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Bank run sinks Silicon Valley Bank

Original post made on Mar 11, 2023

A run on a Bay Area bank with billions in deposits prompted state regulators to close it Friday, according to court documents.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, March 10, 2023, 4:48 PM

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Posted by John
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Mar 11, 2023 at 2:33 pm

John is a registered user.

If you keep more than a quarter million in ANY bank account, you should familiarize yourself with the term "bail-in" and perhaps look up video of the Nov 2022 FDIC meeting where they acknowledge multiple bank runs are coming this year.


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