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Biden Eyes New Regulations As Congress Dives Into Silicon Valley, Signature Bank Failures

President Joe Biden is expected to tighten regulations on banks, prompted by the biggest banking collapse since the 2008 crisis

Zenger

GOP lawmakers accuse Fed of being lax before bank failure

Republican lawmakers accused top bank regulators of dawdling as Silicon Valley Bank hurtled toward the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history and questioned whether tougher regulations would have made a difference

The Independent UK

Fed official says banking rules are under review in the wake of SVB failure

Michael Barr, the nation’s top banking regulator, said Silicon Valley Bank was warned in the fall of 2021 that its interest rate model was not ‘aligned with reality.’

Chicago Sun-Times

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5 things we learned from the Senate hearing on the Silicon Valley Bank collapse

A top federal regulator called the failure of Silicon Valley Bank a "textbook case of bank mismanagement" during a Senate hearing about what led to its spectacular collapse

WEKU

How A $700M Tech VC Firm Was Saved From SVB Collapse, And Why Its CEO Still Banks There

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sounded an alarm for the entire banking sector as a VC Tech still banks there

Zenger

Commentary: How Big Tech’s predatory culture fuels failures like Silicon Valley Bank

After 20 years of what appeared to be unstoppable growth, America’s tech industry has spent the past year underperforming the rest of the economy. Product failures in new industries like virtual reality and cryptocurrency, layoffs across the board, lower stock prices, and the failure of Silicon Valley Bank create a…

Los Angeles Times

Fed official: SVB itself was main cause of bank's failure

The nation’s top financial regulator is asserting that Silicon Valley Bank’s own management was largely to blame for the bank’s failure earlier this month and says the Federal Reserve will review whether a 2018 law that weakened stricter bank rules also contributed to its collapse

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First Citizens Bank will buy Silicon Valley Bank

RALEIGH, N.C. — Raleigh’s First Citizens Bank is buying most of Silicon Valley Bank, the tech-focused financial institution which collapsed earlier this month.

Tribune News Service

When Credit Suisse ruled the IPO game

In the '90s, Frank Quattrone put Silicon Valley—and Credit Suisse—on the map.

Fortune

Silicon Valley Bank: most of failed lender bought by First Citizens

Collapse of tech sector lender will cost about $20bn in deposit insurance payouts, say US regulators

The Guardian - UK

How Credit Suisse redefined the IPO market during the Dot-Com boom—then lost its grip and spiraled into scandal

In the glory days of Credit Suisse, investment banker Frank Quattrone helped put Silicon Valley on the map.

Fortune

Brian Merchant: Silicon Valley elites are afraid. History says they should be

It’s become a common refrain among a certain set of Silicon Valley elite: They’ve been treated so unfairly. Case in point: Even after their bank of choice collapsed spectacularly — in no small part of their own doing — and the federal government moved with dispatch to guarantee all its…

Los Angeles Times

Failing banks and mass layoffs: Is the 15-year tech boom finally over? What went wrong?

The 15-year tech boom has ended with rounds of mass layoffs and a recent series of high-profile bank collapses. So what went wrong and will Silicon Valley ever be the same?

ABC News

Mark Cuban Breaks ‘No Silicon Valley’ Rule, Backs Illumix In $18M VC Round

Mark Cuban has never been a big San Francisco fan, but has invested in a female run company bridging reality and the digital world

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Jack Dorsey's Hindenburg moment

The notorious short-seller has turned its sights on one of Silicon Valley's most celebrated founders.

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UK tech sector could face a ‘unicorn winter’ amid spiralling economic conditions

The UK could be facing a ‘unicorn winter’ unless the government outlines greater support for startups, research from Tech Nation has warned. The industry champion’s final study before its closure on 31 March highlighted the future potential of the UK tech industry, which it believes could reach a staggering $4…

Fortune

Mark Cuban just broke one of his own investment rules

Cuban previously said he consciously tried to keep his investments away from the Bay Area.

Fortune

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.

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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

California bill would force Big Tech to pay for news content

In the latest attempt by legislators to rein in Silicon Valley, a measure has been introduced in California that would force tech companies such as Facebook and Google to pay publishers for news content from which their platforms profit.

Tribune News Service

How a poker game launched Silicon Valley Bank’s four-decade ride of the tech wave — and a bad gamble 42 years later ended it all

In the early Eighties, when “High Tech” was still written with quotation marks and the region was starting to become known as The Silicon Valley, tennis buddies Bob Medearis and Bill Biggerstaff took their idea for a new bank to a poker game in Pajaro Dunes.

ABC News

The SVB collapse 'contagion effect' will make it harder for startups, and more banks may fall

The SVB collapse didn't just leave the banking sector in disarray; technology startups are bracing for a harder time, and there are fears the global economy is at risk of recession.

The Independent UK

How is the global banking crisis impacting the US and what is being done to solve it?

Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sparks collapse of confidence in markets

Axios

Tech industry builds in the ruins again

Silicon Valley's platform leaps always seem to happen in times of economic turmoil.

Los Angeles Times

Doyle McManus: Silicon Valley Bank's collapse may be a blessing in disguise

In the brief but spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, we may just have witnessed the best banking crisis ever.

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