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When a company is capitalized that money gets deposited into an operating bank account. Many start ups used SVB, so all of their capital became a deposit at a b
by digitaltrees 4y ago
When a company is capitalized that money gets deposited into an operating bank account. Many start ups used SVB, so all of their capital became a deposit at a bank. It doesn’t matter that the original source was a VC firm and wasn’t from other depositors. Because now the company can’t access its capital to pay employees.
This has nothing to do with separating deposits from investment activities, no one is alleging that SVB was speculating in stock or risky securities. They were placing deposits grade A securities as any regulatory body would sign off on.