Tag: credit
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First Citizens Nearly Agree to Buy Silicon Valley Bank: Report
Last Updated: March 26, 2023 at 8:34 PM ET First published: March 26, 2023 at 7:57 p.m. ET First Citizens BancShares Inc. is close to a deal to acquire the bankrupt Silicon Valley Bank from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., according to a report late Sunday. Bloomberg News reported that a deal could be announced […]
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Why the stock market is looking past the worst banking mess since 2008 — for now
Judging by major indices, it will take more than the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates amid the worst banking mess since the 2008 financial crisis before stock market investors lose their cool. “Investors are broadly assuming that regulators will step in and shield the industry if they need to, which is what prevents it […]
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We want to retire in about 5 years, but have $150,000 in credit card debt and loans and $1.4 million in retirement accounts – ‘we really want to be retired’
I am trying to get some outside guidance to be able to retire in the next 5 years Unpleasant 7 years. I amI have to work until I am 59 1/2 to use retirement funds. We have about $1.4 million in 401(k) and Roth accounts, $30,000 in stock, a rental house that we owe $245,000 […]
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Welcome to the Superprime banking crisis
Banks for rich people are different from other banks. They used to have more money. The latest banking crisis was characterized by subprime borrowers, particularly people with credit problems who obtained mortgages from bankers who ignored the risk that the borrowers would realistically not be able to pay them. Banks that got into trouble were […]
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Crypto faces legal reckoning as SEC prepares action against Coinbase
The SEC has informed Coinbase that it plans to sue the company for allegedly violating a series of investor protection laws, the company said this week. An eventual SEC lawsuit against the largest US crypto exchange could help determine the future shape of exchanging dollars for digital tokens such as bitcoin, ether or polkadot. It […]
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The founder of the First Republic Bank earned a high salary, just like his relatives
First Republic Bank FRC -5.03% paid family members of founder James Herbert millions of dollars for work at the lender in recent years, including for advisory services related to interest rates and risk, according to public disclosures the bank made as part of annual filings. The bank paid Mr. Herbert, who was CEO before taking […]
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Coinbase’s CEO takes to Twitter to highlight work with SEC before the regulatory warning is issued
Published: March 23, 2023 at 6:22 PM ET Coinbase COIN CEO Brian Armstrong and others on Coinbase’s team shared their thoughts on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Wells Notice a day earlier, in a Twitter space hosted on Coinbase’s account Thursday night. “We actually didn’t think this was unexpected,” said Armstrong, adding that Coinbase […]