First Citizens Bank acquires insolvent Silicon Valley Bank

As the federal deposit insurance fund FDIC announced on Monday night, the bank is buying all deposits and loans from the closed bank. The transaction includes deposits of $ 119 billion (111 billion euros) and an additional $ 72 billion in assets. The 17 branches of the SVB are to open on Monday under the name First Citizens and customers of the SVB would “automatically” become customers of the new bank, it said. The FDIC remains responsible for securing deposits.

The SVB was the 16th largest bank in the United States by assets and a major financier, especially for start-ups. It was closed by the authorities after a rush to the accounts in early March. The SVB collapse is the largest bank failure in the US since the financial crisis of 2008 and caused considerable turbulence in the banking sector and on the stock exchanges – also in Europe.