Democrats and Republicans alike want big banks to up their insured deposit limits. As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Oct. 29), both Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Sen. Elizabeth Warren — a Democrat from Massachusetts and longtime financial watchdog — are calling for...
Following the collapse of two crypto-friendly American banks, European lenders are reportedly filling that space. As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (July 23), two Swiss banks — Amina Bank and Sygnum Bank — have recently launched real-time payment and settlement networks, targeting a gap left by...
New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) released financial information about its March acquisition of certain assets of Signature Bridge Bank, the successor to Signature Bank, from that bank’s receiver, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC). NYCB’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Flagstar Bank, acquired assets with an estimated total...
Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse was one of the largest banking failures in American history. And according to a report Tuesday (March 12) by Bloomberg News, that collapse brought with it the largest penalty since before the 2008 financial crisis: $285 million in fees to retire emergency financing...
April 28, 2023
In a scathing self-assessment, the Federal Reserve’s autopsy on Silicon Valley Bank’s failure puts blame partially on its own doorstep, as regulator reports on Signature Bank’s collapse cite the lender’s “poor management.” The autopsy on failure has been released ahead of schedule. The 114-page unflinching and, at times, self-critical post-mortem review of the central bank’s […]
April 18, 2023
For credit unions, trust has been the glue binding financial institutions and their financial services together. But as Brian Scott, chief growth officer at PSCU, told PYMNTS, “Trust is one...
April 17, 2023
Crypto, whether by accident or by design, is facing a banking crisis in the U.S. That’s why it is increasingly important for industry leaders to drive education around crypto’s utility across key...
April 03, 2023
The hearings on Capitol Hill are over. At least for the moment. The klieg lights have been switched off, the testimonies have been read, the lawmakers have grilled the regulators....
November 18, 2025
Another lawsuit has reportedly been filed in a dispute between the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Capital One over how much the bank should pay to help bail out depositors of two financial institutions that failed in 2023: Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The FDIC filed a lawsuit Monday (Nov. 17) alleging that […]
October 29, 2025
Democrats and Republicans alike want big banks to up their insured deposit limits. As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Oct. 29), both Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Sen....
July 23, 2024
Following the collapse of two crypto-friendly American banks, European lenders are reportedly filling that space. As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (July 23), two Swiss banks — Amina Bank and Sygnum...
June 14, 2024
New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) released financial information about its March acquisition of certain assets of Signature Bridge Bank, the successor to Signature Bank, from that bank’s receiver, the Federal...
