Silicon Valley Bank's collapse: What happens when mid-sized banks get too big to fail
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank marks the second largest bank failure in America’s history. Some say a 2018 rollback on bank regulations helped cause it. What happens when so-called mid-sized banks also get too big to fail?
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