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Earlier this month, the downfall of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) sent shockwaves across the US banking sector. The bank struggled with meeting the withdrawal demands of the customers. Also, the latest report shows that the run on SVB’s deposits went far deeper than initially known. Ever since regulators seized the SVB, public information noted that customers withdrew a total of $42 billion from the bank on March 9, amid rising concerns that the uninsured deposits were at risk.
However, Michael Barr, vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, revealed some more details while testifying before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, March 28. Barr said that the $42 billion withdrawals were still less than what could have happened the next day on March 10.
As we know, the regulators shuttered SVB on March 10, in what was the biggest collapse of a banking institution since the 2008 financial crisis. Barr said:
“That morning, the bank let us know that they expected the outflow to be vastly larger based on client requests. A total of $100 billion was scheduled to go out the door that day.”
The combined withdrawal of $142 billion would have marked a staggering 81% of SVB’s deposits reported by the end of 2022. This shows how quickly bank runs can happen amid the heightened panic and fast information spread through social media.
On Tuesday, US lawmakers summoned top US banking regulators to Washington seeking an explanation on what led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Barr and his colleagues pointed out the mismanagement by the bank’s executives. They further added that the bank with currently over $100 billion in assets might need stricter rules.
During his testimony, Fed executive Barr said that they warned the SVB management over the issue of rising interest rates back in November 2021. He added that SVB “failed to address” Fed concerns in a timely manner which eventually led to a run on its deposits.
SVB’s final days were full of panic and a roller coaster of emotions. The SVB management was struggling to raise capital on Wednesday, March 8. By Thursday, late evening, massive withdrawals took place at the Silicon Valley Bank. Barr said:
“But later Thursday afternoon, deposit outflows started and by Thursday evening, we learned that more than $42 billion, as you indicated, had rushed out of the bank”.
He added that on March 9, Fed’s staff was working round the clock to save the bank while searching for enough collateral to borrow additional billions of dollars and honor withdrawals. “They were not able to actually meet their obligations to pay their depositors over the course of that day and they were shut down,” Barr said.
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Crypto News Today: Amid much debate over the United States’ unclear approach to crypto market, Michael Barr, the US Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, revealed some interesting plans around the space. He had delivered a speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C. on supporting crypto innovation while supervising and regulating crypto market related engagement by the country’s banks. Most interestingly, Barr acknowledged that the central bank is aware of the “potential transformative effect” the cryptocurrencies can bring to the world of finance.
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This comes just days after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank was closely watching the crypto space as a result of the ongoing turmoil during his speech at the semiannual testimony on monetary policy before a US Senate comittee.
The Fed official said banks are expected to notify the central bank before engaging with crypto businesses. He also revealed the Fed’s view on banks’ attempt to directly own cryptocurrencies as ‘unsafe’. But on the positive side, the Fed Vice Chair said the central bank was creating a team of experts to study the innovative side of cryptocurrencies. Stating that around 20% of the American population owned cryptocurrencies, he raised concerns about the losses faced by many of these individual investors, many who might have lost their savings.
“The technology underlying crypto assets—including that which enables programmability—could bring new functionality or efficiencies to payments systems.”
Barr also raised the important aspect of regulation and the need for investor protection. Customers don’t have the information they need to assess and mitigate their risks, although crypto assets are portrayed as decentralized in nature, he added. Barr brought up the example of FTX collapse, in that it operated in a country with “loose or less developed legal and regulatory frameworks for financial activities.”
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