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Regulators stepped in and seized it Friday in a stunning downfall for a lender that had quadrupled in size over the past five years and was valued at more than $40 billion as recently as last year.
The move by California state watchdogs to take possession of the bank, known as SVB, and appoint the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/3688Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"00000186-cd66-dd6f-adaf-cff61b540000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ...
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