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Finance
Who’s next? Investors ravage regional bank stocks as Darwinian search for ‘the weakest’ grips Wall Street.
By Ken Sweet, Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressMay 4, 2023
Jamie Dimon
Finance
America has a new second-biggest bank failure and Jamie Dimon has another rescue: ‘Our government invited us and others to step up, and we did’
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressMay 1, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank collapsed because its managers were terrible and regulators dropped the ball, according to a new Fed report
Finance
Silicon Valley Bank collapsed because its managers were terrible and regulators dropped the ball, according to a new Fed report
By Christopher Rugaber, Ken Sweet and The Associated PressApril 28, 2023
Army of lobbyists worked to water down bank rules that regulated SVB and Signature: ‘You couldn’t throw an elbow without running into one’
Politics
Army of lobbyists worked to water down bank rules that regulated SVB and Signature: ‘You couldn’t throw an elbow without running into one’
By Brian Slodysko, Ken Sweet and The Associated PressMarch 21, 2023
Axel Lehmann, Colm Kelleher
Finance
‘A historic, sad and very challenging day’ as Switzerland goes from 2 financial giants to just one and the world banking system teeters
By Jamey Keaten, Ken Sweet and The Associated PressMarch 20, 2023
Barney Frank
Finance
‘The great mystery here is why the supervision was AWOL at Silicon Valley Bank’: Wall Street and DC point fingers amid burbling banking crisis
By Paul Wiseman, Ken Sweet and The Associated PressMarch 16, 2023
Federal Reserve promises a ‘careful and thorough’ review of how it supervised failed Silicon Valley Bank: ‘We need to have humility’
Finance
Federal Reserve promises a ‘careful and thorough’ review of how it supervised failed Silicon Valley Bank: ‘We need to have humility’
By Ken Sweet, Christopher Rugaber, Chris Megerian, Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated PressMarch 13, 2023
Joe Biden
Finance
Biden says financial system is safe but all seized banks’ management should get sacked and tougher rules are needed
By Ken Sweet, Christopher Rugaber, Chris Megerian, Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated PressMarch 13, 2023
Signature Bank
Finance
Government takes extraordinary steps to ward off banking crisis as 3rd-largest bank failure quickly follows SVB implosion
By Ken Sweet, Christopher Rugaber, Chris Megerian, Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated PressMarch 13, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank
Finance
Regulators have 2 massive problems to sort out with the Silicon Valley Bank collapse
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressMarch 11, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank has officially failed after less than a day of panicked selling as the federal government takes it over
Tech
Silicon Valley Bank has officially failed after less than a day of panicked selling as the federal government takes it over
By The Associated Press and Ken SweetMarch 10, 2023
DOJ redlining
Finance
A Los Angeles bank just paid $31 million in the biggest redlining settlement in DOJ history for discrimination during the Trump years
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressJanuary 12, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend among FTX associates to agree to cooperate against him in U.S. case
Finance
Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend among FTX associates to agree to cooperate against him in U.S. case
By Ken Sweet, Rebecca Blackwell, Larry Neumeister and The Associated PressDecember 22, 2022
Sam Bankman-Fried in handcuffs.
Tech
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried will return to the US to face criminal charges and could spend the rest of his life in prison
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressDecember 21, 2022
Rostin Behnam
Tech
The DOJ threw the book at Sam Bankman-Fried, who could face up to 115 years in jail
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressDecember 13, 2022
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