interest rates a year ago to tame inflation. It provided financing for almost half of US venture-backed technology and health care companies.

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California Storms, Silicon Valley Bank Collapse, New Chinese Premier (NPR)

Heavy rains in California have flooded roads and caused two deaths. Silicon Valley Bank, which catered to venture capitalists and tech investors, ...

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3 Lessons From Silicon Valley Bank's Failure (The New York Times)

What can the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank teach us about the tech industry? On one level, not much. It's true that S.V.B., as tech insiders called it, ...

was a small bank by Wall Street standards (it was the 16th-largest bank in the country, with around $200 billion in assets as of January), it occupied a privileged place in the tech community. Relationships like those are valuable, and the most likely scenario here is that in the near future, a big Wall Street bank will acquire Silicon Valley Bank out of receivership. They’re start-up founders and investors, the kinds of people who scrutinize banks’ securities filings, who pay close attention to risk and volatility and who (most importantly) talk to each other on the internet all day. If a big bank acquires S.V.B., will it be as friendly to start-ups as S.V.B.? Are there other banks with ties to the tech industry that are vulnerable to interest-rate risk, the way S.V.B. In this case, S.V.B.’s demise seems to have been hastened by the clubby, A worse scenario — one in which no buyer emerges, the bank’s customers have to wait weeks or months to access their money and the entire start-up ecosystem collapses because many cannot make payroll — could be catastrophic. It’s true that S.V.B., as tech insiders called it, was a Silicon Valley institution, and that it counted many of the tech industry’s best-known start-ups and investment firms as its clients. Venture capital investors got spooked, and [told their portfolio start-ups](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-09/founders-fund-advises-companies-to-withdraw-money-from-svb) to withdraw any money they had sitting at S.V.B. needed to sell some of its bonds at a loss and seek fresh capital to meet its obligations. It’s also true that the bank’s failure will have ripple effects throughout the tech sector in the short term, as companies that kept their money there [badly](https://twitter.com/lulumeservey/status/1634232322693144576)) what had happened, some of those customers got worried that the bank was in trouble.

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These companies were affected by the Silicon Valley Bank crash (The Washington Post)

The bank's collapse raised concerns about whether companies would be able to get their money back and pay their employees.

The company is both publicly and privately owned. The company changed providers for next week. Bankman-Fried had pledged to save the crypto lender, which was in financial trouble for months. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. The company had about $44.5 billion worth of tokens in circulation in January, according to a “Like other customers and depositors who relied on SVB for banking services, Circle joins calls for continuity of this important bank in the U.S. “The company’s deposits with SVB are largely uninsured,” said the filing, which was signed by Roku Chief Financial Officer Steve Louden. The federal government took over the bank after a surprise filing on Wednesday night revealed that it had sold $21 billion in assets and was unloading stock to raise money. [Return to menu](#secondary-nav) [filing.](https://twitter.com/LaurenSHirsch/status/1634315816106618880)

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Silicon Valley Bank collapse: California governor says he's working ... (Fox Business)

California Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement that he's working with the White House and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation after Silicon Valley ...

[SILICON VALLEY BANK SHUT DOWN BY REGULATORS](https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/silicon-valley-bank-shut-down-regulators-fdic) "Over the last 48 hours, I have been in touch with the highest levels of leadership at the White House and Treasury. [Silicon Valley Bank](https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets) was shut down by regulators on Friday.

California Storms, Silicon Valley Bank Collapse, New Chinese Premier (NPR)

AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: A federal emergency as Californians are hammered by another winter storm. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING).

And he went on to become the governor of the province, the party chief of a neighboring province, and then he ran Shanghai before becoming premier. He absolutely gets the value of private businesses and entrepreneurs, which are critical to China's future and critical to China being a dynamic economy in the long run. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. And Wenzhou was lauded as a model for other parts of the country. And the availability of that fueled unbridled growth in the tech sector. So while he was in Zhejiang, he worked his way up through the local government ranks, in the early 2000s got a big break, and he was appointed Communist Party boss of a city called Wenzhou, which was sort of a hotbed for entrepreneurship and private business at a time when China's economy was supercharged - double-digit growth. He is a 63-year-old career politician who hails from the coastal province of Zhejiang, just south of Shanghai. The worry was other banks could also see a run on their deposits, and regulators were fearful about this risk of contagion. At the start of the year, 35% of the state was experiencing the U.S. We've seen less investment, Ayesha, and some of the biggest names in tech have laid off tens of thousands of workers. Along with that order from the governor, he's declared states of emergency tied to recent storms in a majority of California's counties. ANTOINETTE SERRATO: This warm rain came into the area, and in places that had low-elevation snow, that low-elevation snow isn't supported by a very stable, thick snowpack.

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Roku, Etsy among companies impacted by Silicon Valley Bank ... (Axios)

SVB had reported banking 44% of 2022's venture-backed tech and health care IPOs.

[per its filing](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1428439/000142843923000010/wk-20230310.htm) to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). [Roblox's filing](https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001315098/05c0fe85-052c-4786-980c-7bdf467f8258.pdf)said that SVB held around 5% of its $3 billion cash and securities balance as of Feb. [Space company Rocket Lab USA](https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001819994/b644cf38-1413-43b7-bdb7-a0292b3ac1b3.pdf)reported that approximately 7.9% of its total cash — $38 million — was held at SVB as of Dec. [Vimeo's filing](https://investors.vimeo.com/static-files/e2ef741c-1688-48a3-8b4e-1c12e87d2a91)stated an accounts balance with SVB that totaled less than $250,000, which means it will be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). [Silicon Valley's burning bank](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/10/silicon-valley-bank-run-svb-stock) [to delay payroll](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/10/startups-svb-closure-payroll-silicon-valley-bank)due to the collapse. [call an FDIC hotline](https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23016.html) to move forward. Its collapse is the largest bank failure since Washington Mutual in 2008. [all of SVB's deposits](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/10/behind-silicon-valley-banks-sudden-rush-for-cash) to a new bank, has said that "all insured depositors will have full access to their insured deposits no later than Monday morning." [collapse of Silicon Valley Bank](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/11/silicon-valley-bank-rip) has had a ripping effect across the tech industry as many start-ups scramble to minimize the impact of its [seizure by the federal government](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/10/silicon-valley-bank-government-control-fdic). [44% of 2022’s](https://s201.q4cdn.com/589201576/files/doc_financials/2022/q4/Q4_2022_IR_Presentation_vFINAL.pdf)venture-backed tech and health care IPOs, and [55% in 2021](https://s201.q4cdn.com/589201576/files/doc_presentations/2022/01/01/Q4_2021_IR_Presentation_vFINAL.pdf). [Economy & Business](https://www.axios.com/economy-business)

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Silicon Valley Bank failure having worldwide repercussions (CBS News)

Across the Atlantic, startup companies woke up Saturday to find that Silicon Valley Bank's U.K. business will stop making payments or accepting deposits.

"If the government allows people to take at least half of the money they have in Silicon Valley Bank next week, I think everything will be fine," Varsavsky said Saturday. "And so we all did that, hence the bank run." "We know that there are a large number of startups and investors in the ecosystem who have significant exposure to SVB UK and will be very concerned," Dom Hallas, executive director of Coadec, which represents British startups, said on Twitter. Such actions accelerated the flight of cash, which led to the bank's collapse. "They really understand the wine business," Hirsch said. The U.S. That could force him into a decision about whether to begin furloughing employees until the mess is cleaned up. Regulators are trying to find a buyer for the bank in hopes customers with more than that can be made whole. Across the Atlantic, startup companies woke up Saturday to find SVB's U.K. That includes customers like Circle, a big player in the cryptocurrency industry. customers with less than $250,000 in the bank can count on insurance provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. It's not just startups feeling the pain.

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Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: Initial Issues Raised (Morgan Lewis)

Can I access my funds that were in SVB? The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was appointed receiver of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and, in that ...

In those instances, cash that was swept to an SVB bank account may only be protected up to the FDIC insurance limit of $250,000 per person, which may be impacted by a client’s other deposit accounts with SVB. Assuming that the amount of secured claims and administrative expenses will also be relatively modest, this should mean that more funds will be available to satisfy the claims of uninsured depositors. Of note for unfunded or partially funded lines of credit, the FDIC often repudiates funding obligations or otherwise curtails the lending operations of a failed bank, although it may advance funds in limited circumstances such as to protect or enhance collateral or ensure maximum recovery as receiver, and may also provide emergency funding to ensure the short-term viability of a borrower. Those shares should not be considered part of the receivership estate, but customers may not have immediate access to them until the FDIC establishes procedures for access. Please join us Monday at 2pm ET for a 45-minute webinar as our lawyers run through some of the practical questions you may be facing. Unless a wire has already been settled out of the account, it would still be considered a deposit in SVB. To help with the resolution of SVB, the FDIC created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, which will essentially serve as a bridge bank to facilitate access to SVB deposits insured by the FDIC. A company should create a detailed balance sheet of their payroll requirements and their available funds to identify what type of short-term funds may be needed to cover the shortfall. For any deposit amounts not paid next week, the FDIC has stated the deposit holders will receive a receivership certificate that effectively gives them a claim against SVB for the remaining amount. However, the stay expires at 5:00 pm ET on Monday, March 13, for self-help enforcement of derivatives and other qualified financial contracts. The exact timing or amount of that dividend is currently unclear, but we have heard (perhaps optimistically) that the FDIC has already begun selling SVB loans and other assets (which we understand include a significant portion of US Treasurys and similar highly liquid assets), and that should hopefully be positive for the amount of next week’s dividend. [declared Silicon Valley Bank insolvent](https://dfpi.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/337/2023/03/DFPI-Orders-Silicon-Valley-Bank-03102023.pdf?emrc=bedc09) and appointed the FDIC as receiver.

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Silicon Valley Bank collapse: Officials, companies try to calm fears (San Francisco Chronicle)

On Saturday morning California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a statement supporting moves by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to step in as receiver for ...

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Silicon Valley Bank's failure shakes companies worldwide, from ... (PBS NewsHour)

From winemakers in California to startups across the Atlantic Ocean, companies are scrambling to figure out how to manage their finances after their bank ...

“If the government allows people to take at least half of the money they have in Silicon Valley Bank next week, I think everything will be fine,” Varsavsky said Saturday. Co-founder David Murray credits an email from one of Confirm’s venture capital investors, which urged the company to withdraw its funds “immediately,” citing signs of a run on the bank. “And so we all did that, hence the bank run.” “They really understand the wine business,” Hirsch said. The U.S. That could force him into a decision about whether to begin furloughing employees until the mess is cleaned up. Regulators are trying to find a buyer for the bank in hopes customers with more than that can be made whole. customers with less than $250,000 in the bank can count on insurance provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. [$3.3 billion](https://twitter.com/circle/status/1634391505988206592?cxt=HHwWgIC-pcqaw64tAAAA) of the roughly $40 billion in reserves for its USDC coin at SVB. It’s not just startups feeling the pain. He cited “concern and panic.” The meltdown means distress not only for businesses but also for all their workers whose paychecks may get tied up in the chaos.

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Liberals blame Trump for Silicon Valley Bank collapse citing 2018 ... (Fox Business)

Liberals took to social media to place blame on former President Trump after FDIC regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank on Friday after it lost $2 ...

"This is nothing more than a sad attempt to gaslight the public to evade responsibility. [GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE](https://www.foxbusiness.com/apps-products) "Limited transactions like this would not have been catastrophic, and in fact happen regularly in the financial sector on a small scale." This is because an investor with the choice to buy an existing bond at a low rate or a new bond at a high rate will choose the new bond since it’s a better return on investment. And now the bank is the 2nd biggest bank collapse in American history." "Donald Trump slashed rail regulations and a toxic train derailed," blogger Jeff Tiedrich posted on Twitter.

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Investors, Startups Work to Find Cash Lifelines After Silicon Valley ... (The Wall Street Journal)

Venture funds extend short-term loans amid cash crunch while some founders plan to use personal funds to cover payrolls.

[Walmart promo code 2023 - $20 off $50](https://www.wsj.com/coupons/walmart) [15% off American Eagle promo code](https://www.wsj.com/coupons/american-eagle-outfitters) Other venture leaders also said they were funding payroll for now at their portfolio companies that didn’t move cash out of SVB before it was

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The Silicon Valley Bank Collapse And The Polycrisis (Forbes)

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVBVB) is the first sizeable victim of the deep financial fault line created since 2008. It is the second-largest ...

[$620 bn in non-realized losses](https://www.fdic.gov/news/speeches/2023/spmar0623.html)at the end of 2022. With more than [$16.5 trillion in household debt](https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2022/20221115)(mortgage loans, car loans and credit card debt combined), exposed to eight consecutive rate hikes since the Federal reserve decided to address inflation, what is the potential domino effect of this event if credit risk is comingled with interest rate risk? - Why did the FDIC not intervene at the end of 2021 when SVB disclosed that 96% of their deposits were not covered by FDIC insurance (most were more than $250,000)? On March 9, S&P still assigned SVB a BBB-, only to downgrade the company the next day, the day of the bank’s closure, by ten notches to D (or default). Later that day, after SVB imparted a $1.8bn loss on the sale of its bond portfolio, Moody’s barely nudged SVB’s rating by one tiny notch, to Baa1—still a formidable investment grade rating. Why was no blackout period instigated until the institution was back on a solid liquidity and solvency footing? The then-set threshold was moved up to $250 billion. The bank run was the combined outcome of increased cash burn with its startup clients and uncertainty surrounding the bank’s solvency position. [insider trading reports](https://www.sec.gov/edgar/search/#/ciks=0000719739&entityName=SVB%2520FINANCIAL%2520GROUP%2520(SIVB%252C%2520SIVBP)%2520(CIK%25200000719739))were filed, reflecting securities transactions undertaken by [key C-suite executives](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-10/svb-chief-sold-3-6-million-in-stock-days-before-bank-s-failure?sref=NkpXIgO7)since the beginning of the year. SVB sold a $21bn bond portfolio in response to generate liquidity at a loss of $1.8 billion. Quantitative Easing or [ZIRP](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-zirp/ten-years-on-feds-long-strange-trip-to-zero-redefined-central-banking-idUSKBN1OF0HI)(Zero interest rate policy) introduced artificially low-interest rates to mitigate the 2008 Financial crisis. SVB was the 16th largest U.S.

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Camp toy store pleads for help after Silicon Valley Bank collapse (CNN)

A toy company based in New York has gotten caught up in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and is pleading with customers for help keeping it afloat.

Kaufman, a former BuzzFeed executive, founded Camp in 2018. Rising interest rates have eroded the easy access to capital that helped fuel soaring startup valuations and funded ambitious, money-losing projects. Camp also said customers could pay full price, which it said would be appreciated.

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Silicon Valley Bank collapse sets off scramble in London to shield ... (POLITICO.eu)

Government to have plan in 'next few days' on cashflow needs of customers affected by the bank failure, Chancellor Hunt says.

"We will bring forward immediate plans to ensure the short-term operational and cashflow needs of Silicon Valley Bank UK customers are able to be met." The Bank of England announced on Friday that the U.K. and no critical functions supporting the financial system." Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said in a LONDON — The U.K. lender to many startups and technology companies.

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UK races to minimise damage from Silicon Valley Bank collapse (Reuters)

British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday he was working with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey to "avoid or ...

regional banks if regulators did not find a buyer over the weekend to protect uninsured deposits. bank SVB Financial Group [(SIVB.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/SIVB.O), which focuses on tech startups, was the biggest in the U.S. The BoE has said that it is seeking a court order to place the UK arm into an insolvency procedure. Customers may not be able to recover deposits in excess of that. [dramatic failure](/business/tech-execs-race-save-startups-extinction-after-svb-collapse-2023-03-12/) of the U.S. "We've been working at pace over the weekend, through the night," Hunt told Sky News.

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UK prepares cash lifeline for tech companies hit by Silicon Valley ... (Financial Times)

“We will bring forward immediate plans to ensure the short-term operational and cash flow needs of Silicon Valley Bank UK customers are able to be met,” the ...

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How Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, who it affects, and what ... (The Verge)

In less than 48 hours, one of the tech industry's most important financial institutions failed. Startups, VCs, and individual employees may be in for a ...

But the gossipy nature of Silicon Valley, and the fact that so many of these firms are entwined, made the possibility of a bank run higher for SVB than it was for other places. Customers tried to withdraw [ $42 billion in deposits on March 9th](https://www.netinterest.co/p/the-demise-of-silicon-valley-bank) alone — a quarter of the bank’s total deposits on a single day. This kind of gets us to one of SVB’s key problems: Silicon Valley is actually a small town. Silicon Valley Bank invested in a number of VCs over the years, including Accel Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, and Greylock. [Silvergate had just collapsed ](https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/8/23631320/silvergate-wind-down-liquidiation-announcement)(for [crypto reasons](https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/4/23623964/crypto-silvergate-bank-run-stablecoins-dollars)). [Becker told VCs](https://www.theinformation.com/articles/silicon-valley-bank-ceo-tells-vc-clients-to-stay-calm), “I would ask everyone to stay calm and to support us just like we supported you during the challenging times.” As anyone who has ever been in a long-term relationship knows, telling someone else to calm down is a way to ensure they lose their entire goddamn mind. It also came up with a plan to [sell $2.2 billion in shares](https://www.ft.com/content/f55df9d1-386a-4643-8194-095228741054) to help shore itself up. In response to the collapse, the FDIC created a new entity, the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, for all insured deposits for Silicon Valley Bank. Essentially, these bankers managed to put themselves in double trouble, something [a few short-sellers noticed](https://fortune.com/2023/03/10/silicon-valley-bank-svb-short-seller-william-martin-twitter-2-months/) (Pity the shorts! [Meme stocks?](https://www.theverge.com/22251427/reddit-gamestop-stock-short-wallstreetbets-robinhood-wall-street) [Crypto boom](https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/9/23064269/bitcoin-sell-plunge-crypto)? [the parent company of this here website](https://www.thedailybeast.com/roku-etsy-vox-media-companies-impacted-by-silicon-valley-bank-crash). That was the immediate cause of death for the most systemically and symbolically important bank in the tech industry, but to get to that point, a lot of other things had to happen first.

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What the Silicon Valley Bank failure means for Utah startups ... (Salt Lake Tribune)

A partner at Utah-based venture capital firm Kickstart said most of Utah's venture-backed companies banked with SVB.

“There’s a lot of misconceptions around who is going to be hurt if we can’t get deposits back — and who’s going to be hurt or employees,” Kennedy said. “A lot of times [startups have] a young, unproven founder chasing an opportunity that hasn’t yet been proven — it is innovative, it is new,” Kennedy said. However, that $250,000 insured by the FDIC is “not enough,” Kennedy said, so companies are trying to figure out how to bridge the gap for their payrolls until they’re able to get their total deposits out. “So when I say we have a relationship with them, it’s that Silicon Valley Bank worked hand-in-hand with the venture and ... I think people will be impacted, even if they aren’t one of those employees who is unsure of what’s going to happen with their paycheck come next week.” “In America, we should be able to have faith in our banking system.

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Yellen Says Regulators at Work to Contain Fallout From Silicon ... (The New York Times)

The Treasury secretary's comments on Sunday morning sought to assure the public that the overall banking sector was safe.

“Americans need to feel confident that the banking system is safe and sound, that it can meet the credit needs of households and businesses and that depositors don’t have to worry about losing access to their money,” Ms. said the bank would be operating by Monday and that checks issued by the old bank would continue to clear. The Treasury secretary said that the next steps would ultimately be up to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which took over the bank on Friday. But she said she was mindful that many small businesses are counting on funds held at Silicon Valley Bank and that regulators are working to address those concerns. In the interview, Ms. history, has raised concerns that other financial firms could suffer the same fate as rising interest rates put pressure on the banking sector.

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UK scrambles to help tech firms after Silicon Valley Bank collapse (BBC News)

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says it and the Bank of England are working through the weekend to find a solution.

It employs more than 8,500 people globally, with most of its operations in the US. "The firms affected by the collapse of SVB serve millions of people in the UK along with businesses that are critical to our economy," the letter said. "These are very important companies to the UK, a very important part of our future." The Treasury said it wanted to "minimise damage to some of our most promising companies in the UK" after the US bank's failure on Friday. While there's no risk to the UK's financial system as a whole, "there is a serious risk to some of our most promising companies in technology and life sciences", Mr Hunt said. The government says it is working "at pace" on a plan to prevent UK tech firms caught in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank from running out of cash.

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Yellen says Silicon Valley Bank won't receive bailout after collapse (The Guardian)

US treasury secretary says Biden administration is working closely with regulators to help depositors as fears of banking crisis rise.

The unintended consequences of the government’s failure to guarantee SVB deposits are vast and profound and need to be considered and addressed before Monday. “That would be best,” he said, adding: “Shareholders in the bank are going to lose their money. But it warned that small community banks could face problems, a risk “much higher if uninsured depositors of SVB aren’t made whole”. But the depositors can be taken care of, and the best outcome will be an acquisition of SVB.” The best outcome, he said, would be to find a buyer for SVB assets before markets opened in Asia. Current and former financial officials in Washington indicated the SVB collapse did not warrant intervention. “The government has about 48 hours to fix a-soon-to-be-irreversible mistake. and the reforms that have been put in place means we are not going to do that again. A run on the bank last week, with $42bn withdrawn on Thursday alone, was accelerated by “some actors”, he told ABC’s This Week. On Friday, SVB was placed under the control of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which guarantees deposits up to $250,000. “Americans can have confidence in the safety and soundness of our banking system. She also sought to calm fears the $23tn US banking system could be affected by the fall of a regional bank.

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Yellen: No Federal Bailout for Collapsed Silicon Valley Bank (U.S. News & World Report)

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that the federal government would not bail out Silicon Valley Bank, but is working to ...

Sheila Bair, who was the FDIC chair during the 2008 financial crisis, recalled that with almost all the bank failures during that time, “we sold a failed bank to a healthy bank. And usually, the healthy acquirer would also cover the uninsured because they wanted the franchise value of those large depositors so optimally, that’s the best outcome.” But with Silicon Valley Bank, she told NBC's “Meet the Press,” “this was a liquidity failure, it was a bank run, so they didn’t have time to prepare to market the bank. "I can’t really provide further details at this time.” financial institution since the height of the financial crisis. Regulators seized the bank's assets on Friday. The bank served mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, including some of the industry’s best-known brands. history after the collapse of Washington Mutual in 2008. It was the second biggest bank failure in U.S. Bloomberg was first to report the auction. The person requested anonymity to talk about private conversations. There are fears that some workers across the country won't receive their paychecks. for potential buyers to submit bids in a government auction for the bank, according to a person who familiar with the matter.

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OMB director: US banking system is 'resilient' amid Silicon Valley ... (The Hill)

Shalanda Young, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), on Sunday called the U.S. banking system “resilient” as it weathers the ...

[also said](https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3896090-yellen-says-banking-system-is-strong-in-wake-of-silicon-valley-bank-collapse/) the department is working to ensure Americans remain confident in the country’s banking infrastructure. “What I will say is after the financial crisis, the reforms put in place have given regulators more tools. Silicon Valley executives announced Thursday plans to raise as much as $1.75 billion in capital to shore up the institution’s books, prompting customers to pull their money from the bank. history, after the 2008 financial crisis. That’s largely due to reforms put in place after the financial crisis. banking system “resilient” as it weathers the recent Silicon Valley Bank collapse.

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Silicon Valley Bank collapse impacts Washington wineries, tech ... (KING5.com)

The SVB closure impacted businesses across Puget Sound. “The wine industry was pretty shocked and surprised,” said Erik McLaughlin, CEO of Metis, which advises ...

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Treasury secretary rules out bailout for Silicon Valley Bank (CNN)

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday ruled out a federal bailout for Silicon Valley Bank following its spectacular collapse last week.

The reference to social media as being an accelerator, if you will, of some of that emotion, I think, can be problematic,” the North Dakota Republican told NBC News. “And the reforms that have been put in place means that we’re not going to do that again.” But the depositors are protected,” he said. When the FDIC took control of the bank Friday, it said it would pay customers their insured deposits on Monday, which only covers up to $250,000. Yellen said she’s been hearing from depositors all weekend, many of whom are “small businesses” and employ thousands of people. It’s the largest lender to fail since Washington Mutual collapsed in 2008. SVB provided financing for almost half of US venture-backed technology and health care companies. “It has a better foundation than before the [2008] financial crisis. Gottheimer recommended the FDIC prioritize finding a buyer for SVB “that has the resources to provide a seamless transition for the bank’s depositors and borrowers,” according to a copy of the letter obtained by CNN. “They do know the seriousness of this, and they are working to try to come forward with some announcement before the markets open,” the California Republican said. Nancy Mace of South Carolina told Collins in a separate interview on “State of the Union” that she doesn’t support a bailout “at this time” but cautioned, “It’s still very early.” That’s largely due to the reforms put in place,” Young said on “State of the Union.”

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Silicon Valley Bank's Failure Threatens California Winemakers (The Wall Street Journal)

Hundreds of wineries deposited cash with SVB, which served as a crucial lender to vineyards.

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Federal bailout for Silicon Valley Bank off the table, Yellen says (Politico)

“During the financial crisis, there were investors and owners of systemic large banks that were bailed out, and we're certainly not looking [at that]. And the ...

“I’m not ready to offer them a bailout by any stretch of the imagination,” he told NBC’s Chuck Todd during an interview on Meet the Press. “I have talked with the administration from [Fed Chair] Jay Powell and Janet Yellen. to find a buyer for the bank, Sen. “Today, the regulators have enormous tools at their disposal. “During the financial crisis, there were investors and owners of systemic large banks that were bailed out, and we’re certainly not looking [at that]. “In 2008, the regulators did not have nearly as a robust toolbox that they have today,” Cohn said.

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UK working on cash lifeline for tech firms hit by Silicon Valley Bank ... (The Guardian)

Jeremy Hunt had meetings with Rishi Sunak and Bank of England governor over 'high-priority' issue.

The lender had been trying to raise emergency funding to plug a near $2bn (£1.7bn) hole in its finances, after an increase in Only £85,000 of clients’ deposits will be protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, or £170,000 for joint accounts, meaning many of SVB UK’s 3,500 customers will be facing major losses without government intervention. The letter also explained that the tech sector was highly interconnected and that the loss of deposits had the potential to cripple the industry, with many business at risk of falling into insolvency overnight. We will continue to work with them today on a solution and update further in the coming hours.” It marked the largest failure of a bank since the 2008 financial crisis. However, some attenders left frustrated, saying the minister seemed more interested in understanding how the industry was coping rather than offering solutions.

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Janet Yellen says the federal government won't bail out Silicon ... (NPR)

The California lender was taken over by regulators after a "run" on the bank. The Treasury secretary says the U.S. won't come to the bank's rescue like it ...

[FDIC doesn't use taxpayer money](https://www.fdic.gov/about/what-we-do/) to insure deposits, but rather is funded through premiums paid by member banks and savings associations. [all insured depositors would have full access to their insured funds](https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23016.html) no later than Monday morning. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the U.S. That announcement worsened the panic over SVB's financial situation and led to even more withdrawal attempts until regulators stepped in. Yellen said that, despite the collapse of SVB, she believes the overall American banking system "is really safe and well-capitalized" and "resilient." The fate of Silicon Valley Bank, or SVB, and its customers had been up in the air over the weekend, days after

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GOP presidential candidates react to Silicon Valley Bank collapse ... (Fox News)

Former President Trump blamed the Biden administration's "anti-America policies" for contributing to the shocking collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

"I can’t really provide further details at this time, but I really want to emphasize that the American banking system is really safe and well capitalized. "This is nothing more than a sad attempt to gaslight the public to evade responsibility," he said. The era of big government and corporate bailouts must end." "But we are concerned about depositors, and we’re focused on trying to meet their needs." [liberals blamed Trump](https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/liberals-blame-trump-silicon-valley-bank-collapse-citing-2018-bipartisan-bill) for signing a bipartisan bill in 2018 that rolled back elements of Dodd-Frank, prompting his campaign to fire back. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) only insures deposits up to $250,000, and some investors are saying a government bailout is necessary to protect depositors.

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Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Becomes Campaign Topic as GOP ... (The Wall Street Journal)

Republican presidential hopefuls argue against taxpayer-funded assistance for those who suffer losses.

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Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: What We Know and How It Happened (The New York Times)

Regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank on Friday, in the largest U.S. bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis.

regional banks plummeted](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/business/smaller-banks-stocks.html) on Monday, as investors tried to get a handle on the sudden collapse of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank. Taxpayers shouldered much of that rescue, while the costs to make depositors of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank whole will be financed by fees paid by banks into the F.D.I.C. [smaller banks rushed to reassure customers](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/13/business/silicon-valley-bank#smaller-banks-reassure-customers) that they were on firmer financial footing. [Silicon Valley Bank](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/business/silicon-valley-bank-stock.html), a lender to some of the biggest names in the technology world, became [the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/10/business/bank-failures-silicon-valley-collapse.html). [ill-fated decisions and panicked customers](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/business/silicon-valley-bank-stock.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-svb-collapse&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc), Silicon Valley Bank became the [biggest U.S. [challenges surrounding small and midsize banks](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/business/signature-bank-collapse.html), which tend to focus on niche businesses and can be more vulnerable to bank runs than larger peers. Both Silicon Valley Bank and Signature are small compared with the nation’s largest banks — Silicon Valley Bank’s $209 billion and Signature’s $110 billion in [assets](https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/lbr/current/) pale next to the more than $3 trillion at JPMorgan Chase. Before the fallout from the banks’ collapse this weekend, the Fed had been expected to [make a half-point increase](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/business/economy/federal-reserve-interest-rates.html) at its next meeting, March 21-22. Yellen suggested that a possible solution could be an acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank, emphasizing that regulators were trying to address the situation “in a timely way.” According to a person familiar with the matter, the F.D.I.C. The stocks of several regional banks [plunged](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/business/regional-bank-stocks.html) on Monday. The sense of panic abated on Tuesday, at least momentarily, when bank stocks [recovered](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/business/regional-bank-stocks-rebound-offering-a-pause-in-the-panic-about-the-financial-system.html) some of their losses in early trading. [bank’s clients included](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/business/signature-bank-trump-kushner.html) some people associated with the Trump Organization, Mr.

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The Collapse Of Silicon Valley Bank (Forbes)

The 40-year reign of Silicon Valley Bank as the preferred provider to tech startups ended this week with a suddenness and brutality that shocked even the ...

Its contribution to the modern tech ecosystem over the last four decades is immeasurable. What's also next is some important questions are yet to be answered. SVB's over investment in long-dated government-backed securities, and their investing of deposits into venture backed loans to startups with no collateral, should probably not be acceptable going forward. Better yet, they can tap into a diverse network of lenders to quickly innovate new financial products to meet the evolving needs of their clients, as we’ve seen with payroll financing. (Arc’s peers that are positioned to win SVB tech customers include Mercury and Brex.) What comes next is an accelerating shift away from traditional banks to the fintech startups disrupting them.

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Yellen says there will be no bailout for collapsed Silicon Valley Bank (PBS NewsHour)

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that the federal government would not bail out Silicon Valley Bank, but is working to help depositors who are ...

Sheila Bair, who was the FDIC chair during the 2008 financial crisis, recalled that with almost all the bank failures during that time, “we sold a failed bank to a healthy bank. “I can’t really provide further details at this time.” And usually, the healthy acquirer would also cover the uninsured because they wanted the franchise value of those large depositors so optimally, that’s the best outcome.” But with Silicon Valley Bank, she told NBC’s “Meet the Press,” “this was a liquidity failure, it was a bank run, so they didn’t have time to prepare to market the bank. Regulators seized the bank’s assets on Friday. Yellen, in an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation,” provided few details on the government’s next steps. Yellen described rising interest rates, which have been increased by the Federal Reserve to combat inflation, as the core problem for Silicon Valley Bank. financial institution since the height of the financial crisis. “They do have the tools to handle the current situation, they do know the seriousness of this and they are working to try to come forward with some announcement before the markets open,” he said. Silicon Valley Bank, based in Santa Clara, California, is the nation’s 16th-largest bank. “The problems with the tech sector aren’t at the heart of the problems at this bank,” she said. There are fears that some workers across the country won’t receive their paychecks. The bank served mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies, including some of the industry’s best-known brands.

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Silicon Valley Bank collapse: Treasury, Fed and FDIC announce ... (ABC News)

The Fed, Treasury and FDIC said they will make additional funding available to ensure all Silicon Valley Bank deposits, both insured and uninsured, ...

And the best outcome will be an acquisition of SVB," he said. "Let me be clear that during the financial crisis, there were investors and owners of systemic large banks that were bailed out, and we're certainly not looking. They took a risk as owners of the securities, they will take the losses," the senior Treasury official said. But I do think we will be looking back with time and reassess and assess whether any changes should be made," the senior Treasury official said. Any losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund to support uninsured depositors will be recovered by a special assessment on banks, as required by law." This is not funds from the taxpayer," a senior Treasury official said.

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The U.S. takes emergency measures to protect all deposits at Silicon ... (NPR)

Federal officials made the emergency announcement Sunday amid panic from depositors over the state of uninsured deposits.

" Silicon Valley Bank's failure has a real risk of systemic contagion." "Today we are taking decisive actions to protect the U.S. Hours later, California banking regulators shuttered the bank, and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver over nearly $175 billion in customer deposits. "The bank's equity and bondholders are being wiped out. "This step will ensure that the U.S. bank to topple in just one week, after California-based Silvergate, a top lender in the crypto market, decided to wind down its operations and pay back depositors.

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