Silicon Valley Bank Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/silicon-valley-bank/ A platform for change Fri, 05 May 2023 20:10:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Biden calls for restoring Obama-era regulations after multiple bank collapses https://flux.community/oliver-willis/2023/05/biden-calls-for-restoring-obama-era-regulations-after-multiple-bank-collapses/ Fri, 05 May 2023 20:10:51 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13391 With an eye toward preventing banking industry troubles that would require taxpayer rescues and bailouts, the Biden administration is advocating for undoing rule changes that were enacted by the Trump administration and weakened industry regulations. “The President believes that the weakening of common-sense bank safeguards and supervision during the Trump Administration for large regional banks […]

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]]> New research shows how Twitter played a role in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank https://flux.community/tony-cookson-and-christoph-schiller/2023/05/new-research-shows-how-twitter-played-a-role-in-the-collapse-of-silicon-valley-bank/ Wed, 03 May 2023 19:47:36 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13355 Prior to Silicon Valley Bank’s March 10, 2023, collapse, conversations on Twitter among investors about the bank spiked – helping fuel the SVB bank run. As we explain in our new working paper, “Social media as a bank run catalyst,” those tweets also destabilized other financial institutions with weak balance sheets. The number of tweets mentioning […]

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