Webster Bank was the only bank in the top 10 deposit-holders in Connecticut that registered an increase in deposits as bank customers scurried to spread their money around after the bank failures this spring, according to the latest FDIC deposit data.
The recent failures of a trio of midsize banks has once again raised questions about whether senior executives in the U.S. are being rewarded more for short-term gains – like rising stock prices – than for ensuring their companies’ long-term health.
If your bank has less than $5 billion in uninsured deposits, it will be exempted from a new FDIC fee being levied on the nation’s banks in order to replenish the agency’s deposit insurance fund.
The FDIC says it should be given the ability to insure some bank account balances above its standard $250,000 cap in order to preserve financial stability in the future.
Silicon Valley Bank failed due to a combination of extremely poor bank management, weakened regulations and lax government supervision, the Federal Reserve said Friday, in a highly-anticipated review of how the central bank failed to properly supervise the bank before it collapsed early last month.
