Silicon Valley Bank news and trends

Pinegrove Capital Partners-Affiliated Entity to Buy SVB Capital
Acquisitions // May 03, 2024

SVB Financial Group has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its investment platform business, SVB Capital. The buyer is a newly created entity affiliated with Pinegrove Capital Partners and backed by Brookfield Asset Management and Sequoia Heritage, SVB Financial Group said in a Thursday...

First Citizens Reports Strong Liquidity a Year After SVB Purchase
Earnings // April 25, 2024

Showing its ability to navigate challenging economic conditions and make progress in integrating its purchase of Silicon Valley Bank, Raleigh-based First Citizens BancShares posted a solid first quarter on Thursday (April 25) marked by an optimistic take on consumer spending. The company reported a substantial...

Blank Check Firm Porticoes Plans to Snap Up Fallen Banks
Banking // March 13, 2024

Blank check firm Porticoes Capital is reportedly planning to buy up failed U.S. banks. The group aims to take over banks that have been closed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Financial Times reported Wednesday (March 13), citing a regulatory filing. According to the FT report, Porticoes...

Report: SVB Collapse Triggered Record $285 Million Penalty
Banking // March 12, 2024

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...

Interviews & Exclusives
Silicon Valley Bank’s Downfall: Lessons Learned and Unanswered Questions

March 11, 2024
It’s said that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The spectacular flameout of Silicon Valley Bank (and other banks subsequently), happened March 10, 2023, which seems long ago, but the ripple effects are being felt in the here and now. The questions loom large as to what we’ve learned and what we’ve […]

Regulators Blame Signature for Own Failure and Themselves for SVB’s

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...

Credit Unions Turn SVB Banking Crisis Into Master Class on Trust

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...

A Venture Debt Deficit Was Coming, SVB Collapse or Not, Says QED’s Gerety

April 17, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) helped pioneer venture debt as a critical source of alternative financing. After its untimely failure, many market observers are beginning to wonder — will that source of...

Quick Reads
Pinegrove Capital Partners-Affiliated Entity to Buy SVB Capital

May 03, 2024
SVB Financial Group has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its investment platform business, SVB Capital. The buyer is a newly created entity affiliated with Pinegrove Capital Partners and backed by Brookfield Asset Management and Sequoia Heritage, SVB Financial Group said in a Thursday (May 2) press release. The agreement is subject to bankruptcy […]

Blank Check Firm Porticoes Plans to Snap Up Fallen Banks

March 13, 2024
Blank check firm Porticoes Capital is reportedly planning to buy up failed U.S. banks. The group aims to take over banks that have been closed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Financial...

Report: SVB Collapse Triggered Record $285 Million Penalty

March 12, 2024
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...

HSBC Adding Bankers to Boost Startup Lending

March 11, 2024
HSBC is reportedly expanding its U.S. commercial banking operations to bolster its startup lending. Wyatt Crowell, head of U.S. commercial banking at HSBC, said in an interview with Reuters Monday (March...