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During a Senate hearing on March 28, regarding the collapse of the crypto-friendly bank Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and its signatories, William Barr, the top official of the U.S. Federal Reserve, said: acknowledged the potential benefits of testing higher interest rates. And he expressed plans to expand the scope of future tests.
During a Senate panel hearing, a senior U.S. regulator defended bank watchdogs from lawmakers who accused them of failing to detect warning signs leading to the collapse of the SVB.
“Typical example of mismanagement”
Barr said at the hearing that the bank did a “terrible” job managing risk before it collapsed and that its closure was “a classic example of mismanagement.”
Martin Gruenberg, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, known as the FDIC, added when pressed by a number of senators why neither knew or warned about the bankruptcy.
Georgia Senator Warnock reiterated claims that multiple executives within the bank cashed in millions of dollars worth of stock just weeks before the SVB collapse.
Others pressured officials about the lack of oversight of the FDIC or the Fed itself, and while senators assessed the health of each bank prior to failure, the agency intended to oversee them, namely the FDIC, and the health of the Fed. Self-sufficient.
The Dodd-Frank Act is a recurring theme
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly referred to as Dodd-Frank, was enacted by Congress in 2010. The law was introduced in response to the 2008 financial crisis to increase transparency and accountability, promote financial stability and protect consumers.from abusive practices
Many senators referred to the bill at hearings and failed to anticipate the impending financial crisis.
“I mean, this business is all good, and the Dodd-Frank amendments prevented them from stress testing. The way I see it, you chose not to stress test. “Had we stress tested Silicon Valley Bank, we wouldn’t have found the problem,” Kennedy added.
Senator Ramis of Wisconsin added to this set of questions, highlighting specific rules or changes he would propose to better assess risk, financial stability, security and soundness.
“Are fractional reserve banks overly risky in this era of online banking?” Lumis asked.
“Banks are safe and sound. Depositors need to be confident that their deposits are safe,” Burr replied.
While the true cause of SVB’s demise won’t be revealed until its scheduled May 1 report, Barr said it was linked to a variety of factors, including poor risk management practices and excessive exposure to high-risk loans. I concluded that I believe it was caused by a factor. , especially those belonging to government bonds.
Barr denied the Fed was responsible, saying: “The risk exists, regulators have pointed it out, but banks haven’t acted.”
Democratic Rep. He promised to do more to hold the signing executives accountable.
“SVB and Signature executives must take huge risks and be held accountable for blowing up the banks, and will soon introduce a bipartisan bill to do just that.”
