Morally Hazardous Future of Careless Banking à la SVB

In a previous life I was a Banking Analyst but I never covered SVB Financial Group (SIVB). This morning I had a chuckle looking it up on Yahoo Financials. “Undervalued,” declared the automated ratings genie. The fact that the same day SVB’s deposits and loans were acquired by First Citizens Bancshares of Raleigh, NC, after weeks of turmoil, made Yahoo’s prognostication more poignant; maybe Yahoo has a point there.

US banks launch $30bn rescue of First Republic to stem crisis

Wall Street banks have moved to end the US’s spiraling banking crisis by agreeing to prop up troubled First Republic, a mid-sized bank whose shares have been pummeled amid a wider banking turmoil. Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and others will deposit $30 billion in First Republic, which has seen customers yank their money following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and fears that First Republic could be next.

India laser-focused on helping startups tide over SVB crisis: MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar

India is committed to helping startups get over the crisis triggered by the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar spoke to more than 450 startups, owned or co-owned by Indians, Venture Capitalists (VCs), Industry leaders, and others stakeholders on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank through video conferencing from New Delhi on March 14.

Silicon Valley Bank crisis: Panic subsides on Wall Street as regional bank stocks rebound

After a few days of panic over the health of the US banking system, Wall Street appeared to take a deep breath Tuesday, media reports said. Regional bank stocks rebounded Tuesday morning after being pummelled in a Monday selloff that was fuelled by a mix of contagion fears and a pile-on of short-sellers who profit when stocks lose value due to the Silicon Valley Bank crisis.

Yellen offers (some) clarity on SVB

There seems to be light at the end of the tunnel, even though it isn’t clear as to when founders and wider Silicon Valley community can exhale, even for a minute. The US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke to the Face the Nation this morning. Her comments reveal that the government doesn’t want it to become a contagion that spreads to other banks. As many have said, this could undermine the faith in US banking system from the point of view of depositors.