This weekend federal regulators led by the FDIC have worked to seize First Republic Bank to stop its collapse and to hopefully finally put a cork in the recent banking crisis. Since First Republic announced that over half of their customers had withdrawn half of their deposits, the bank's stock price has fallen tremendously. However, since the government has seized First Republic Bank, banks like PNC, JPMorgan Chase and the Bank of America have shown interest in buying First Republic and taking on their deposits. This is a very important time when it comes to addressing this banking crisis that is plaguing the country. The government must act in order to save bigger banks from failing and must restore consumers confidence in the country's banking system. Perhaps the government has learned things from the 2008 banking crisis that will benefit us in this new crisis. Hopefully the government will able to get financial institutions to band together with one another as well as the government to ease consumer fears and rid the country of this crisis.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/business/first-republic-seizure-fdic.html
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With so much uncertainty in the market, I am not surprised to see First Republic collapse. They were significantly impacted by the collapse of SVB, as confidence declined rapidly. It was interesting to see JP Morgan Chase step in and acquire the banks. Most saw this coming so hopefully it will not impact other regional banks.
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