A worker (C) tells people that the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters is closed on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Silicon Valley Bank was shut down on Friday morning by California regulators and was put in control of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.
  • Some SVB clients are being invited to sell their uninsured deposits at steep discounts, reports say.
  • Some were being quoted as little as 55 cents on the dollar for their frozen deposits, per the FT.
  • At least one Wall Street firm has pounced on distressed startups in a bargain hunt, per The Information.

Some Silicon Valley Bank customers are selling their deposits at big discounts in an attempt to raise cash quickly, reports say.