Banking Turmoil

Bank Runs Trash Long-Held Assumption on Deposits

Regulators and lenders valued customer accounts higher when rates rose

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is doing what it was designed to do when banks such as Silicon Valley and Signature Banks go under: cover insured deposits. Here’s how the FDIC works and why it was created. Photo illustration: Madeline Marshall

The recent spate of bank failures is upending a long-held theory among banking executives and regulators—that the value of a lender’s deposit business goes up when interest rates move higher.

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