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A legal scholar says the Dodd-Frank act put in place after the Great Recession proved to be useless amid SVB's collapse

“Dodd-Frank is still on the books, but its...as good as dead. What good does it do to have a massive set of regulations...if they aren't enforced?” Adam Levitin, a Georgetown University law professor wrote Thursday.

Fortune

Apps, crypto, and even Starbucks cards: Deposit fragmentation has been on a decade-long mission to bring down banking–and it’s not done yet

Even retail apps like Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, online gaming apps, and many others are siphoning funds away from traditional banks.

Fortune

Gold Surges to $2,000; Will the Rally Continue?

Gold prices have surged at an exceptional pace in the last month and the yellow metal is trading near all-time highs in March 2023. Will gold prices breach record levels in the next 12 months?

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Volcker slayed inflation. Bernanke saved the banks. Can Powell do both?

History remembers Paul Volcker as the slayer of inflation, and Ben Bernanke as the crisis firefighter. Jerome Powell is in danger of having to play both roles at once — or, what may be worse, to choose between them.

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Deutsche Bank shares drop amid global jitters over banks

Shares in Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest lender, have fallen sharply and dragged down major European banks as fears about weaknesses in the global financial system send fresh shudders through the markets

The Independent UK

Questions to bring to your next board meeting in the wake of SVB's fall

Boards must rethink their assumptions about "safe" financial decisions in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank's collapse.

Fortune

EU Leaders Grapple with Bank Risks as Economy Weakens

European Union leaders gathered Friday to gauge the risk of a banking crisis developing from recent global financial turbulence and hitting the economy even harder than the energy crunch tied to Russia's war in Ukraine. The deliberations by EU government heads in Brussels follow US regulators shutting down two US…

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Soaring interest rates contributed to recent bank failures – and there could be more to come

US bank regulators closed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 10 2023, after it suffered US$42 billion (£35 billion) of deposit withdrawals in a 24-hour period. This was the largest bank failure since the 2008 global financial crisis and was not supposed to happen again.

The Conversation

Commentary: The Fed just raised interest rates. Does that mean there is no banking crisis?

Do we have a banking crisis in the United States or don’t we?

Los Angeles Times

Silicon Valley Bank CEO Sold $3.6 Million In Stock And Could Be Hiding In Hawaii Now

SVB at the center of the financial crisis of March 2023 saw several insiders sell shares before the bank run by its customers

Zenger

U.S. Banks are sitting on $1.7 trillion in unrealized losses, research says. That's not a problem—until it is

"As long as people aren't all coming in at the same time and demanding that their deposits back, you're okay, but that's exactly what's been happening," Prof. Stephan Weiler told Fortune. "So the chances of facing those unrealized losses are going up."

Fortune

'There were a couple of Tweets and then this thing went down': Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser says a social media bank run on SVB is a 'complete game changer'

Banking crises have happened before, but this may be the first one accelerated by mobile banking and social media.

Fortune

How Sydney became the world's 'most-tolled' city. Or did it?

New South Wales Labor leader Chris Minns says Sydney is the "most-tolled city" in the world. Does that check out?

ABC News

Fed's unwanted ally in bid to tame inflation: Credit crunch

The Federal Reserve is getting some unwanted help in its drive to slow the U.S. economy and defeat the worst bout of inflation in four decades: A cutback in bank lending

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Elizabeth Warren, Rick Scott want a new watchdog post at the Fed after SVB

Two senior U.S. lawmakers are proposing bipartisan legislation to set up a new Senate-approved watchdog post at the Federal Reserve in the wake of the dramatic collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

The Independent UK

Lawmakers tell ex-CEOs 'you must answer' for bank failures

Leaders of the Senate’s banking committee are telling former chief executive officers at the failed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank they “must answer” for their banks' "downfall.”

AAP

Regulator backs local banks to ride out global storm

Financial regulators confirm the resilience of Australia's banking system following rigorous oversight during the past fortnight.

Fortune

Citi boss blames banking crisis on a few black sheep: ‘This is not a credit crisis’

Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse only really have themselves to blame for their collapse, argued the native Scot.

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11 unsung heroes of Silicon Valley’s banking crisis

They helped restore faith in the private markets—even when everything looked like everything might fall apart.

WEKU

Teetering banks put Biden between a bailout and a hard place ahead of the 2024 race

Voters hate bank bailouts. But letting them fail without a safety net for customers could have been even worse for President Biden ahead of the 2024 presidential race.

Fortune

Bill Ackman says U.S. economy risks heading into a 'train wreck'

Bill Ackman said he would be “would be surprised if deposit outflows don’t accelerate effective immediately.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Federal Reserve raises key rate by quarter-point despite banking industry turmoil

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell seeks to reassure Americans that their money was safe after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank as the Fed continues to fight inflation.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: The Fed's anti-inflation work is almost done, with an assist from the banking crisis

The Federal Reserve Board may owe the banking crisis a thank-you note.

Zenger

Inflation Rate Goes Up By A Quarter Percent Despite A Strong Job Market

The Federal Reserve has increased the interest rate by a quarter percent as the job market remains strong.

ABC News

ASX finishes lower after Federal Reserve hikes interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, Brickworks reports record half-year profit — as it happened

The ASX finishes lower at market close, off the back of the US Federal Reserve lifting interest rates for the ninth consecutive time. Look back at the day's events and insights as they happened with our business reporters on the ABC News markets blog.

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