US Prez Joe Biden says Silicon Valley and Signature Bank traders will not be protected

Following the shutdown of the New York-based state-owned Signature Bank and California-based Silicon Valley Bank in a span of three days, US President Joe Biden mentioned on Monday that traders in these banks is not going to be protected.

“Investors in the banks will not be protected, no one is above the law. They knowingly took a risk and when the risk didn’t pay off, investors lose their money. That’s how capitalism works,” mentioned Biden.

Pres. Biden says those that invested in failed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank is not going to be protected: “They knowingly took a risk and when the risk didn’t pay off, investors lose their money. That’s how capitalism works.” https://t.co/HWi82gAbJP pic.twitter.com/3hVKFJqmZt

— ABC News (@ABC) March 13, 2023

In an effort to reassure the US residents that there isn’t any want for panic after federal businesses stepped in following the failures of two large banks over the weekend, Biden added that no losses can be borne by US taxpayers following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

“Americans can rest assured that our banking system is safe. Your deposits are safe. Let me also assure you, we will not stop at this. We’ll do whatever is needed,” Biden mentioned from the White House.

“Because of the actions that our regulators have already taken, every American should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them,” he continued. “Second, the management of these banks will be fired. If the bank is taken over by FDIC, the people running the bank should not work there anymore.”

“Third, investors in the banks will not be protected. They knowingly took a risk, and when the risk didn’t pay off, investors lose their money. That’s how capitalism works. And fourth, are important questions of how these banks got into the circumstance in the first place. We must get the full accounting of what happened and why those responsible can be held accountable,” he mentioned.

President Joe Biden vowed to carry these chargeable for financial institution failures “fully accountable”. Biden additionally mentioned that he’ll communicate concerning the US banking system on Monday and reassure Americans after the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

State regulators in USA shut down New York-based Signature Bank on Sunday, simply two days after California authorities closed Silicon Valley Bank, marking the third largest failure in US banking historical past. The shutdown is the results of the collapse of SVB Financial Group’s Silicon Valley Bank, with the financial meltdown spreading to different establishments.

The US Treasury Department and different financial institution authorities acknowledged in a joint assertion on Sunday that every one Signature Bank depositors can be made complete and that “no losses will be borne by the taxpayer”.

The FDIC fashioned a “bridge” successor financial institution to Signature on Sunday, permitting prospects to entry their funds on Monday. Signature Bank depositors and debtors will routinely develop into bridge financial institution prospects, in line with the FDIC. The regulator named Greg Carmichael as CEO of the bridge financial institution.

Signature’s fall got here on the heels of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure on Friday, the best failure since Washington Mutual went bankrupt throughout the monetary disaster in 2008. Washington Mutual stays the most important financial institution failure in American historical past.