Tagged: silicon valley bank

October 23, 2024 @ 10:20 am By Michael Wong  |  

Fintech companies are facing a challenging environment in 2024 due to high interest rates and heightened regulatory scrutiny, but they are also discovering new opportunities, according to the latest Future of Fintech Report from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank. Despite… Read More

October 23, 2023 @ 7:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Valley Bank became emblematic of the problems with the banking industry. As the US Federal Reserve increased benchmark rates at an unprecedented speed, SVB did not adjust rapidly enough and found a huge hole in its balance sheet. Debt securities have an inverse relationship… Read More

August 27, 2023 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, announced Martin Murrell has been named Head of Global Payments and Milton Santiago was named Head of Global Digital Solutions. The new leaders will further SVB’s commitment “to innovative products, client solutions and exceptional client… Read More

June 29, 2023 @ 5:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, announced that it has provided a $50 million warehouse facility to Achieve, the leader in digital personal finance. Achieve provides personal loans “to help with debt and cash flow, home equity lines of credit, as… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 10:41 am By Martin Rauchenwald and Philippe De Backer  |  

The fall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the emergency merger of Credit Suisse with UBS, and most recently, the seizure and sale of First Republic Bank quickly dissipated much of the trust that had been slowly returning to the banking sector. The question remains: if… Read More

May 4, 2023 @ 11:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Phil Haslett, co-founder and Chief Strategy officer at EquityZen, believes that the ongoing bank crisis could be a catalyst for the initial public offering (IPO) market in 2023. So this may be a bit of a stretch, but Haslett sees the collapse of Silicon Valley… Read More

April 10, 2023 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The demise of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) left a big hole in the early-stage/private firm ecosystem. SVB was a favorite bank of VCs and hence the companies they invested in.  The failure of SVBs has exacerbated the already challenging funding environment for private firms that… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 11:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance.US is having a hard time parking cash in a bank following the collapse of Silvergate Bank and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). According to a report by WSJ.com, Binance.US is working with a “middleman” to manage cash for dollar deposits – said to be Prime… Read More

March 29, 2023 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Federal regulators will return to Capitol Hill today to continue the discussion on the events that led up to the failure of multiple banks at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee. Yesterday, regulators testified in front of the Senate Banking Committee. While little… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCNCA) has entered into an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to purchase all of the assets and liabilities of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. SVB failed earlier this month and was taken over by regulators as its… Read More

March 21, 2023 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Eric Vanraes, Portfolio Manager of the Strategic Bond Opportunities Fund at Eric Sturdza Investments, has distributed a warning on the consequences of the Credit Suisse debacle. In the past week, Credit Suisse was acquired by UBS in a deal supported by the Swiss government. The move… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently said that Singapore’s banking system “remains sound and resilient amid heightened volatility in global financial markets following the recent closure of banks in the US.” The Singapore Dollar money market and foreign exchange market “continue to function well.”… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 7:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee is demanding answers on how regulators failed in their oversight of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Chair of the Committee, Patrick McHenry, has been joined by the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Tim Scott, are requesting… Read More

March 17, 2023 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vouch reportedly joins peers like Fintech Unicorn Brex in order to support Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and “reinforce the startup ecosystem’s health and stability.” In an effort to ensure the ongoing health and stability of the startup ecosystem, Vouch announces its commitment “to continue working… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 7:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Brex, a neobank providing various services for businesses to manage  their finances, has taken some heat today as Kenneth Ballenegger hammered the platform on Twitter for announcing a “massive devaluation with zero notice period of their rewards points.” Ballenegger, formerly of Republic/AngelList, is a VC… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and the Swiss National Bank (SNB) have issued a joint statement on “market uncertainty.” The statement follows the rapid decline in the share value of Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS). The global bank is viewed as the worst home in… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global asset manager and tech lender Liquidity Group is reportedly planning “to offer about $3 billion in emergency loans to start-up clients hit by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.” Liquidity has “about $1.2 billion ready in cash to make available in the coming weeks,”… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 7:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A Fintech firm’s Chief Executive Officer is reportedly attempting to secure over $1 billion in order to fund bridge loans for startups that have been affected by the spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Fintech Unicorn Brex CEO Henrique Dubugras recently revealed that he’s… Read More

March 14, 2023 @ 5:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tasneem Dohadwala, Founding Partner of VC Excelstar Ventures, has shared her thoughts on the demise of several banks and the federal government’s decision to guarantee all deposits. Some observers have criticized the “government bailout” while others have noted that if the Feds had not taken… Read More

March 14, 2023 @ 11:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have launched investigations into Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure. Last Friday, federal regulators took over the bank as customers rushed to pull money out of the bank due to concerns about its… Read More