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The market still appears to be hunting for weakness among some smaller U.S. banks and even across Europe after U.S. authorities stepped in to guarantee deposits at Silicon Valley Bank. This makes little sense: There should be no snowballing of runs on banks. But profit expectations could be trimmed at…

The UK branch of Silicon Valley Bank has managed to avoid being declared insolvent by the Bank of England - after being bought by HSBC for £1.

A weekend of high political drama ends in a rescue deal that leaves fast-growing sector safe in the City

It seems to be a neat solution to a worrying few days for London’s vital tech industries. HSBC has bought the UK subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) following its collapse on Friday. SVB, which specialised in providing loans to technology firms, was closed down by US regulators last week…

Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) marks biggest US bank failure since Washington Mutual during 2008 financial crisis

Governments in the UK and US took extraordinary steps to stop a potential banking crisis after the historic failure of Silicon Valley Bank, even as another major bank was shut down. The UK Treasury and the Bank of England announced early Monday that they had facilitated the sale of Silicon…

The US Treasury, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have unveiled a plan meant to stem any contagion from Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) failure on Friday. The Federal Reserve will provide an emergency lending facility that will ensure all of the bank's depositors are repaid in full. Elsewhere, the…

The bankruptcies of US banks Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature do not pose a danger to French financial institutions, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Monday as authorities in the US and UK took extraordinary steps to stop a potential banking crisis.

‘These companies were on the precipice. If SVB had gone insolvent it would have been utter chaos.’