Silicon Valley Bank

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Silicon Valley Bank shoots self in foot (TechCrunch)

It may go down in the history books about Silicon Valley: the time that its most prominent bank, a bank founded nearly 40 years earlier, inflicted such ...

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Silicon Valley Bank's struggles spell further trouble for beleaguered ... (CNBC)

Silicon Valley Bank, which has long served the tech startup world, is in a tough spot at a time when the funding environment is way down.

Analysts at DA Davidson wrote in a report on Thursday that in terms of spending, "companies have not adjusted to the slower fundraising environment." That recommendation is "based on SIVB's growth normalizing after an exceptional 2020-2021 and our belief that the VC market could remain challenged for the next couple quarters." SVB's loan losses remain low, meaning that at least for now it's not facing the kind of credit challenges the bank dealt with during the dot-com crash and financial crisis, when charge-offs soared. SVB still managed to find reasons for optimism. SVB anticipates clients will continue to burn cash at essentially the same level as they did in the last quarter of 2022, when economic tightening was already well underway. Does the bank's acknowledged misfortunes lead clients to pull their money and house it elsewhere? Total client funds have fallen for the last five quarters, as cash burn has continued at a rapid pace despite the slowdown in venture investing. For his customers, which number in the hundreds, a pullback by SVB would likely make it more expensive to borrow money. After its stock soared 75% in the 2021 market rally, SVB lost two-thirds of its value last year and then [plummeted](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/09/svb-financial-falls-more-than-50percent-as-tech-bank-looks-to-raise-more-cash.html) another 60% during regular trading on Thursday. S&P lowered its rating on SVB to BBB- from BBB, leaving it just one notch above its junk rating. Billions of dollars in venture capital flow into and out of the bank's coffers. That forecast is now down to $167 billion to $169 billion.

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Silicon Valley Bank shares tumble after launching stock sale (Financial Times)

SVB, the banking partner for half of US venture-backed tech and life sciences companies, has suffered from a slowdown in venture capital funding, as well as ...

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Silicon Valley Bank shares plunge on stock-sale plan to stem cash ... (Reuters)

SVB Financial Group shares plunged more than 62% on Thursday, a day after the lender launched a $1.75 billion share sale to shore up its balance sheet and ...

[(FRC.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/FRC.N), a San Fransisco-based bank, sank more than 16.5% after hitting its lowest level since October 2020, becoming the second-biggest decliner in the S&P 500 index. It's not quite cheap enough for a lot of buy-the-dip people to come back in," Trevithick said. Some startups have been advising their founders to pull out their money from SVB as a precautionary measure, the sources added. [(.SPXBK)](https://www.reuters.com/quote/.SPXBK), including a $22 billion drop in the value of JPMorgan. [(WFC.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/WFC.N) down 6%, JPMorgan Chase & Co [(JPM.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/JPM.N) down 5.4%, Bank of America Corp [(BAC.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/BAC.N) 6% lower and Citigroup Inc [(C.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/C.N) 4% lower. Zion Bancorp [(ZION.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/ZION.O) dropped more than 12% and the SPDR S&P regional banking ETF [(KRE.P)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/KRE.P) slid 8% after hitting its lowest point since January 2021. Funds raised from the sale will be re-invested in shorter-term debt and the bank will double its term borrowing to $30 billion. "We do not believe that SIVB is in a liquidity crisis," Wedbush analyst David Chiaverini said in a report, referring to the company's trading symbol. [broader risks](/markets/us/banks-tumble-svb-ignites-broader-fears-about-sector-2023-03-09/) in the sector. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story [(SIVB.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/SIVB.O) shares plunged more than 62% on Thursday, a day after the lender launched a $1.75 billion share sale to shore up its balance sheet and navigate declining deposits from startups struggling for funds amid increased spending. "While VC (venture capital) deployment has tracked our expectations, client cash burn has remained elevated and increased further in February, resulting in lower deposits than forecasted," Becker said in a letter to investors.

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SVB Financial CEO Asks Silicon Valley Bank Clients to 'Stay Calm ... (BNN)

(Bloomberg) -- SVB Financial Group Chief Executive Officer Greg Becker held a conference call on Thursday advising clients of SVB-owned Silicon Valley Bank ...

The bank could try to liquidate its stakes in portfolio companies, which would further drive down the already flailing valuations of many startups. Those lower valuations in turn would further weaken the balance sheets of other banks, hedge funds and crossover funds that hold the same assets. We encourage you to pick up the phone and call your GP. “We know you have questions about how to handle the SVB situation. Venture firm Tribe Capital has also advised its portfolio companies to move some, if not all, of their balances from SVB. Garry Tan, the president and CEO of Y Combinator, warned its network of startups that solvency risk is real and implied they should consider limiting their exposure to the lender. Coatue Management, Union Square Ventures and Founder Collective advised their portfolio companies to pull their money from the bank, people with knowledge of the matter said. He asked the bank’s clients, including venture capital investors, to support the bank the way it has supported its customers over the past 40 years, according to the person. “But I think this is a buying opportunity.” There is “a good deal of panic,” said Jenny Fielding, managing partner at The Fund, which invests in early stage companies. Some VCs said they were standing by the bank. A representative for Silicon Valley Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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SVB Financial CEO tells Silicon Valley Bank clients to 'stay calm' as ... (Los Angeles Times)

SVB Financial Group Chief Executive Greg Becker advised clients of SVB-owned Silicon Valley Bank to “stay calm” amid concern about the bank's financial ...

Those lower valuations in turn would further weaken the balance sheets of other banks, hedge funds and crossover funds that hold the same assets. “We know you have questions about how to handle the SVB situation. We encourage you to pick up the phone and call your GP. On the threads, many startup founders and executives worried how a collapse of Silicon Valley Bank would affect Silicon Valley’s infrastructure. “What’s important to understand is that banks all have leverage, and they use deposits, so almost by definition any bank with a business model is dead if everyone moves,” Tribe co-founder Arjun Sethi told portfolio companies in a communication reviewed by Bloomberg. Are they in better or worse shape?” he said he advised. He asked the bank’s clients, including venture capital investors, to support the bank the way the bank has backed its customers over the last 40 years, according to the person. “But I think this is a buying opportunity.” There is “a good deal of panic,” said Jenny Fielding, managing partner at the fund, which invests in early-stage companies. He advised them to seek more information before taking any steps. Some venture capitalists said they were standing by the bank. A representative for Founders Fund declined to comment.

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Silicon Valley Bank launches new share sale (Axios)

Silicon Valley Bank said it will launch $2.25 billion common stock sale, plus another $500 million of depository shares, and said private equity firm ...

SVB ploughed much of these deposits into long-dated securities like US Treasuries, which are deemed safe but are now worth less than when the bank purchased them because the Federal Reserve has increased rates." Why it matters: SVB is something of an avatar for the health of U.S. Silicon Valley Bank said it will launch $1.25 billion common stock sale, plus another $500 million of depository shares, and said private equity firm General Atlantic is buying $500 million of common stock in a separate transaction.

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Silicon Valley Bank shares plunge on stock-sale plan to stem cash ... (Yahoo Canada Finance)

The shares were on track for their biggest loss in 25 years as the bank said venture capital funding could remain constrained in the near term, ...

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Silicon Valley Bank's shares are tanking as a mess unfolds (TechCrunch)

Given recent banking-related carnage in the tech and tech-adjacent worlds, there's concern in the market that not all is well at SVB.

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Silicon Valley Bank's Financial Stability Worries Investors (The New York Times)

The bank, a linchpin of tech industry financing, is trying to persuade clients not to pull their money over concerns of a liquidity crisis.

He said he felt bad, because Silicon Valley Bank had been a good partner, but saw no upside to staying with it amid the panic and no downside to leaving. “Moody’s does not expect the environment will recover enough for SVB to materially improve its profitability, funding and liquidity,” it said. Some start-ups quickly angled to cash in on Silicon Valley Bank’s struggles. The most immediate way to forestall the crisis would be to persuade clients not to pull their funds. Roseanne Wincek, an investor at Renegade Partners, [wrote](https://twitter.com/imthemusic/status/1633963212046753793) that a bank run caused merely by panic would be a “self own” for the industry. Becker’s letter, Moody’s downgraded the bank’s bonds rating and slashed its outlook to negative, from stable. The vast majority are either lent to other customers or invested to earn a return. “There are two things in life that only exist if you believe in them: God and bank runs,” said Anshu Sharma, chief executive of Skyflow, a data privacy start-up. But a number of investors, including Arjun Sethi, an investor at Tribe Capital, advised companies to move some or all of their money from the bank. At the end of last year, Silicon Valley Bank reported $212 billion in customer assets. The bank disclosed that it had sold off $21 billion of its most liquid, or easily tradable, investments; borrowed $15 billion; and organized an emergency sale of its stock to raise cash. Silicon Valley Bank’s stock price plummeted 60 percent on Thursday as investors rushed to sell shares after the announcement.

Silicon Valley Bank shares plunge on stock-sale plan to stem cash ... (Financial Post)

SVB Financial Group shares plunged more than 62% on Thursday, a day after the lender launched a $1.75 billion share sale to shore up its balance sheet and…

Bank stocks remained under pressure from “risk-off sentiment” and questions about systemic risks to the industry, said John Luke Tyner, a fixed income analyst at Aptus Capital Advisors in Fairhope, Alabama. It’s not quite cheap enough for a lot of buy-the-dip people to come back in,” Trevithick said. Zion Bancorp dropped more than 12% and the SPDR S&P regional banking ETF slid 8% after hitting its lowest point since January 2021. Some startups have been advising their founders to pull out their money from SVB as a precautionary measure, the sources added. Article content

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Startup founders turn on a weakened Silicon Valley Bank (Business Insider)

Some investors are imploring their startups to pull their money out of the bank. SVB CEO Gregory Becker told clients on a Thursday call to stay calm. Sign up ...

But I think it's important that SVB has been a really important stakeholder in the world of venture." The media relations and investor relations departments of SVB did not return an email seeking comment on Thursday. "We spent some time today with our VP of finance assessing the actual risk here, thinking it through and plotting out some pathways forward," he said. "All the VCs sending panic DMs around pulling money out of SVB means there'll be a good ol' run on probably the biggest, blue-chip bank in tech. SVB lends money to startups and keeps their cash deposits, so they can pay staff and other expenses. This caused some VCs and founders to worry about the financial strength of their banking institution.

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Silicon Valley Bank share slump rocks financial stocks (BBC News)

The four largest US banks lost a total of more than $50bn in market value on Thursday.

Banks tend to hold large portfolios of bonds and as a result are sitting on significant potential losses. They bet wrong," he added. Now VCs are telling their portfolio companies to pull their funds," she said. And I think that's really what happened. She is advising companies in her portfolio to withdraw funds. The interesting thing is that it's the most start-up friendly bank and supported start-ups so much through Covid.

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Silicon Valley Bank: Shares Plummet 70%, Clients Reportedly Told ... (The Deep Dive)

Investors sold shares of SVB Financial Group (Nasdaq: SIVB) and other US banks after the tech-focused lender reported it lost about $2 billion selling ...

The four largest banks in the United States lost $52 billion in market value on Thursday. The author has no securities or affiliations related to this organization. This hammered the tech startups and venture capital firms that Silicon Valley Bank services, causing a faster-than-expected decrease in deposits that is still gaining traction. In 2021, the bank’s assets and deposits nearly increased, with SVB investing heavily in US Treasury bills and other government-backed debt products. Several wires were successfully transmitted, according to other clients, throughout the day. Some customers reported difficulties accessing the company’s website to examine their account details and make transfers.

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Key startup bank's shares drop, prompting deeper fears in Silicon ... (The Washington Post)

A major sell-off in shares of a key Silicon Valley financial institution is fueling fears the tech industry's economic situation is worsening.

But most of them have [cut costs and fired workers](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/02/big-tech-moonshots-google-meta-amazon/?itid=lk_inline_manual_60), something that few have had to do over the past decade. Founded in 1983, Silicon Valley Bank grew alongside the tech industry, weathering the ups and downs inherent to the sector. I do have faith that we have the tools for this sector and for our regulators.” Investors now anticipate the central bank’s benchmark rate may rise to near 6 percent from a current target range of 4.5 percent to 4.75 percent. A news release was taped to the front glass doors announcing that regulators had closed the bank. A sale to another bank, however, could come at a loss, in which case the FDIC may have to provide federal support to facilitate the sale. A spokesperson for the bank did not respond to a request for comment. For now, many banking regulators are confident that the contagion will not spread to the financial sector more broadly. As the voting members of the FDIC received regular virtual briefings throughout the day on Thursday, regulators zeroed in on just how big the bank was, the people said. “No bank understands start-ups and tech the way they do,” said Antoine Nivard, co-founder and general partner at Blank Ventures. Silicon Valley Bank’s rapid failure shocked the tech industry, prompting fears that the economic situation for the sector is worse than previously thought. Start-up founders and venture capitalists fretted that money needed to pay employees could be lost or frozen by the bank’s collapse.

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'Too big to fail' is back as Bill Ackman says government should ... (Fortune)

Shares in the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank fell by 60% after the bank said it is taking steps to cover losses on its balance sheet.

The plunge [dragged down](https://fortune.com/2023/03/09/bank-stocks-sink-silicon-valley-bank/) banking stocks across the U.S. [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2023/03/09/silicon-valley-bank-panic-venture-investors-founders/) are also grasping for 2008 references. “After what the Feds did to [JPMorgan] after it bailed out Bear Stearns, I don’t see another bank stepping in to help [Silicon Valley Bank]” he The investment bank eventually spent [SVB Financial Group](https://fortune.com/company/svb-financial-group/), the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, fell 60% on Thursday, [one day after the bank](https://www.wsj.com/articles/bond-losses-push-silicon-valley-bank-parent-to-raise-capital-125e89d4) said it lost $1.8 billion selling its investments, and would sell shares to raise $2.2 billion. SVB’s leadership are now trying to reassure customers that the bank is not in danger, and asked for their trust. In 2008, the U.S. That fear is driving startups and venture capital firms to [Citigroup](https://fortune.com/company/citigroup/), [Bank of America](https://fortune.com/company/bank-of-america-corp/), JPMorgan and [Wells Fargo](https://fortune.com/company/wells-fargo/). In March 2008, JPMorgan stepped in to acquire the failing decades-old investment bank and prevent its collapse. But the deal also meant that JPMorgan was on the hook for the legal troubles of Bear Stearns and the other troubled institutions it acquired. “SVB is not going to go down,” one venture investor told [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2023/03/09/silicon-valley-bank-panic-venture-investors-founders/).

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Silicon Valley Bank slams global shares, US payrolls loom (Reuters)

Global shares hit a two-month low on Friday as investors dumped banks on fears of contagion after a capital raising at Silicon Valley Bank, with U.S. ...

Fed funds futures also rallied strongly, pulling the market-implied peak in U.S. ING bank said U.S. A reclassification of the U.S. The benchmark 10-year JGB yield, which the BOJ pins within 50 basis points either side of zero, pulled back sharply from that ceiling to last sit at 0.445%. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has explicitly referred to Friday's jobs data as a key driver, together with next week’s U.S. [Silicon Valley Bank](/business/finance/silicon-valley-bank-sell-stock-cope-with-cash-burn-2023-03-09/) [(SIVB.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/SIVB.O) had sought on Thursday to reassure tech clients as its stock collapsed by 60% while it was attempting to raise funds to plug a $1.8 billion hole caused by the sale of a loss-making bond portfolio. U.S. payrolls figures also a focus ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting later this month. The U.S. - U.S.

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Asia Sees Limited Contagion Risk From Silicon Valley Bank's Woes ... (BNN)

(Bloomberg) -- Asian bank shares fell in reaction to the crisis at SVB Financial Group, but the region will likely face limited contagion risk due to ...

The biggest drags as well as losers in the sector were Japanese lenders such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., which slumped more due to the central bank’s decision to keep its yield-curve control program unchanged at Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s final meeting. That’s the view of market participants after the drop in region’s lender shares alongside Wall Street peers on concerns that signs of trouble at a key Silicon Valley-based lender may signal broader risks. Asian lenders have also seen upgrades to profit estimates this year versus downgrades in the US. “In this part of the world, I would be the most worried about the new banks in Indonesia that are lending to high-valued startups in the fintech space and are not well funded.” “It’s not a like-for-like comparison but this appears to be the part most at risk of contagion.” “SVB is not directly going to have an impact on Asia, but it’s tremendously important in that it is showing that the pain is starting to move closer from smaller, risky parts of the market such as crypto to more established traditional finance.

GLOBAL MARKETS-Silicon Valley Bank slams global shares, US ... (Yahoo Finance)

Global shares hit a two-month low on Friday as investors dumped banks on fears of contagion after a capital raising at Silicon Valley Bank, with U.S. ...

Silicon Valley Bank slams global shares, US payrolls loom (Financial Post)

LONDON — Global shares hit a two-month low on Friday as investors dumped banks on fears of contagion after a capital raising at Silicon Valley Bank, ...

Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore and Kim Coghill) Fed funds futures also rallied strongly, pulling the market-implied peak in U.S. The benchmark 10-year JGB yield, which the BOJ pins within 50 basis points either side of zero, pulled back sharply from that ceiling to last sit at 0.445%. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has explicitly referred to Friday’s jobs data as a key driver, together with next week’s U.S. ING bank said U.S. A reclassification of the U.S. payrolls figures also a focus ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting later this month. Article content

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Silicon Valley Bank drops another 45%, weighing on the bank sector ... (CNBC)

Shares of SVB Financial Group, known as Silicon Valley Bank, tumbled for a second day Friday and weighed on the whole banking sector again.

Concern among founders and venture capital investors spiked earlier this week after Silicon Valley Bank surprised the market by announcing late Wednesday it needed to raise $2.25 billion in stock. "Falling VC funding activity and elevated cash burn are idiosyncratic pressures for SIVB's clients, driving a decline in total client funds and on-balance-sheet deposits for SIVB," wrote the Morgan Stanley analysts. The bank also previously reported more than $90 billion in held-to-maturity securities, which wouldn't necessarily incur losses unless it was forced to sell them before maturity to cover fleeing deposits. [Signature Bank](/quotes/SBNY/), which is known to cater to the crypto sector, declined 22% following a 12% tumble Thursday. As the Federal Reserve consistently raises interest rates, it is lowering the value of Treasurys. The shares were down another 62% in premarket trading Friday before they were halted for pending news. Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and other large venture capital firms asked its companies to pull their funds from SVB, [First Republic Bank](/quotes/FRC/) fell 15% following a 17% slide Thursday. - The shares were down another 62% in premarket trading Friday before they were halted. However, rapid deposit outflows outpaced the sale process, which made it difficult for any buyer to do a realistic assessment, Faber reported. They did not open for trading with the market at 9:30 a.m. The failure raised fears more banks would incur heavy losses on their bond portfolios.

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What's Going on With Silicon Valley Bank? (Bloomberg)

Already this week, crypto lender Silvergate Capital Corp. said it planned to shut down. On Thursday, the S&P 500 Financials Index slumped 4.1% — its worst day ...

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European banking stocks sink as Silicon Valley Bank jitters spread (CNBC)

European banking stocks sold off sharply in early trade Friday as a global contagion effect took hold after shares in U.S. bank SVB Financial plunged 60%.

The fact SVB's share placing has been accompanied by a fire sale of its bond portfolio raises concerns," Mould said. [Societe Generale](/quotes/GLE-FR/), [HSBC](/quotes/HSBA-GB/), [ING Groep](/quotes/INGA-NL/) and [Commerzbank](/quotes/CBK-DE/) all fell more than 5%. The 40-year-old company was forced into a fire sale of its securities on Thursday, dumping $21 billion worth of holdings at a $1.8 billion loss while raising $500 million from venture firm General Atlantic, according to a [financial update](https://ir.svb.com/events-and-presentations/event-details/2023/Q123-Mid-Quarter-Update/) late Wednesday. The Euro Stoxx Banks index was on pace for its worst day since June, led by a decline of more-than 8% for [Deutsche Bank](/quotes/DBK-FF/). - The Euro Stoxx Banks index was on pace for its worst day since June, led by a decline of more-than 8% for Deutsche Bank.

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Silicon Valley Bank Shares Drop 64% In Pre-Market As VC Funds ... (Forbes)

The lender's CEO on Thursday urged its clients to remain calm, assuring them that the bank had “ample liquidity,” while other venture capitalists cautioned ...

banks [losing](https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-news-today-03-09-2023/card/four-biggest-u-s-banks-lose-47-billion-in-market-value-8fmAmiqs4PDb1F60OSFg?mod=article_inline) more than $52 billion from their valuation. [announcement](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/svb-financial-group-announces-proposed-offerings-of-common-stock-and-mandatory-convertible-preferred-stock-301766247.html) that the lender lost $1.8 billion after selling securities worth $21 billion to hedge against a challenging market. SVB Financial’s shares were hit hard on Thursday after it announced it had sold around $21 billion worth of securities from its portfolio at a loss of $1.8 billion. He [reported](https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/09/silicon-valley-back-withdrawal-issues/). [reported](https://www.semafor.com/article/03/09/2023/some-vc-firms-are-urging-founders-to-pull-money-from-troubled-silicon-valley-bank).

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Silicon Valley Bank is now in talks to sell itself, report says (TechCrunch)

Shares of Silicon Valley Bank Financial fell 60% Thursday. CNBC did not identify the buyer. It reports that Silicon Valley Bank attempted to raise money from ...

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Pre-Halt, Silicon Valley Bank Stock Plunged 87%. Why? What To Do? (Forbes)

SVB stock — 5,44% of its shares are sold short — fell because its depositors are taking their money out in droves. To raise capital, on Wednesday SVB sold a ...

Its customer base consists of cash burning startups and venture capital firms that are unable to profit due, in part, to the near shut-down of the IPO market. According to CNBC, “the dearth of initial public offerings and continuing drawdown in valuations among once highfliers suggests that there’s much more pain to come in 2023.” Moody’s downgraded the bank’s bonds rating and slashed its outlook to negative, from stable. The Times reported that SVB, like many banks, lacked sufficient funds to fulfill a surge in requests for customers to withdraw their money. Although that could be difficult to do. The New York Times reported that “Sunny Juneja, founder of Canopy Analytics, a Bay Area start-up focused on real estate technology” tried to move his startup’s “few million dollars” out of SVB but could not do so March 9 because its “online portal was down.” SVB stock — 5,44% of its shares are sold short — fell because its depositors are taking their money out in droves. - What prompted SVB to raise capital at such a high cost? Other banks have underwater bond portfolios as well, but they generally have lots of retail deposits, which are much less rate-sensitive than SIVB's deposits,” Oppenheimer analyst Chris Kotowski Pitchbook reported that venture capital deal activity fell over 30% in 2022 to $238 billion. So, why the Sam Hill would banks lend money to cash burning tech startups and their venture capital firms? To raise capital, on Wednesday SVB sold a bond portfolio at a loss and launched an emergency capital raise.

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Silicon Valley Bank Stock Crash Explained (Motley Fool)

In this video, I will talk about the recent crash in bank stocks, specifically Silvergate Capital (SI -42.16%) and SVB Financial (SIVB -60.41%), and explain ...

The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends SVB Financial. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. You’re reading a free article with opinions that may differ from The Motley Fool’s Premium Investing Services.

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Silicon Valley Bank, la banque des start-up américaines, dans la ... (L'Usine Digitale)

L'établissement bancaire implanté au cœur de la Silicon Valley va lever des fonds en urgence. De nombreuses start-up s'inquiètent pour leurs...-Start-up.

Reste désormais à savoir si ces avertissements vont déclencher un vent de panique auprès des clients de SVB, les poussant à récupérer le plus rapidement possible leur argent. Ces dernières heures, plusieurs grands fonds de capital-risque ont recommandé aux start-up dans lesquelles ils ont investi de retirer leur argent - ou de ne conserver que 250.000 dollars, la limite légale de garantie des dépôts par les autorités bancaires. Conséquence, les sommes déposées sur les comptes de ses clients ont reculé de 12% l’an passé. De l’autre, les dépôts de nouveaux fonds sont moins importants. Fondée en 1983 et basée à Santa Clara, au plein cœur de la Silicon Valley, la banque entretient des liens très étroits avec l'écosystème technologique. Jusqu'à précipiter un vent de panique ?

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Silicon Valley Bank shares halted after it pauses stock sale (Financial Times)

SVB shares were halted before the official opening of trading on New York's Nasdaq exchange. California-based SVB had hoped to price the $2.25bn share and ...

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US Regulators Descend on Silicon Valley Bank to Assess Its ... (BNN)

(Bloomberg) -- US regulators arrived at the California offices of SVB Financial Group as the troubled lender struggled to stabilize its finances, ...

The firm ultimately announced Wednesday that it planned to voluntarily wind down bank operations and liquidate its lender. The bank, which is known as SVB, has played a key role in the Silicon Valley startup scene for years. Officials at the offices on Thursday sought more insight into the bank’s predicament, the people said.

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Silicon Valley Bank, cette entreprise qui aide les start-ups et qui fait ... (Investir)

La banque américaine spécialisée dans l'accompagnement et le financement de start-ups a plongé de plus de 60% jeudi à New York après avoir été contrainte de ...

En théorie, la hausse des taux d’intérêt aurait été une aubaine pour le secteur bancaire, car cela aurait dopé leur revenu net d’intérêts et il aurait commencé à gagner de l’argent sur les dépôts. « Il n'y a pas de problème systémique et il ne devrait donc pas y avoir de contagion ou de répercussion sur les banques européennes. Il faut dire qu’un vent de panique a soufflé hier sur le SVB Financial Group, maison-mère de Silicon Valley Bank, dirigée par Greg Becker, cotée au Nasdaq et composante du S&P 500 depuis 2018, qui a dévissé de près de 70% au plus bas de la séance, avant de clôturer sur une chute conséquente de 60,4%. Un effet couperet pour Silicon Valley Bank, qui s’est vu contrainte d’appeler ses clients pour leur assurer que leur argent est en sécurité au sein de la banque, selon deux personnes proches du dossier, d’autres rapportant que certaines start-ups avaient conseillé à leurs fondateurs de retirer leurs fonds de l’établissement par mesure de précaution. « 44% des introductions en bourse de la technologie et de la santé aux Etats-Unis [ont été] soutenues par du capital-risque avec SVB », se vante-t-elle sur son site internet, indiquant encore qu’« elle accompagne les fondateurs depuis plus de 35 ans ». On ne parle pas d’une nouvelle crise financière comme celle de 2008, mais l’annonce, hier, d’une opération « sauvetage » de la part de Silicon Valley Bank, a été perçue par les opérateurs, à Wall Street, comme une véritable alerte.

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Bank run fear: SVB is reportedly exploring a sale as Wall Street calls ... (CNN)

SVB Financial Group is reportedly exploring a sale after selling billions of dollars of assets to make its customers whole and sparking a panic on Wall ...

On Thursday, as bank stocks around the world fell in response to the crisis at SVB, contagion fears spread on Wall Street. “Treasury is aware of recent developments. Signature Bank, another crypto-friendly lender, was hit hard by the bank selloff, with shares sinking 30% before being halted for volatility Friday. The stock tumbled 60% Thursday after the bank said it had to sell a portfolio of US Treasuries and $1.75 billion in shares at a loss to cover rapidly declining customer deposits — essentially facing a run on the bank. When interest rates were near zero, banks loaded up on long-dated, low-risk Treasuries. Back then, he said, “banks were taking excessive risks, and people thought everything was fine.

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Silicon Valley Bank Fails After Run by Venture Capital Customers (The New York Times)

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation took control of the bank's assets on Friday. The failure raised concerns that other banks could face problems, ...

In its surprise disclosure on Wednesday, the bank admitted that it had lost nearly $2 billion when it was all but forced sell some of its holdings. The bank’s deposits doubled to $102 billion at the end of 2020 from $49 billion in 2018. To pay those redemption requests, Silicon Valley Bank had to sell off some of its investments at exactly the wrong time. The bank as of Friday morning was working with advisers on a potential sale, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said, and had halted trading in its shares in the wake of a rapid fall. Flush with cash from high-flying start-ups, it bought huge amounts of bonds more than a year ago, just before the Federal Reserve began to raise interest rates. Silicon Valley Bank, a lender to some of the biggest names in the technology world, did just that on Friday, becoming the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis. Though Silicon Valley Bank advertised itself as a “partner for the innovation economy,” it was being shaken by decidedly old-fashioned decisions. created a new bank, the National Bank of Santa Clara, to hold the deposits and other assets of the failed one. The regulator said in a news release that the new entity would be operating by Monday and that checks issued by the old bank would continue to clear. Silicon Valley Bank’s spiral accelerated with incredible speed this week, but its troubles have been brewing for more than a year. After a slump on Thursday, shares of JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Citigroup all nudged higher on Friday. Customers with accounts that surpassed that amount — the maximum covered by F.D.I.C.

Silicon Valley Bank fails, shut down by California regulator (Financial Post)

A California regulator shut Silicon Valley Bank on Friday and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver. Read more.

Venture capital-backed companies were being reportedly advised to pull at least two months’ worth of “burn” cash out of Silicon Valley Bank to cover their expenses. Shares of SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, had plummeted nearly 70 per cent before trading was halted before the opening bell on the Nasdaq. Notably, the FDIC did not announce a buyer of Silicon Valley’s assets, which is typically when there’s an orderly wind down of a bank.

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Les autorités américaines prennent contrôle de la Silicon Valley Bank (La Presse)

Ceux ayant plus sur leurs comptes bancaires, soit la grande majorité des clients de la banque, sont invités à contacter l'agence. C'est le bureau californien de ...

Pour avoir suffisamment de liquidités, Silicon Valley Bank avait annoncé, mercredi soir, qu’elle cherchait à lever rapidement du capital. Cette dernière prévoit de rouvrir les 17 agences de la banque lundi, basée en Californie et dans le Massachusetts. Fin 2022, la banque comptait 209 milliards de dollars d’actifs et environ 175,4 milliards de dépôts, précisent les autorités.

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L'autorité californienne de régulation ferme la Silicon Valley Bank ... (Zonebourse.com)

Une autorité de régulation californienne a fermé la Silicon Valley Bank vendredi et désigné la Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation comme administrateur ...

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Silicon Valley Bank seized by U.S. regulator after rush to pull cash ... (Globalnews.ca)

The seizure of Silicon Valley Bank assets marks the largest bank failure since Washington Mutual during the height of the 2008 financial crisis.

Venture capital-backed companies were being reportedly advised to pull at least two months’ worth of “burn” cash out of Silicon Valley Bank to cover their expenses. Shares of SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, had plummeted nearly 70 per cent before trading was halted before the opening bell on the Nasdaq. The bank had $209 billion in assets and $175.4 billion in deposits as the time of failure, the FDIC said in a statement. It acts as a major financial conduit for venture capital-backed companies, which have been hit hard in the past 18 months as the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates and made riskier tech assets less attractive to investors. Notably, the FDIC did not announce a buyer of Silicon Valley’s assets, which is typical when there’s an orderly wind down of a bank. Major banks have sufficient capital to avoid a similar situation.

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How Silicon Valley Bank shutdown might impact Canadian tech (BetaKit)

The run on SVB has ended almost as quickly as it started, with news breaking Friday that the bank has been closed by regulators.

so this message of “grab your cash”, while totally understandable on a case by case basis, seems to be shooting our ecosystem in the foot?” For McQueen, “decades of brilliance” by the bank have been undone. The risk managers at competing banks will conclude what they’ll conclude, but SVB will no longer be easily held out as a proof-point of the appeal of lending to the innovation economy, even if this crisis had nothing to do with the credit quality of SVB’s loan book.” “For the sector, the repercussions aren’t entirely knowable at this stage,” McQueen wrote. Since SVB Canada does not have a national banking license it pulls its venture debt lending capital from deposits made outside of the country. In a post on “They were much more reasonable on rates and faster to help them than Canadian banks in the USA,” the VC said. BetaKit has reached out to SVB Canada for comment. In Canada, SVB plays a different role, as it does not have a banking license and only provides venture debt locally. The FDIC’s standard insurance to protect bank customers’ deposits covers up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank. Investors have no idea which companies are impacted or if LP funds are safe. With FDIC taking over control, the regulator now holds the insured deposits from SVB.

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Canada faces muted impact from crisis at Silicon Valley Bank (The Globe and Mail)

SVB became one of the largest banks to fail since the 2008 financial crisis as a California regulator closed it down after it faced a run on its deposits ...

“And in the U.S., I suspect the same thing will happen.” “I think everyone is going to step in to fill this hole” if SVB retreats. Three Canadian venture capital firms contacted by The Globe and Mail said their portfolio companies had little exposure to SVB. The lenders are well diversified across several businesses and sectors, and do not have the same intense exposure to the struggling tech industry as the California bank. Since then, SVB has faced heated competition as Canada’s biggest banks hired large teams of technology bankers and built their own startup lending books to win more business in a sector that once boasted skyrocketing valuations. “Liquidity positions across the Canadian banks are strong,” Mr. The brutal blow has raised concerns about whether SVB’s problems could be a red flag of hidden risks in the banking sector as the cost of borrowing skyrockets. Later Friday morning, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation said it had appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver. But after four years, SVB’s performance in Canada has fallen short of that of its competitors. OSFI also requires big banks to hold extra capital as a cushion against economic downturns. The crisis was sparked Wednesday, when the technology lender revealed that it hastily sought to raise capital, and the disclosure sent its share price plunging the following day. and European bank stocks plunged on the news, although some started to recover Friday.

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La banque américaine Silicon Valley Bank fermée par les autorités (BFMTV)

Les autorités américaines ont annoncé vendredi avoir fermé Silicon Valley Bank et avoir confié le contrôle des dépôts à l'agence américaine chargée de les ...

Elle prévoit d'autoriser à court terme les clients à retirer jusqu'à 250.000 dollars, soit le montant habituellement garanti par la FDIC. Ceux ayant plus sur leurs comptes bancaires, soit la grande majorité des clients de la banque, sont invités à contacter l'agence. Cette dernière prévoit de rouvrir les agences de la banque lundi et d'autoriser à court terme les clients à retirer jusqu'à 250.000 dollars, soit le montant habituellement garanti par la FDIC.

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Silicon Valley Bank Closed Down, Regional Bank Stocks Trading ... (Crypto Briefing)

Silicon Valley Bank, he 18th largest bank in the U.S. by total assets, was closed down by regulators today after it suffered a bank run.

At the time of its closure, Silicon Valley Bank was the 18th largest bank in the U.S. Silicon Valley Bank unexpectedly announced on Wednesday that it was taking extraordinary and immediate steps to shore up its finances. [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/10/silicon-valley-bank-financial-in-talks-to-sell-itself-after-attempts-to-raise-capital-have-failed-sources-say.html), SVB Financial (Silicon Valley Bank’s parent company), having failed to raise sufficient capital to shore up its operations, then began seeking to sell itself. by total assets, was closed down by regulators today after it suffered a bank run. The FDIC indicated that all insured depositors would have full access to their insured deposits by March 13, while uninsured depositors would receive certificates for the amounts of their uninsured funds. According to

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Les autorités américaines prennent le contrôle de la Silicon Valley ... (FRANCE 24)

Le contrôle de ses dépôts à été confié à l'agence américaine chargée de les garantir (FDIC), qui compte rouvrir dès lundi les 17 agences de la banque, implantée ...

Le contrôle de ses dépôts à été confié à l'agence américaine chargée de les garantir (FDIC), qui compte rouvrir dès lundi les 17 agences de la banque, implantée en Pour avoir suffisamment de liquidités, Silicon Valley Bank avait annoncé, mercredi soir, qu'elle cherchait à lever rapidement du capital. La FDIC prévoit aussi d'autoriser à court terme les clients à retirer jusqu'à 250 000 dollars, soit le montant habituellement garanti par l'agence.

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