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Treasury, FDIC to brief California lawmakers on SVB collapse
Silicon Valley Financial institution headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Picture: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs.
U.S. Treasury and Federal Deposit Insurance coverage Corp. (FDIC) officers plan to temporary members of California’s congressional delegation on the collapse of Silicon Valley Financial institution, Axios has discovered.
Why it issues: SVB, primarily based in Santa Clara, Calif., is the nation’s Sixteenth-largest financial institution, making this the biggest financial institution failure since 2008.
- Lawmakers need particulars on the FDIC takeover of the financial institution, and the company’s plans to stop SVB’s failure from rippling to different banks.
- The FDIC is a authorities company that insures deposits in U.S. banks as much as $250,000 per depositor.
The main points: California congressional workplaces have been knowledgeable late Saturday that Treasury officers would temporary lawmakers by Zoom at 1 p.m. ET Sunday, in keeping with two sources conversant in the matter and a duplicate of the invite considered by Axios.
- Earlier than that, California lawmakers have been to be briefed by the FDIC late Saturday, in keeping with one of many sources. That briefing initially was deliberate for Saturday afternoon however was postponed.
The most recent: After taking management of SVB on Friday, the FDIC stated in an announcement that its branches would reopen Monday, and insured depositors would have “full entry to their insured deposits no later than Monday morning.”
- These with deposits higher than $250,000, the FDIC’s insurance coverage restrict, will obtain “an advance dividend throughout the subsequent week,” the company stated.
What they’re saying: The financial institution’s failure on Friday prompted lawmakers to name for the FDIC to handle considerations concerning the affect on SVB prospects’ private funds and the monetary system as an entire.
- “I’ve heard from scores of constituents who haven’t acquired their paychecks due to this disaster, placing their mortgages in danger,” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) stated in an announcement.
- “If regulators don’t act shortly,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) tweeted, “the Silicon Valley Financial institution collapse could have widespread ramifications for small companies, start-ups, and nonprofits making an attempt to make payroll — in addition to on our broader economic system.”
- Freshman Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-Calif.) tweeted, “My colleagues and I are asking the FDIC and different related federal companies for a briefing and full readability to SVB depositors.”
The backdrop: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the rating member of the Home Monetary Companies Committee, organized bipartisan briefings for committee members on Friday with officers from the Federal Reserve, FDIC and Treasury Division, a supply conversant in the matter advised Axios.
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Car plunges off California’s Devil’s Slide cliff into ocean, killing three passengers: cops
Three people died Friday when their car tumbled down a cliff and into the ocean near the Devil’s Slide on California’s famed Highway 1.
Cops got a call about a single-vehicle crash just before noon that day, forcing police, fire crews and other first responders to mobilize for a cliff rescue, according to SFGate.
The car — a gray two-door sedan — careened off the southbound side of the road and dropped about 300 feet down an embankment between Pacifica and Montara, according to a California Highway Patrol spokesperson and news reports.
Authorities shut down the road for several hours as rescuers rappelled to the vehicle, which lay on its roof as seawater lapped around the wreckage.
“It was a recovery mission, and it was steep cliffs and tough terrain,” a member of Cal Fire told Fox 2 KTVU. “The car was partially submerged, so our rescuers were taking on waves.”
The impact was so violent that it catapulted pieces of the vehicle away from the wreck.
When they reached the site, rescuers quickly pronounced two of the vehicle’s occupants dead.
But an incoming high tide curtailed their efforts, which included hauling heavy machinery down the cliff so first responders could cut the car apart and recover the bodies, the station said.
A third person — also dead — was found inside the car on Saturday, the outlet said.
Cops haven’t released the victims’ identities, and the investigation is still ongoing, the highway patrol said.
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