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Newsbytes Rep. McHenry warns against seeking quick fixes for bank failures

In the matter of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures, lawmakers must first gather the facts and determine what allowed both to occur rather than instantly pushing for new regulation, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) said this week the ABA Washington Summit.

Newsbytes Nichols: Deposit insurance changes must not create competitive disadvantages

In a keynote address to bankers this morning at the 2023 ABA Washington Summit, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols addressed the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, urging the industry to remain calm and united in the face of what he called an “idiosyncratic liquidity disruption” at these institutions.

Newsbytes GOP lawmakers seek information from Fed on bank failure timeline

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) and Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) called on the Federal Reserve to provide “a comprehensive timeline of events related to the Federal Reserve’s lending, supervisory, and examination activity for the last two years with regards to [Silicon Valley Bank] and/or Signature Bank.”

Newsbytes Biden, Waters call for stronger repercussions for execs of failed banks 

Following the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank earlier this month, the Biden administration called on Congress to expand the FDIC’s authority to claw back compensation from executives at failed banks, bar bank executives at failed banks from holding jobs in the banking industry and bring fines against executives of failed banks.