WASHINGTON — The former head of Wells Fargo’s retail bank is facing prison time after agreeing to plead guilty to obstructing a bank examination in relation to the sweeping phony accounts…
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Buttigieg says the U.S. should heed ‘warning signs’ to avoid a ‘catastrophic event’ in the skies
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that the country’s air system was skirting disaster in the wake of multiple near-miss aviation incidents in the past year. Speaking at an…
Credit Suisse to borrow up to nearly $54 billion from Swiss National Bank
Credit Suisse announced it will be borrowing up to 50 billion Swiss francs, about $53.68 billion, from the Swiss National Bank under a covered loan facility and a short-term liquidity facility.…
Wall Street rides to the rescue as 11 banks pledge $30 billion to First Republic Bank
A group of financial institutions has agreed to deposit $30 billion in First Republic Bank in what’s meant to be a sign of confidence in the banking system, the banks announced…
Federal regulators stepped in Sunday to back all Silicon Valley Bank deposits, resolving a key uncertainty surrounding the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history hours before global stock markets resumed…
Is Silicon Valley Bank getting a government bailout? Not in the 2008 sense
Federal officials have announced they are guaranteeing all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank, the tech-focused lender that U.S. authorities shut down Friday in one of the biggest bank collapses in…
Why regulators seized Signature Bank in the third-biggest bank failure in U.S. history
On Friday, Signature Bank customers spooked by the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank withdrew more than $10 billion in deposits, a board member told CNBC. That run on deposits quickly led to the…
Regional bank stocks struggle amid fears of Silicon Valley Bank contagion
Shares of U.S. regional banks slumped on Monday, led by sharp losses in First Republic Bank as news of fresh financing failed to assuage fears of possible bank contagion following the…
Etsy restores payment processing for some sellers affected by Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Etsy has begun processing payments to some of the sellers on its platform who were impacted by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the tech company said Monday. ‘Approximately 0.5%…
Payroll panic, flash sales, shrugs: How SVB’s business customers handled its collapse
The tech community is still reeling from the abrupt collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the industry’s one-time financial engine that flamed out last Friday in the second-largest bank failure in…