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FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank

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Re: FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank

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some note i've been taking > To protect insured depositors, the FDIC created a new entity called the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara, or DINB. DINB will maintain Silicon Valley Bank’s normal business hours, with banking activities resuming no later than Monday, including online banking and other services, the FDIC said. Customers with accounts in excess of $250,000 are being told to contact FDIC direcl…

>Keep in mind 93% of SVB's assest were not FDIC insured. >> Silicon Valley Bank Had About $209.0B in Assets I'm not an expert, but aren't deposits in a bank liabilities ? Assets are things like treasury bills and loans held by the bank.

When someone opens a bank account and makes a cash deposit, he/she surrenders the legal title to the cash, and it becomes an asset of the bank.

Re: FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank

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It's kind of amazing how much optimism there was just an hour ago regarding SVB's position.

What are you talking about? Pretty much everyone I've seen has called this a bank run and said to get your money out since SVB announced they were trying to raise money. Techcrunch called the announcement shooting yourself in the foot.

Re: FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank

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First actual FDIC takeover since 2020, I think.

| The last FDIC-insured institution to close was Almena State Bank, Almena, Kansas, on October 23, 2020. From the release.

The FDIC also maintains a "failed bank list" that is kind of interesting to browse (goes back to 2000): https://www.fdic.gov/resources/resolutions/bank-failures/fai...

Re: FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank

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Oldie but goodie on what actually happens when a bank is taken over. https://www.npr.org/2009/03/26/102384657/anatomy-of-a-bank-t...

This case is unique because of the sheer volume of non-FDIC insured deposits. Substantial risk of depositors not being made whole for a while, they’ll probably get all their money but it will still be bad

Re: FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank

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> At the time of closing, the amount of deposits in excess of the insurance limits was undetermined. What are the insurance limits for companies? Same as individuals? I get the sense that most of SVB's deposits were from startups and small companies. And I also get the sense that $250K is not much room for a startup trying to make payroll to employees with Silicon Valley wages.

Yep, $250k.

Re: FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank

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> Silicon Valley Bank is the first FDIC-insured institution to fail this year.

Wow FDIC is fully calling it a failed bank. Just yesterday they were releasing statements saying they’re in a good position. Uncle Sam just fully opened Pandora’s box and made the judgement public!

Re: FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank

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post #57

So any startup which had more than $250k in SVB only has $250k left now I'm assuming? Hopefully this doesn't have a bad domino effect.

The "bad bank" (SVB) will be liquidated and the proceeds distributed to the creditors. How much that will be for depositors won't be clear until that process occurs.
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