It literally can't be a bailout [of the bank] if the bank ceases to exist: >an act of giving financial assistance to a failing business or economy to save it f

It literally can't be a bailout [of the bank] if the bank ceases to exist: >an act of giving financial assistance to a failing business or economy to save it from collapse It could be called a bailout of the banking system or of the American economy - but it's not bailing out SVB by any measure.