Banking
David Stevens makes a case for why banks are bigger risk takers than nonbanks
Nonbank mortgage companies (called independent mortgage banks or IMBs) are not risk takers. Banks are risk takers. Banks retain both interest rate risk and credit risk where IMBs pass all of that through.
Brex Travel disrupts incumbents like Amex & Concur with easy expenses and self-serve travel booking. Will big orgs buy in, or just startups?
Apple Pay Later finally launches. Will it gobble BNPL competitors Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna even after entering space so late?
Linette Lopez at Business Insider is the best at airing truth on market topics, and her last 2 pieces on VC & crypto pull no punches. Read them here.
Startup banks have better software and higher FDIC insurance than big banks. Are they the banks of the future? Are they even banks?
LOL, best bank crisis GIF award goes to Clark Miller for tributing American Beauty Annette Bening 'I will sell this house' scene with SVB
How First Republic's courtship of the wealthy led to meltdown. Can the bank that's loved by customers and other banks recover from here?
With First Citizens buying SVB assets & deposits, FDIC estimates insurance fund loses $20b & FDIC gains $500m in First Citizens stock
Banks and regulators get blamed for both protecting depositors and bailing out banks -- and for both fighting inflation and hiking rates too much. Who's right?
First Republic sale among options bank exploring with JP Morgan, Lazard, McKinsey (per WSJ). If so, I hope brand stays. Local banks matter. Just like our Treasury Secretary said today.
Treasury Chief Yellen on calming bank crisis & importance of local banks
Large banks play an important role in our economy, but so do small- and mid-sized banks. They increase competition in banking, and often have specialized knowledge and expertise in the communities they invest in.
Investors Tuesday are betting more big bank and regulatory support for First Republic will stem bank panic.
SVB depositors made whole; Credit Suisse counter-parties saved; First Republic bondholders protected — were these bailouts or something else?
Read WSJ report below on fluid situation involving JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon working on relief solutions for First Republic
The Fed is in triage mode. Inflation is a problem and Fed won't forget that. But keeping financial system out of a tailspin is the top priority.
