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...The FDIC seized the loans from the former Signature Bank, one of a trio of lenders that failed or closed in early March, kicking off a period of turmoil for the banking sector....
...As a result, more banks would need to fail for Porticoes to be able to use money it has raised — and the list of potential targets is slim....
...The independent review follows the publication on Monday of a story in the Wall Street Journal that detailed more than a decade of what it described as abusive incidents and a “toxic atmosphere” for women...
...The independent review follows the publication on Monday of a report in The Wall Street Journal that detailed more than a decade of what it described as abusive incidents and a “toxic atmosphere” for women...
...through two quick-fire deals for rival banks....
...Martin Gruenberg, chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, was grilled by lawmakers on Tuesday after a report in The Wall Street Journal detailed more than a decade of what it described as abusive...
...Under antitrust head Jonathan Kanter, the DoJ is broadening the parameters used for bank merger assessments to include factors such as interest rates, fees and branch locations....
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...That matters, as it takes a majority vote to finalise a rule,” Seiberg, who is managing director in TD Cowen’s Washington research group, wrote in a note to clients on Thursday....
...The FDIC, a banking regulator that insures depositors, is also responsible for resolving failed banks....
...The FDIC was the primary federal regulator for both First Republic and Signature before they collapsed....
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...Banks hold higher allowances — for example, 10 per cent — for unsecured lending such as credit card loans, compared with 2 or 3 per cent for commercial real estate loans, which have lower default rates....
...It was a moment of vindication for the Federal Open Market Committee, whose rosy outlook in December had defied more gloomy expectations from economists....
...Absent new evidence, we risk skipping over the simpler explanation for the unprecedented speed of the run on SVB, which is just that, as far as banking crises go, the vulnerabilities of the banking system...
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