Silicon Valley Bank Shut Down; Stock Delisted; Biggest Bank to Fail Since Financial Crisis
Regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank to protect depositors following a decline in deposits. The Silicon Valley-based bank is the second-largest FDIC-insured bank by assets to fail and the largest since 2008 when Washington Mutual collapsed, according to Dow Jones Market Data. SVB has $212 billion in assets; Washington Mutual had $307 billion in assets. … Read more