By Aaron Nicodemus2023-03-28T20:26:00
Banking regulators defended their supervisory actions and pledged to find answers as to what went wrong when discussing the factors leading to the failures of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank before lawmakers Tuesday.
At a hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Democrats like committee chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said relaxed banking regulations played a significant role in the crisis.
“The officials sitting before us today know that their predecessors rolled back protections like capital and liquidity standards, stress tests, brokered deposit limits, and even basic supervision. They greenlighted these banks to grow too big, too fast,” Brown said in his statement.
2023-05-19T17:33:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Leaders at Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and the regulators who seized their banks testified before Congress across separate hearings.
2023-04-28T21:04:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Federal Reserve Board will likely recommend strengthening regulatory and supervisory procedures for mid-sized regional banks in the aftermath of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank.
2023-04-13T13:48:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank highlighted for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation some of the impediments to a quick bank sale, including failing to provide rapid access to quality financial data and lists of key employees.
2025-06-26T15:37:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Bank examiners at the Federal Reserve Board will no longer assess reputational risk during examinations, a concession to the banking industry already underway with two other U.S. regulators.
2025-05-29T16:07:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Corporate governance is, all too often, handed down from generation to generation. Like a well-worn jacket, it works great—until it doesn’t. Typically, it is a crisis that forces companies to reassess their corporate governance framework, as gaps are filled and poor policies rewritten. But it doesn’t have to be that ...
2025-03-10T20:56:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The public reported a 25 percent increase in losses–totaling more than $12.5 billion in 2024–to investment scams, tech rip-offs, and general fraud, according to an analysis by the Federal Trade Commission.
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