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Twitter played a role in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank – new research

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The Conversation

HSBC reveals plans to rename Silicon Valley Bank UK as profits soar

HSBC boss Noel Quinn laid out a fresh vision for the development of SVB UK after it bought the beleaguered bank for £1 in March.

Evening Standard

SVB's collapse shows Fed failure to supervise banks

The aftershocks of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), while seemingly fading, are still reverberating around the world. Although Federal Reserve officials have taken pains to assure the public that the US banking system is sound, it is unclear why anyone should believe them. After all, Fed Chair Jerome…

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The banking crisis is over, according to Jamie Dimon: “The banking system is very stable”

Dimon says that First Republic was the last of the troubled banks to fall.

Fortune

Regulators Seize First Republic Bank and Sell It to JPMorgan Chase

Plus: Twitter complies with a greater portion of government censorship requests, a judge allows an antitrust suit against Google to go forward, and more...

Reason

Time running out for US financial firms to bid for ailing bank First Republic

Deadline of Sunday set for companies such as JPMorgan Chase to table offer for California bank whose shares have plummeted

The Guardian - UK

JPM eyes First Republic as FDIC prepares takeover

The regional bank has lost 97% of its value since March.

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Spectre of first global credit crunch since global financial crisis emerges as another US bank faces collapse

The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is reportedly preparing to place First Republic Bank under receivership, which would make it the third US bank to collapse this year.

ABC News

SVB Securities to be rescued from limbo by end of May auction

According to SVB’s most recent bankruptcy filings, the company’s investment banking arm will be put on the block in May.

Fortune

Recent banking crises are rooted in a system that rewards excessive risk-taking -- as First Republic's failure shows

First Republic Bank became the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history after the lender was seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and sold to JPMorgan Chase on May 1, 2023. First Republic is the latest victim of the panic that has roiled small and midsize banks since the failure…

The Conversation

The $100 billion meltdown of First Republic could play out 3 ways—and 2 are terrible for shareholders

The once high-flying bank has seen shareholders flee as concern mounts that the FDIC may have to step in.

Fortune

First Republic is suddenly in big trouble—but the structural issues date back when CEO Mike Roffler was CFO

It was more than the SVB bank run that put First Republic in a vulnerable position, an analyst says.

Fortune

What went wrong at Silicon Valley Bank? The Fed is set to release a postmortem report

The Federal Reserve and the FDIC are set to report Friday on their oversight of two failed banks. The banks' collapse six weeks ago rocked credit markets and raised the risk of recession.

WEKU

Did Tweets Help Crash Silicon Valley Bank? Paper Shows New Social Media Risks

A new study on Silicon Valley Bank's demise links depositor flight and stock crash with Twitter mentions.

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What to Look for in Bank Stocks After SVB

An expert analysis on what to look for in bank stocks after the collapse of SVB.

Fortune

Twitter poses a risk to the financial system and helped fuel the SVB run, says first major study to investigate the topic

Academics warn that social media is a new “catalyst” for bank runs and argue that venture capitalists bear some of the blame for Silicon Valley Bank’s downfall.

Axios

Twitter fueled run on Silicon Valley Bank, new paper finds

Social media-fueled bank runs are a new risk to the financial system, and regulators don't know yet how to manage them.

Financial Times

Silicon Valley Bank: the multiple warnings that were missed

Ahead of the first official postmortem on its collapse, bankers, regulators and executives admit that it was a crisis hiding in plain sight

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Baht all safe and sound

While the recent banking debacle in the US and Europe sparked fears about a contagion spreading worldwide, the head of Thailand's Deposit Protection Agency (DPA) said since the agency's establishment in 2008, Thailand has never been close to requiring action to protect deposits.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Love it or hate it, the Silicon Valley Bank bailout won't cost taxpayers a cent

What's the dirtiest word in financial policy?

Axios

The global economy's slow-motion reset

We are now in the early stages of a slow-moving process of markets, companies and governments adapting and readjusting to that reality.

Fortune

Billionaire investor Howard Marks outlines 4 key differences between the 2023 banking crisis and 2008

Oaktree Capital Management’s Howard Marks says “the similarities between 2008 and 2023 are limited” and he isn’t worried about systemic risk.

The Conversation

5 policies that could make future bank failures less likely or severe

The abrupt failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and subsequent concerns about the stability of other banks have reignited a fierce debate among lawmakers, the financial industry, the Biden administration and former government officials about an array of banking reforms and regulatory changes.

Fortune

How a pod of SVB bankers are starting over at a new firm after their world fell apart

Former SVB bankers Jake Moseley and Matt Trotter talk about their decision to join Stifel and the gaping hole left by SVB in venture lending.

Fortune

Citigroup CFO Mark Mason on how ‘careers are defined in times of crisis’

Mason discusses the regional bank turmoil but also shares how an earlier crisis shaped his career.

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