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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

Equally important is the bank’s securities duration, as shown in the graph below. Approximately 56% of the bank’s securities had repricing greater than 15 years. SVB’s securities portfolio is high credit quality (Treasuries and quality MBS) but long duration. at the end of 2022, with $2.4B

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Fair Value Accounting and Silicon Valley Bank Failure

South State Correspondent

Some blame the dilution of the Dodd-Frank provisions, others the lack of oversight by regulators, and others still blame social media for exacerbating the deposit run. The root cause of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure is poor risk management – plain and simple.

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Banking Algorithms, the Apple Card and Sexism

Banking Exchange

Allegation that the Apple Card provided husband a credit limit several times higher than his wife’s credit limit Payments Technology Risk Management Social Media People Customers Tech Management Mobile Online Cards Security Big Data Feature3 Fintech Feature.

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3 Tips to Head Off a Digital Banking Conversion Nightmare

Gonzobanker

We’re living in a world where trust can snap overnight and social media has no off hours. Inform them of the upcoming change across all your brand’s channels (website, mobile app, social media). The person manning the secure messaging channel may need to plan to spend all day answering queries.

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It Started with a Tweet #SocialMedia #Banks @ICBA

Independent Banker

A status update on banks and social media. According to a statistic released as part of the ICBA 2014 Top 50 Community Bank Leaders in Social Media, nearly 2,500 banks have a Facebook or Twitter presence, and the numbers continue to exponentially grow. .* 140-word summary of the social media guidance.

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Facebook Wants Engineers And Researchers For Blockchain Team

PYMNTS

Social media giant Facebook is looking to grow its blockchain team, according to a report. The company posted on its careers page that it’s looking for data engineers and scientists, software engineers and a product marketing lead for its blockchain team.

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Thomson Reuters Unveils Bitcoin Chatter Gauge

PYMNTS

Austin Burkett, global head of Quant and Feeds at Thomson Reuters, said, “News and social media are driving the investment and risk management process more than ever with the continuing rise of passive and quant-driven trading.”. The recent declines also came as the U.S.

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