In the end they're not, because if there isn't outright fraud, some other bank will just buy them. If Silicon Valley bank is in trouble, I'm sure one of the big

In the end they're not, because if there isn't outright fraud, some other bank will just buy them. If Silicon Valley bank is in trouble, I'm sure one of the bigger ones would want to buy them. Their customer base is worth something and they'd get it for next to nothing. And for JP Morgan or Citi, a run on Silicon Valley bank hardly touches their cash reserves..