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In an attempt to save First Republic Bank, a number of mainstream banking giants have decided to come to the bank’s aid with a total deposit of $30 billion. The shares of San Francisco-based financial services firm, First Republic Bank (NYSE: FRC) are tumbling in today’s Pre-market after the firm got a downgrade from the top credit rating agency, S&P Global Ratings. As reported by CNBC, the embattled bank was downgraded to B+ from BB+ over the weekend after first downgrading it to junk...

UBS and Credit Suisse both saw their shares spiral after the former agreed to an emergency rescue of the latter.  Shares of Swiss banking giants UBS and Credit Suisse plunged substantially following a takeover of the latter. On Monday morning, UBS secured a 3 billion Swiss franc ($3.2 billion) bailout of its troubled domestic rival amid the global banking crisis. Swiss authorities had assisted in facilitating the “emergency rescue” to preempt a contagion risk to the global banking...

As a company, Virgin Orbit has a very definitive goal, and that’s to deliver small commercial satellites to Earth’s orbit. Space technology company Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: VORB) is facing one of the toughest financial strains in its history and may file for bankruptcy if it fails to secure funding as soon as possible. According to a Fox News report, the company majority-owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has contracted two known restructuring firms, Alvarez & Marsal...

FDIC said that the deal between Signature and Flagstar would cost the Deposit Insurance Fund an estimated $2.5 billion. On Sunday, March 19, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced that Flagstar Bank, a subsidiary of the New York Community Bancorp, has entered an agreement with US regulators to secure the deposits and loans from Signature Bank, which announced shutdown a week back. The FDIC said that roughly $4 billion of Signature Bank’s deposits and $60 billion worth of...

As the Fed intervenes in order to prevent a crisis in the US banking system, analysts answer whether the Fed has chosen to pivot from its quantitative tightening measures. The banking crisis last week in the US pushed Wall Street to the edge giving glimpses of yet another 2008-like financial crisis. However, the Fed and other agencies intervened pumping a fresh $300 billion into the economy and thus increasing its balance sheet. This has served as a temporary oxygen to the global...

In addition to seeking the grace period from Nasdaq, Astra also mentioned a possessive reverse stock split. Rocket launch startup Astra Space (NASDAQ: ASTR) has drawn a plan to avoid a delisting from the Nasdaq. The stock trading platform gave the small rocket builder a deadline to exceed a share price level of $1 or face removal. This came after Astra’s share remained below $1 for 30 consecutive business days, violating Nasdaq listing rules. At press time, Astra trades at $0.42, having...

Senator Michael Bennet from Colorado said that Signature Bank didn’t make “prudentially sound” decisions while dealing with crypto. Other US lawmakers believe crypto is being made a scapegoat in the failed banking policies of the Fed. Michael Bennet, the United States Senator from Colorado, recently opened up about the shutting down of crypto-friendly Signature Bank, with the intervention of the Fed and the FDIC. He said that the bank with crypto clients didn’t make “prudentially sound”...

Marathon Digital has also revealed the nature of its exposure to the now-defunct crypto-focused Silvergate Bank. Embattled Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm, Marathon Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: MARA) has released its performance report for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022 in which it unveiled a poorer-than-expected revenue. According to the firm, its revenue came in at $28.4 million, down by 58% from its year-ago record. Marathon Digital operates in a very strained market as the global economy,...

After much thought, the ECB has increased interest rates by 50 basis points to stem sustainably high inflation.  The European Central Bank (ECB) recently hiked interest rates by another half a percentage point following today’s Frankfurt meeting. The ECB’s latest rate hike comes amid financial woes in the US and European banking sectors, with stocks taking a hammering. However, the Eurosystem’s banking arm deemed the increase necessary in a press release earlier today. The publication...

Cathie Wood praised crypto assets for proving to be safe havens as crisis unfolded in the US banking system last week. Ark Investment‘s Cathie Wood is known for making some of the bold bets in crypto. Even during the strong downfall of 2022, Cathie Wood has been a regular investor in crypto companies like Coinbase. In another such development, ARK Investment Management LLC managed to raise a staggering $16 million from investors for a new crypto-focused investments fund. On Wednesday,...