Amid SVB collapse, US weighs new fund to backstop deposits if more banks fail

Amid SVB collapse, US weighs new fund to backstop deposits if more banks fail

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The U.S. Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp are weighing the creation of a fund that would allow regulators to backstop more deposits at banks that run into trouble in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday.

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