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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. Percentage of Uninsured Deposits: At the time of failure, SVB had approximately 88% of their deposits above the FDIC-insured $250k limit and ran at 95% at the end of last year. The ratio would provide a bank’s current core capital position to risk-adjusted assets.

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Fizzle Of The Week: Bitcoin — The Bad Neighbor

PYMNTS

Frankly, whenever miners arrive, communities aren’t so willing to roll out a red carpet — because, as neighbors go, miners are kind of a fizzle. Read, bitcoin is something of a public nuisance for the community, as miners have started showing up in droves to set up companies that can make use of the town’s unusually low power costs.

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