BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 15:46:00
The troubled us bank first republic collapsed this morning and was immediately subjected to a takeover offer from jp morgan chase according to america's banking regulator. the californian bank is the third american lender to fail this year. here's our business correspondent marc ashdown. investors and customers have been deserting first republic bank. in two months its shares have tanked from $147 each to just $3.50 and $100 billion of deposits have been withdrawn. when confidence goes, money tends to follow. the us banking regulator has broken a multibillion—dollar rescue deal. the investme...