On May 1, U.S. regulators seized and sold First Republic Bank (FRB) and its assets to JPMorgan in what has now become the largest bank failure since 2008. FRB is the fifth bank to fail in less than two months, following on from Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Credit Suisse.
Despite the rising number of struggling banks, regulators continue to assure the public that these failures aren’t part of a global banking crisis — blaming short-term turmoil among local lenders for the fallout.
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