Silicon Valley Bank UK has been sold to HSBC in a bid to prevent a potential banking crisis after the bank\’s historic failure. The UK Treasury and the Bank of England announced the purchase of the bank, guaranteeing the safety of £6.7bn of deposits. The purchase came after UK officials worked tirelessly over the weekend […]
Governments in the US and UK have taken steps to prevent a potential banking crisis after the failure of California-based Silicon Valley Bank, which had over $200bn in assets and catered to tech startups, venture capital firms, and well-paid technology workers. Regulators in the US rushed to close Silicon Valley Bank on Friday when it […]
The assets of Silicon Valley Bank’s Canadian branch have been temporarily seized by Canada’s banking regulator after the bank\’s collapse last week. US banking regulators were forced to close the bank after large sums were withdrawn by worried depositors, which has raised concerns about other banks that cater to the technology sector companies. The Office […]
Canada\’s federal banking watchdog has taken over the Canadian operations of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the US tech lender, to prevent further financial risk. SVB did not hold a banking license in Canada but operated as a foreign bank branch. Regulators in the US and Britain took similar steps to combat the risk of the […]
Canada\’s federal banking watchdog has taken over the Canadian operations of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the US tech lender, to prevent further financial risk. SVB did not hold a banking license in Canada but operated as a foreign bank branch. Regulators in the US and Britain took similar steps to combat the risk of the […]
US President Joe Biden is expected to address measures taken by regulators to contain the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse, the second-largest bank failure in US history. Regulators in the UK are also scrambling to contain the fallout, with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt preparing a cash lifeline for tech companies that have been hit. […]