Silicon Valley Bank collapse is second largest bank collapse in US history

Silicon Valley Bank failed after a bank run on its deposits and was taken into receivership by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

WASHINGTON – Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, California, was closed today by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect insured depositors, the FDIC created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara (DINB). At the time of closing, the FDIC as receiver immediately transferred to the DINB all insured deposits of Silicon Valley Bank.

All insured depositors will have full access to their insured deposits no later than Monday morning, March 13, 2023. The FDIC will pay uninsured depositors an advance dividend within the next week. Uninsured depositors will receive a receivership certificate for the remaining amount of their uninsured funds. As the FDIC sells the assets of Silicon Valley Bank, future dividend payments may be made to uninsured depositors.

Silicon Valley Bank had 17 branches in California and Massachusetts. The main office and all branches of Silicon Valley Bank will reopen on Monday, March 13, 2023. The DINB will maintain Silicon Valley Bank’s normal business hours. Banking activities will resume no later than Monday, March 13, including on-line banking and other services. Silicon Valley Bank’s official checks will continue to clear. Under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the FDIC may create a DINB to ensure that customers have continued access to their insured funds.

As of December 31, 2022, Silicon Valley Bank had approximately $209.0 billion in total assets and about $175.4 billion in total deposits. At the time of closing, the amount of deposits in excess of the insurance limits was undetermined. The amount of uninsured deposits will be determined once the FDIC obtains additional information from the bank and customers.

Customers with accounts in excess of $250,000 should contact the FDIC toll–free at 1-866-799-0959.

The FDIC as receiver will retain all the assets from Silicon Valley Bank for later disposition. Loan customers should continue to make their payments as usual.

Silicon Valley Bank is the first FDIC–insured institution to fail this year. The last FDIC–insured institution to close was Almena State Bank, Almena, Kansas, on October 23, 2020.

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The Silicon Valley Bank ($209 billion) collapse is the second-largest US bank failure in history, following Washington Mutual ($434 billion) in 2008. Third place goes to Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust ($117 billion) in 1984.

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The bank’s customers were primarily in the industries of technology, life science/healthcare, private equity/venture capital and premium wine.

Clients listed on SVB’s official website include …

Crowdstrike

ZipRecruiter

Payoneer

Pivot energy

Shopify

Businesses also affected* by SVB failure according to news media sources (some are affect financially, but not operationally with disruption) …

Ambarella

Avalanche

BlockFi

Camp

Circle

Compass Coffee

Compugen

drinkboxt

Eiger Biopharmaceuticals

Etsy

FarmboxRx

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings

LendingClub Corporation

Nova Labs

Oncorus

Pantera

Pinterest

Proof

Roku

Rocket Lab USA

Ruth Health

Sangamo Therapeutics

Slumberkins

Vox Media

Wrapbook

Yuga Labs

* Some companies listed may not have any negative impact due to minimal exposure the SVB bank failure. Also, some companies may have removed their funds before the bank failure.

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was a commercial bank headquartered in Santa Clara, California. SVB was the 16th largest bank in the United States at the time of its failure in March 2023. SVB was the largest bank by deposits in Silicon Valley.

SVB Timeline

1983
Established

1988
Nasdaq IPO: SIVB

1996
Began US Expansion to 15 states

2008
Opened Israel office

2011
Appointed Greg Becker CEO

2012
Launched UK branch &
Opened joint venture bank in China

2016
Opened Ireland office

2018
Opened Germany office

2019
Acquired healthcare investment bank Leerink Partners

Opened Global Delivery Center in India

Opened Canada office

Opened Denmark office

2020
Acquired WestRiver Group’s Debt Investment Business

Celebrated the 10th annual Tech Gives Back week of community service

2021
Acquired Boston Private, a leading provider of wealth management, trust and banking services

Announced $11.2 billion, five-year Community Benefits Plan

Launched Nasdaq Private Market with Nasdaq, Citi, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley

Launched technology investment banking practice and acquired equity research firm MoffettNathanson

2022
Announced commitment to provide $5 billion in sustainable finance and set goal to achieve carbon neutral operations by 2025

Welcomed Kay Matthews as Chair of SVB Board of Directors

2023
Bank Failure

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