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The Multiple Factors Leading to the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

Erwood Group

Some additional key risk reduction steps SVB took early on were: They required a pledge of half of a startup’s shares as collateral (Reduced later to seven percent). Additionally, the head of financial risk management for the UK branch of SVB, Jay Eraspah focused on multiple “woke” LGBTQ+ agendas even as the bank faced collapse.

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