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More than £50billion was wiped off the value of Britain’s 100 biggest listed firms as the failure of tech sector lender Silicon Valley Bank spooked stock markets. Here's what you could you expect next

Shares of Asian banks tanked yesterday as stock markets closed mixed as investors considered US regulators' actions to backstop both financial institutions and deposits following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could stem further broader risks.

Bank failure reaches far beyond ‘coastal-tech-elite’

A small army worked through the weekend to ensure 3,500 UK customers – largely tech firms – still had cash on Monday

Joe Biden says the government's swift actions to help depositors in two banks should give the public confidence the US banking system is safe

Are banks going bad again? Markets are scrambling to contain the shockwaves from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, a California lending institution favoured by tech startups. Its seemingly safe bet on government bonds proved a bust, triggering an old-fashioned run on the bank. Is it contagious? The bank's failure…

Bill Ackman calls on the federal government to step in to solve the failed bank as Elon Musk is open to buying the bank

Silicon Valley Bank, an institution that specialised in tech, might seem a long way away from Australia, but we should take note.

Given the antipathy towards Wall Street bailouts in the 2008 crisis, Biden is at pains to stress that ‘no losses’ will be borne by taxpayers