Banking Turmoil

The Pain of Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Is Being Felt by These Depositors

Customers that banked at SVB’s Cayman Islands branch have had their funds seized by the FDIC

SVB’s annual report said the bank had $13.9 billion in foreign deposits. Photo: cj gunther/Shutterstock

Two months after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the lender’s depositors in the Cayman Islands have been left out in the cold. 

The California-based bank’s American depositors were protected when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took control of SVB on March 10 and guaranteed all of their funds. SVB’s U.S. branches, as well as its loans and deposits, were acquired by First Citizens Bancshares in late March. 

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