Silicon Valley Bank
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Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is a commercial bank division of First Citizens BancShares. The bank was previously the primary subsidiary of SVB Financial Group, a publicly traded bank holding company that had offices in 15 U.S. states and over a dozen international jurisdictions.[7][8][9]
Company type | Division |
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Industry | Financial services |
Founded | October 17, 1983; 40 years ago (1983-10-17)[1] |
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Fate | Failed after a bank run on its deposits, held in receivership by the FDIC, assets acquired by First Citizens Bank |
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Headquarters | , U.S. |
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Number of employees | 8,553 (December 2022)[6] |
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Capital ratio | Tier 1 15.26% (2022) |
Website | svb |
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As a regional bank in the San Francisco Bay Area, SVB offers services specifically designed to meet the needs of the tech industry, and soon became the largest bank by deposits in Silicon Valley and the preferred bank of almost half of all venture-backed tech startups.[10][11] In March 2023, after central bank–endorsed interest rate hikes during the 2021–2023 inflation surge,[12][13][14][15] there was a bank run on its deposits, which led to its collapse and seizure on March 10, 2023 by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), its regulator.[16] Citing inadequate liquidity and insolvency, state officials at the DFPI appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) receiver of the bank.[16][17] This was, at the time, the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, later surpassed by the collapse of First Republic Bank during the March 2023 United States bank failures.[18][19]
On March 12, 2023, a joint statement was issued by Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, and FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg, stating that all depositors at SVB would be fully protected and would have access to both insured and uninsured deposits starting the following Monday, March 13.[20][21] The FDIC then established a bridge bank successor, Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A., which quickly assumed ongoing business.[17][22] On March 27, 2023, First Citizens Bank & Trust Company, a subsidiary of First Citizens BancShares, assumed all customer deposits and acquired all loans of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank from the FDIC and began operating all SVB branches.[3][4][23][24]