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Recent banking crises in the United States, where Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, and in Switzerland where UBS was forced to acquire Credit Suisse, show that banks and regulators need to increase preparedness for rapidly unfolding crises, the Single Resolution Board (SRB) said.
Gregory Becker, who was fired from SVB shortly after its March failure, earned bipartisan derision on Tuesday for his explanations during testimony before the Senate Banking Committee.
The Fed’s vice chair for supervision has announced plans for a broad revamp following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which he blamed on the company’s weak risk management and supervisory foot-dragging by the Fed.
SVB’s failure on March 10 after taking on too much interest-rate risk caused shock waves throughout the banking sector, and led to the failure of another regional US bank and the merger under pressure of Swiss investment banking giant Credit Suisse
New research suggests that a run-on deposits at those two banks could have set off a cascading series of bank failures, crippling small businesses and economic activity across wide parts of the country